About the Position

Growth Strategy Director

Locations: Amsterdam, Netherlands | Rotterdam, Netherlands

Department: Paid Media

Employment type: Fixed term

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 & Media team 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.

Responsibilities

Act as the senior media lead and content figurehead for the client, owning the media narrative and strategic direction
Steer the overall media agenda, ensuring consistency, quality, and ambition across brand and performance activities
Serve as the primary senior point of contact for media strategy towards the client’s senior stakeholders
Navigate a complex, client environment with sensitivity, authority, and confidence
Present clear, compelling, and persuasive strategies to senior client management, translating complexity into actionable direction
Balance long-term strategic vision with day-to-day urgency, knowing when to zoom out and when to step in
Take hands-on leadership of large, high-impact campaigns (e.g. international brand moments, sponsorships, World Cup-scale activations)
Ensure strategies are executable, prioritised correctly, and delivered with pace and quality
Act as the link between disciplines, connecting media, creative, influencer, content, brand, and performance teams – both internally and externally
Challenge teams and clients to push beyond conventional media thinking
Proactively spot opportunities to expand the scope of work into broader strategic territories
Contribute to new business opportunities, organic growth, and competitive positioning
Help shape DEPT®’s media propositions, best practices, and strategic thought leadership

Requirements

Core Skills:
- Media strategy
- Content leadership
- Cross-disciplinary collaboration
- Strategic direction
- Client management
Secondary Skills:
- Digital media
- Traditional media
- Political sensitivity
- Presentation skills
- Process insight

We Offer

Everything to focus on your health: from free bootcamp to yoga lessons, mindfulness sessions, mental health services, serious discounts on sport memberships, healthy lunches at the office, and above all: a safe work environment.
Great fringe benefits; use of OV-bikes, an NS Business Card and many other goodies.
A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been named a Great Place To Work in 2023 – in the Netherlands and has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global - at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.
Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.

About the Company

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.

Growth Strategy Director

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