Do you combine strategic vision with a genuine eye for creatives that perform? Are you ready to set the Paid Social direction for some of the most ambitious brands in the market?

If you have a client-oriented mindset and strategic perspective, continue reading.

Lead strategic campaigns and deliver measurable impact

As our Director Paid Social, you will own the strategic direction, creative quality, and commercial growth of your own portfolio of clients. You will be working closely with Digital Growth, our Studio team, and Data & Tech to make sure every Paid Social engagement is grounded in strong strategy, sharp creatives, and smart use of technology.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Strategic and commercial ownership: You will set the strategic direction and commercial growth plan for Paid Social in the Netherlands, owning key performance, productisation, and revenue targets.

• Senior client advisory: You will act as the core strategic advisor and escalation point for our largest and most complex Paid Social accounts, directing everything from brand awareness activities to ROAS-driven performance.

• Cross-channel platform innovation: You will be designing sophisticated strategies that connect brand and performance across platforms like Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Reddit, and Snapchat, while managing platform relationships to keep clients at the forefront of innovations.

• Creative excellence standards: You will establish native-first best practices and creative testing frameworks for hooks and formats, partnering closely with our Studio team to continuously upgrade creative output.

• AI integration: You know how to use AI to amplify creative strategy, for creative production, platform automation, insight generation, QA, and reporting to keep the team ahead of platform trends.

• Business growth initiatives: You will be shaping proposals, leading pitches, and identifying growth opportunities within existing client accounts.

Join our team of ambitious specialists

In our Amsterdam office, you’ll be part of a team made up of specialists across various digital marketing areas like Paid Search, SEO, Content, and Paid Social. This means you’ll be surrounded by experts every day, creating an inspiring environment where knowledge-sharing is at the heart of what we do.

In addition you will also join our international Paid Social team, where you’ll work alongside industry experts, all focused on continuously improving our services and delivering exceptional results for our clients.

And with our office located in the heart of Amsterdam, you’ll have easy access to public transport and be surrounded by plenty of great spots for coffee and lunch!

A Paid Social expert with a creative edge

We are looking for someone who combines platform depth with commercial understanding and the confidence to guide clients towards innovations.

You will likely recognise yourself in the following qualifications:

• Paid Social Experience: You bring experience within a digital agency environment where you have successfully managed multiple client accounts and dedicated time to coaching and developing specialists.

• Senior Strategic Expertise: You possess a proven track record of executing Paid Social strategy at a senior level by looking beyond basic metrics to navigate post-iOS14 attribution challenges and Marketing Mix Modelling to build clear investment cases.

• Creative Testing Mastery: You thoroughly understand social best practices regarding hook rates and thumb-stop content with the ability to establish testing frameworks and collaborate with creative teams to produce native-first work across Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, and Snapchat

• Technical Platform Proficiency: You demonstrate strong proficiency with tools like Meta Ads Manager, Smartly, Snapchat, TikTok and Pinterest ad platforms.

• Affinity for AI technology: You have a genuine interest in emerging tech and hands-on experience with AI-assisted creative tools and platform automation.

• Stakeholder communication: You possess the confidence to lead presentations for clients, and translate complex data into clear recommendations for non-technical stakeholders, with proficiency in both Dutch and English.

What it’s like working at s360

At s360, you will be part of a leading European Marketing Technology Partner, working alongside more than 330 skilled colleagues across 10 offices in 8 countries. While our shared mission is to help brands and retailers grow, we are equally committed to fostering a strong culture, defined by collaboration, drive, and continuous development. We believe that our culture and ways of working are key to delivering long-term, meaningful results.

As a part of our team, you can look forward to:

• Skilled colleagues: Collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry and be part of an ambitious team with deep expertise across all key digital disciplines.

• Top-tier clients: Work with some of the biggest brands in the world on solving their most complex and interesting commercial problems.

• Growth journey: Join one of the fastest-growing digital marketing agencies in Europe with the ambition of becoming the best in the world.

• International environment: With 10 offices across 8 countries, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with people from diverse cultures around the world.

• Career acceleration: Get individual career plans to influence your own professional path and contribute to shaping the company’s future.

• Continuous development: A learning culture where people strive to become 1% better every day, supported by advanced training and knowledge sharing.
  
  

We look forward to hearing from you!

Does this sound like the right fit for you? Do you have any questions? Then don’t hesitate to apply or reach out to our Managing Director Arnd van der Meer at [email protected].

We review applications on an ongoing basis and hire as soon as the right candidate is found, so please send your CV and application as soon as possible. All inquiries are treated confidentially.

Any relocation after employment will not be sponsored.