Desired role: a creative director position that will allow the candidate to manage but also remain involved in copywriting and creative execution. The candidate is a native Dutch and English speaker/writer but prefers to write and concept in English.
- Creative Direction.
- Advising clients to help shape their objectives and translate this into creative concepts.
- Copywriting (preference for English copy but able to tackle/direct Dutch copy as well)
- Developing 360 concepts and campaigns built on a ‘Big Idea’ that can be executed and optimized across mediums (TV, digital, social, experiential, emerging media)
- Managing, guiding, and mentoring junior, mid-level, and senior teams.
Desired Agency/brand: A creatively led international agency, international accounts and brands. Strong preference for bold and brave creative work. Open to client-side work.
Professional strengths: strategic, quality oriented, hands-on, communicative. Highly creative, effective and no-nonsense.
Experience: 10+ years as Creative Director, Associate Creative Director, and Copywriter with international creatively led advertising agencies and recently 3 years at Google:
- Creating the big idea, and developing 360 campaigns upon this idea
- Copywriting (long-form, social, emerging media)
- Creative Direction
- Managing and mentoring junior, mid-level and senior teams.
- Creating branded content film concepts & script writing
Previous Clients/Agencies: B2B, B2C, Anomaly NY, Grey NY, Mekanism NY, Peloton, HBO, Fiverr, Unilever, EOS, Converse, NASDAQ.
Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film & Television Production) at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Master Business Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Awards: multiple, a.o.
- Effies - Bronze Winner
- Global ACE Awards - Gold Winner
- Adweek Experiential Awards - Winner
- Clio Entertainment – Silver and bronze Winner
- Epica - Silver Winner
- Promax - Gold and Silver Winner
- One Show - Merit
Language: Dutch and English (Dual-Citizen/native speaker) spoken and written
Employment: Available for full-time, preference for a full-time relationship and ownership of clients, available for freelance assignments.
Availability: available immediately for full-time and freelance positions
Place of work: Amsterdam or remote
Salary Range: € 115K yearly minimum, depending on secondary employment agreements & compensation.
Freelance rate: € 900, - day rate (including AMACOM margin), depending on the nature of the assignment and the length of the contract.