Senior Social Creative

Amsterdam, hybrid

This role is part of our Creative & Media team based 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 and Philips to name a few.

JOB PURPOSE

This role is part of our Social Creative team. We deliver quality content across all social channels that is platform-first, engaging and always on trend. The team is small but growing and incredibly versatile & talented. The Social Creatives are responsible for ideating, creating and posting the most engaging and on trend social content for a range of well known clients for the Dutch market. The position will be servicing the likes of; bol, Philips, Grolsch, Viper, Peroni, Pathé and more. 

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. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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 WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 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

• 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.