Digital Marketing Strategy Lead

Digital Marketing Strategy Lead

Netherlands, hybrid

DIGITAL MARKETING AT DEPT®

• A group of analytical and performance driven colleagues that will feel like friends in no-time;
• Good vibes: we’re trusting and believe in creative freedom and autonomy;
• If you grow, we grow. That’s why we’ll cheer you on [and support you] with personal coaching, a development plan and budget;
• Projects that work for you as well as the other way around. From short and snappy to more in-depth: whatever fits your ambition;
• Clients that will make you feel like a proud ambassador, like Footlocker, Just Eat Takeaway and bol.com;
• Best of both worlds: the pros of an international leading agency with the energy of your next door agency.

JOB PURPOSE

As Digital Marketing Strategy Lead, you are in close contact with our clients and listen carefully to their digital marketing challenges, learn all about their organization and business and translate this into business opportunities matching our services.

The Strategy Lead will work closely with tech, creative, media and analytics to ensure we are delivering market-leading strategic approaches to our clients. You will also help us win new clients by participating and/or leading in new business pitches; locally and globally.

Team management is also a key element in this role, the Strategy Lead will guide, develop and grow other strategists.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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
• Lead a team of fellow strategists, resulting in quality output of strategic planning across the business
• Translate insights derived from data into a clear story to convince the client
• Implement strategies together with specialists for clients
• Work closely together with our specialists (like SEA, SEO, CRM, Data and Social Advertising Consultants)
• 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

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Are a seasoned Digital Marketing Strategist and have gained extensive experience, preferably at an agency
• Have broader digital marketing knowledge (SEO, SEA, Social, Display, Content Marketing, Data etc.)
• Already have experience with coaching senior people as a Team Lead
• Can help our clients to go from business strategy to marketing strategy and implement this by giving advice, creating roadmaps and propose concepts
• Are pro-active, energetic, curious and inspiring
• Are a driver of innovation
• Are a networker and because of this you are able to bring together our different disciplines and specialists
• Can explain complex data and information in an easy and understandable manner to Internal & external stakeholders

WE OFFER

• The choice to work where you are most productive: whether that is in one of our offices, or abroad for 13 weeks a year. Rather work from home? No problem! We’ll provide you with the best of class materials, such as a high-quality laptop, monitor, work phone and the necessary furniture.
• 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.
• You can discover even more employee benefits here.
• 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.

WHO ARE WE?

We are pioneers at heart. What does that mean? We are always looking forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech and marketing. That’s why we hire curious, self-driven, talented people who never stop innovating.

Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care. Meaning, that with people across 30+ countries, we’re big enough to provide you with the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits that help you thrive. While acting small by investing in you, your growth, your team, and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients problems, no matter where you are in the world.

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.