About the role

Growth Strategy Director leading media strategy and content leadership at DEPT®, focusing on high-profile clients. Connecting media, creative, and performance disciplines to drive business outcomes.

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

Senior media strategist/media director-level professional with extensive agency experience
Proven track record leading large, complex, and demanding corporate accounts
Strong understanding of how to operate within, multi-stakeholder organisations
Full-funnel media expertise with a solid foundation in both digital and traditional media (e.g. digital TV, influencer, creative, brand & performance)
Ability to bridge brand and performance, strategy and execution
Knowledge of crafts beyond media and is capable of briefing and guiding a team of data, creative or tech experts
Excellent stakeholder management skills with strong political sensitivity
Persuasive, energetic, and inspiring communicator
Confident presenter to senior client leadership, able to simplify complex strategies
Strong process insight and prioritisation skills
Ability to distinguish between theoretical strategy and what requires immediate action
Comfortable getting hands-on and leading from the front when needed
Natural connector who brings together people, disciplines, and ideas
Fluent in Dutch and English

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.