CreativeStrategist

DEPT® is the Growth Invention Company, sitting at the intersection of marketing and technology. The Creative Strategist role is part of our Creative you will help others improve - within and beyond the team. That’s the core of it. Beyond that, we expect you to care about the work, the craft and humans, be comfortable in front of crowds and workshops, and be utterly yourself at all times. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR That’s one list. Sorry, here’s another. It’s about some traits we like: Strategic voice: A creative strategist at DEPT® should have a sense of their strategic voice, their vision, and their POV on strategy. It’s what makes you unique, and your work special. Creative vision: A strategy isn’t brilliant until it leads to brilliant work. You thrive in inspiring, supporting, protecting, and nurturing creativity from before the briefing until after delivery. Entrepreneurial spirit: You don't wait for briefs to fall into your lap; you seek out new opportunities and can’t wait to make things happen. Embrace complexity: The world is increasingly complex and fragmented. Your superpower is processing, distilling, and demystifying that chaos into simple, actionable, and undeniable insights. Love research: You can set up, run, present, judge, and apply different types of research. You love playing the investigative journalist. You get under the skin of the audience, immerse yourself in the business and throw yourself into an industry - all for the betterment of the work. Commanding communication: Amazing ideas die in the dark without great communication. You know how to command a room, tell a story, disagree respectfully, debate fiercely and sell a vision with absolute clarity. Finger on the pulse: You know what’s going on in culture, in tech, on social and some other weird corners of the internet, and are able to turn that knowledge into action (or just great water cooler conversation). Driving effectiveness: The work doesn’t just need to be made, it needs to work, and s