Account Director

Summary

Join DEPT® as an Account Director in Rotterdam or Amsterdam and cultivate strong relationships with major clients. You will develop go-to-market strategies, create compelling pitches, and drive client growth. Leverage your sales expertise to build new business and manage complex digital projects. This role requires at least 5 years of agency experience, strong communication skills, and fluency in Dutch and English. DEPT® offers flexible work arrangements, comprehensive health benefits, and various perks, including an annual trip and opportunities for professional development.

Requirements

• Have at least 5 years of (preferably agency) experience
• Have a passion for digital marketing, know how to convince others with your sales talent, and have the ability to give clients the best possible advice
• Have great communication skills (verbally and written) and the ability to persuade
• Be experienced in working on pitches
• Be ambitious, results-oriented and know how to plan and organize
• Be fluent in Dutch and English

Responsibilities

• Develop go-to-market strategies, new service propositions and pitches
• Convince clients to work with DEPT®, by asking the right questions at the right time
• Utilize your sales experience and build solid relationships with potential clients and partners
• Drive strategic and sustainable client development and have a significant influence on the company's growth
• Development, management and KPI-driven planning of complex digital client projects and journeys - you will not only focus on the profitability of your budgets
• Communicative interface between our existing clients on the one hand and our cross-functional teams of creatives and strategists on the other

Benefits

• 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
• 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
• Annual trip to DEPT® Festival in the Netherlands: a chance to meet other people in DEPT®, see great talks from industry leaders, and have an all expenses paid weekend of fun!
• Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities