Media Strategy Director

This role is part of our Creative & Media team based in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. As a Media Strategy Director, you are the architect of the client's media presence. You aren't just managing a budget; you are owning the Media Agenda. You will act as the visionary lead for one of our most complex global accounts, translating business goals into a sophisticated, full-funnel media roadmap. You are the bridge between 'the big idea' and 'the big impact.' You will navigate complex corporate landscapes to defend media investments, optimize channel mixes, and ensure that every Euro spent is a step toward market dominance.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end media narrative for the client; define the Media Agenda, ensuring consistency and ambition across all brand and performance activities; serve as the primary senior point of contact for media strategy; navigate complex, political client environments with sensitivity, authority, and confidence; present clear, compelling, and persuasive strategies to senior client management; take hands-on leadership of large, high-impact activations such as international sports sponsorships or global brand moments; ensure media strategies are executable, prioritized correctly, and delivered with pace and quality; act as the vital link between media, creative, influencer, and tech; proactively spot opportunities to expand the scope of work into broader strategic territories; help shape DEPT®'s global media propositions

Requirements

Senior media strategist or media director-level professional with extensive agency experience; proven track record of leading large, complex, and demanding corporate accounts on a global or regional scale; full-funnel media expertise with solid foundation in both digital and traditional media; ability to bridge brand and performance, strategy and execution; knowledge of crafts such as data, creative, and tech; excellent stakeholder management skills with strong political sensitivity; persuasive, energetic, and inspiring communicator; confident presenter to senior client leadership; strong process insight and prioritization skills; natural connector who brings together people, disciplines, and ideas; fluent in both Dutch and English

Benefits

Free bootcamp, yoga lessons, mindfulness sessions, mental health services, serious discounts on sport memberships, healthy lunches, safe work environment; OV-bikes, NS Business Card and many other goodies; training, development and certifications; annual DEPT® Cares Month