Senior Social Creative

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.

JOB PURPOSE

This role is based on the creative floor in Amsterdam. Our team is a vibrant mix of talents, ranging from Brand Strategists, Creatives, and Influencer Marketers to Account managers, Producers, and Video editors. As a creative digital marketing agency, we mix old-fashioned creative storytelling with the best of what today’s technology has to offer to deliver exceptional and engaging digital experiences that build lasting relationships with our clients like Bol, Burger King, Praxis, Ziggo and Grolsch to name a few.

You’ll be a culture-obsessed creative, ready to come up with eye-catching organic and paid social ideas that are designed to be discovered in the fyp and beyond. Your ideas will connect brands to communities and culture - not just adding to the noise, but building and creating real connections and driving engagement around organic social content.

You’ll bring experience from a social role in-house, or in agency and be able to sell your ideas with flair and full ownership. You’ll be able to demonstrate this with experience including concepting, presenting with confidence and backing up your ideas with strategic insights, trends and data. You know how to pro-actively anticipate on (future) clients needs, and keep a close eye on changes within the social media landscape.

This role requires concepting, social shoots, video production, editing, storyboarding, reactive cultural content and copywriting so it goes without saying that you’ll know the latest ‘creator coded’ social trends before anyone else does – and understand how to spin those insights into compelling social-first content.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Deliver stand out ideas for organic + paid social (planned and reactive) that connects brands to communities and culture

• Present your ideas succinctly and with confidence to clients

• Concept, storyboard and write copy to bring your creative ideas to life

• View creative with a strategic mindset pulling in social trends, data and insights

• Attend social-first shoots

• Use data to optimise and improve social content each month

• Create all content to a brand’s TOV

• Work collaboratively to create high-quality social content

• Noticing industry trends and anticipate on them accordingly in ways that suit our different clients

WHAT YOU BRING

• Fluent in Dutch and Dutch culture

• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills

• Experience in social-first ideas, concepting, design, copywriting and production

• Experience in Adobe Photoshop and basic knowledge of Premiere Pro

• Experience in using cultural trends and insights to create compelling social-first content

• Ability to create and present visually appealing presentations

• Ability to react quickly within a fast-paced environment

• A sharp and chronically online sense of humor is essential—you’ll be crafting content that’s as clever as it is compelling

• A love for learning new things

• Great interpersonal and listening skills

• High attention to detail

• Willingness to take ownership of your work

• Strategic mindset

WE OFFER

• A flexible, hybrid working policy (2-3 days from the office, depending on location) and the opportunity to work from abroad for 13 weeks a year.

• 24 vacation days per year and the possibility to buy an unlimited number of extra vacation days.

• DEPT®/YOU Learning Menu and DEPT®/YOU Special Programs. Develop your skills with courses and programs tailored to your needs.

• Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform, gym and wellness discounts, and healthy lunches at the office.

• Get a discount on your lease bike and ride in style. You can also enjoy hassle free-commutes with an NS Business Card.

• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021, has been named a Great Place To Work since 2022 in the Netherlands and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.

• Awesome clients. Whether big, small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with all of them. And we celebrate all of our successes together!

• You can discover even more employee benefits here.

WHY DEPT®?

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.