Creative Strategy Director

DEPT® is the Growth Invention Company, sitting at the intersection of marketing and technology. The Senior Creative Strategist role is part of our Creative & Media team based in Amsterdam. Creative Strategy Directors at DEPT® are at the heart of the action, operating at the intersection of creativity, culture, humanity, business, and technology - helping create work that moves people and drives growth.

Responsibilities

Define the real challenge: Truly understand the client’s business and its cultural context to unpack the real problem; Craft the springboard: Consistently develop strategies, briefs, and thought-starters that excite, inspire and give clear direction; Growth invention: Be a key player in winning new clients and proactively uncovering organic growth opportunities for existing ones; Think beyond boundaries: Be a hybrid thinker who defies traditional labels - just as comfortable building a high-level brand narrative as mapping out a reactive social campaign or a tech-driven activation; Elevate the floor: Help others improve within and beyond the team; Care about the work, the craft and humans, be comfortable in front of crowds and workshops, and be utterly yourself at all times

Requirements

Strategic voice: A senior strategist at DEPT® should have a sense of their strategic voice, their vision, and their POV on strategy; Creative vision: You thrive in inspiring, supporting, protecting, and nurturing creativity from before the briefing until after delivery; Entrepreneurial spirit: You don't wait for briefs to fall into your lap; you seek out new opportunities and can’t wait to make things happen; Embrace complexity: Your superpower is processing, distilling, and demystifying chaos into simple, actionable, and undeniable insights; Love research: You can set up, run, present, judge, and apply different types of research; Commanding communication: You know how to command a room, tell a story, disagree respectfully, debate fiercely and sell a vision with absolute clarity; Finger on the pulse: You know what’s going on in culture, in tech, on social and some other weird corners of the internet, and are able to turn that knowledge into action; Driving effectiveness: We need an effectiveness mindset, from start to finish; Team Player: At DEPT® getting to the best possible work is a team sport; Fluent in Dutch and English

Benefits

Flexible, hybrid working policy (2-3 days from the office, depending on location) and opportunity to work from abroad for 13 weeks a year; 24 vacation days per year and possibility to buy unlimited extra vacation days; DEPT®/YOU Learning Menu and Special Programs; Contribution to health through OpenUp platform, gym and wellness discounts, healthy lunches; Discount on lease bike and NS Business Card; Reputation for doing good - Certified B Corp since 2021, Great Place To Work since 2022, Agency of the Year at The Lovies and The Webby Awards; Opportunity to work with awesome clients