DEPT has position for Senior Digital Media Strategist

DEPT is directly looking for:

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

This role is part of our Creative & Mediateam based in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Our team is a vibrant mix of talents, ranging from Creatives, Influencer Marketers, Brand & Content Strategists to Account Managers, Programmatic and Marketing Automation Consultants. Together, we blend imaginative storytelling and performance-driven strategies with cutting-edge technology to create engaging digital experiences that build lasting relationships with our clients like Netflix, Canva, Foot Locker, Philips & Biscoff.

As a Senior Digital Media Strategist at DEPT®, you will be the connecting link between our client’s business objectives and our agency’s comprehensive service portfolio. You will work closely with our Client Service team to create and implement strategic plans for well-known brands in our client portfolio and help them navigate through the ever-evolving digital landscape.

You will be the main driver for developing long-term digital marketing strategies including communication, performance, and media tactics in collaboration with our channel & tech experts. Together with our client service team, you present your team’s work & ideas eloquently in workshops, QBRs, or other formats to our clients and partners.

You will also help us win new clients by participating and/or leading in new business pitches; locally and globally.

• Create influential and powerful strategies for our clients, ensuring that we continue to be push them to be the most advanced, efficient and effective brands in the fields they operate within
• Collaborate with clients to understand their business goals, target audience, and industry landscape
• Translate insights derived from data into a clear story to convince the client
• Develop innovative and data-driven digital marketing strategies that align with client objectives
• Work closely together with our specialists (like SEA, SEO, CRM, Data and Social Advertising Consultants)
• Leverage a deep understanding of marketing, technology, and innovation to create comprehensive plans that drive measurable results
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure optimal execution of campaigns and projects
• Be the driving force of projects, starting and finishing them
• Drive our internal knowledge and be on the forefront of creating new propositions and best practices
• Analyze campaign performance, providing insights and recommendations for optimization
• Stay ahead of industry trends and best practices to ensure our strategies remain cutting-edge

• Fluency in Dutch and English is a must;
• A seasoned Digital Marketing Strategist, having gained extensive experience, preferably at an agency
• Deep understanding of Digital Media Planning and Execution as a background
• Broader digital marketing knowledge (SEO, SEA, Social, CRM, Content Marketing, Data etc.)
• See yourself as a digital generalist, linking the strategic needs of clients to Dept’s service portfolio
• Can help our clients to go from business strategy to marketing strategy and implement this by giving advice, creating roadmaps and propose concepts
• Pro‑active, energetic, curious and inspiring
• A driver of innovation
• A networker and because of this you are able to bring…