Brand & Creative Strategist, Mid-Weight

DEPT®

Creative Strategist for DEPT® developing innovative digital marketing solutions. Collaborating with teams to enhance brand strategies for top clients in the market.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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
Work with internal teams to prove the effectiveness of campaigns
Be able to engage top tier clients when presenting - with their strategies rooted in robust insights
Work with clients and consult on key strategic projects
Get involved in new business pitches

Requirements

What you’ll need

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 high level of relevant experience within a strategy-focused role
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
Very efficient, producing significant output with minimal wasted effort.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A flexible, hybrid working policy
The choice of medical healthcare providers (Bupa or Medicash)
25 days holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off each year
Company pension scheme
EAP scheme
Ride to work scheme
Enhanced family friendly policies
Buddy Program: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®.
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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

digital marketingsocial media marketingcreative processcampaign strategyinsight generation

Soft Skills

communication skillspresentation skillscollaborationcreativityefficiency