Growth Strategy Director

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.

• 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