Hilversum
28 May 2026
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Senior Strategist

Monks

Senior Strategist

Monks is seeking a Senior Strategist to drive strategic clarity and power up the relationship with an iconic global sports brand. Based in Hilversum, the role requires leading senior clients, shaping long-term strategies, and providing deep cultural and industry insights. The ideal candidate has proven client presence and a recognized understanding of the sports industry.

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Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

On-site

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Core Qualifications

Soft Skills
client presencestrategic visionleadershipinfluencecuriosityinnovationcultural insights

Key Responsibilities

  • Illuminate the path to growth internally, setting a clear strategic direction that aligns to client outcomes.
  • Partner with Client Success to shape ambitious, insight-led briefs and effective scopes of work.
  • Act as catalysts for business growth, collaborating to identify and unlock new opportunities.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior external client stakeholders, helping them solve consumer challenges and seize emerging opportunities.
  • Strengthen Monks’ presence with the client—representing our strategic thinking in sessions, meetings, associations, and across key communication platforms.
  • Act as the senior strategic advisor to the client's Digital Marketing Sports teams.
  • Shape long-term strategies that align client ambition with Monks’ capabilities and commercial opportunities.
  • Educate and enhance the client’s Digital Marketing understanding of insights, comms planning, and versioning online and in-person (twice a week).
  • Proactively identify opportunities and expand Monks’ footprint within the account.
  • Develop thought-leadership around themes relevant to our scope and projects (e.g., category and sport evolutions, youth culture, and behaviors).
  • Define best practices for how strategy interacts and impacts an iconic global sports brand.
  • Ensure strategy consistently provides the “why” that fuels breakthroughs with the client's consumer base.
  • Champion the use of accelerated insights (AI) to elevate strategic output and impact.
  • Create clear run of shows, comms planning, and versioning to create impact with consumers across EMEA.
  • Serve as a key strategic voice to senior clients, aligning strategy to major business priorities.
  • Represent Monks as a client-facing strategist, elevating our profile with the client.
  • Lead, inspire, and educate your teammates in the latest and greatest cultural and sports insights.
  • Help set a culture of curiosity, innovation, and excellence.
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