This role is part of our Media Strategy team. We deliver end to end data driven campaigns which foster both creativity and performance. Our specialty is creative, digital communication that drives performance, boosts brand awareness, and shifts market share for our clients such as eBay, Douglas, Aldi, Smart, and more! Our team in Germany is the only agency that combines technology, creativity and data to truly deliver state of the art solutions to make our clients grow and challenge the traditional agency landscape.
JOB PURPOSE
The role of the Creative Strategist will be to sharpen the quality and strategic nature of our creative responses; they will be responsible for being the buffer between a client brief and a creative idea. This person will be responsible for championing excellent strategic thinking that sets our brilliant creative teams up for success on big briefs. You will collaborate closely and effectively with wider strategy teams, account managers, creatives, media specialists and our Director of Strategy to create brilliant work that works.
Please note that this is a pipeline role. While we do not have an immediate opening, we are gathering qualified candidates for anticipated future needs.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support client + creative teams across the business to develop strategies and ideas that answer our clients briefs and exceed their expectations
- Bring the audience into the agency, let their voice be heard to guide thinking.
- Understand culture and harness it to shape the work
- Guide creative thinking across a range of campaign types including but not limited to ATL, Digital and Social
- Write and communicate compelling creative briefs to help our creative teams deliver ideas that overcome business challenges
- Work in partnership with the creative teams, removing the barriers to creativity, help guide them towards powerful, effective work.
- Prove the effectiveness of campaigns
- Be able to engage top tier clients when presenting - with their strategies rooted in robust insights
- Work with senior clients and consult on key strategic projects
- When required, participate in new business pitches
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Have experience in a content marketing role, preferably at a digital agency;
- Advanced level understanding & experience within digital marketing including new and growing social platforms
- Understanding of the creative process
- Solid experience collaborating with creatives and helping guide their creative output
- A solid understanding & experience within social media marketing
- A solid understanding of how to garner insights for action
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex subjects simply
- Ability to work with senior clients on key strategy projects
- Are ambitious, results oriented and know how to plan and organize;
- Are fluent in both German and English;
WE OFFER
- Company pension scheme
- Flexible working hours, working from home and abroad work
- Lease bike options / JobRad
- Personal development allowance to support your growth and continuous learning
- Health & Wellbeing - you have free, anonymous and unlimited access to 1-on-1 online coaching and mindfulness consultations with psychologists via chat, phone or video call
- €30 per month - You can use the flexible package for digital food stamps and/or fitness providers/sport clubs/massage studios, internet costs, and/ or public transport
- Future Bens - We cooperate with FutureBens and offer you exclusive access to sustainable, healthy products at attractive deals
- A reputation for doing good. DEPT® 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.
