Senior Digital Marketing Strategist

Know the ecosystem. Make the call. 

As a Senior Digital Marketing Strategist at SQLI Ghent you turn complex business and marketing challenges into a focused digital strategy. You connect data performance content search social websites CRO marketing automation ecommerce and AI - always with a clear view on what will create the most impact. 

You are the strategic link between our clients and our specialists. You understand the disciplines well enough to challenge their recommendations connect their expertise and turn separate inputs into one strong direction. You define priorities trade-offs and investment decisions and translate them into a compelling story that (even not so marketing mature) clients understand believe in and are ready to invest in. 

What you will do 

• Uncover the real challenge behind a client briefing. 

• Develop focused digital marketing strategies across the customer journey and funnel. 

• Connect audience content channels platforms data and technology into one coherent approach. 

• Decide what to prioritise test postpone or leave out. 

• Challenge recommendations from performance data content SEO social CRO and marketing automation specialists. 

• Translate strategy into realistic scopes budgets roadmaps KPIs and next steps. 

• Build clear persuasive presentations and lead strategic client conversations. 

• Shape and pitch solutions for existing clients and new opportunities. 

• Stay involved as strategy moves into execution ensuring the original choices remain intact. 

Qualifications :

• 5 years of relevant digital marketing experience preferably in an agency or consultancy. 

• Deep practical experience in at least one digital discipline and strong knowledge of the wider ecosystem. 

• The ability to assess whether data media and specialist recommendations genuinely support the strategic objective. 

• Experience leading multidisciplinary digital strategies rather than delivering one isolated channel. 

• Strong strategic storytelling and presentation skills. 

• Confidence in front of senior clients and the ability to challenge constructively. 

• Commercial judgement: you can turn an open question into a credible and sellable solution. 

• A pragmatic mindset. Your strategies are ambitious but they can also be delivered. 

• Fluency in Dutch and English. French is an advantage. 

Additional Information :

A challenging role is important but so is the environment around it.

At SQLI youll work on varied projects for leading brands such as Nestlé Colruyt Pierre Fabre and Jaguar Land Rover. You wont spend years working on the same platform or solving the same problems. Each client brings new challenges giving you the opportunity to broaden your experience and keep developing your expertise.

• Youll have the freedom to take ownership and make an impact. Your ideas will be heard your expertise will be trusted and the work you deliver will be visible across the company. You wont simply step into a predefined role. Youll have the opportunity to shape it as you grow.
• And well actively support that growth. Through dedicated R&D time training certifications seminars mentoring events and regular knowledge sharing youll have the space to explore new technologies and strengthen the skills that matter to you. Regular feedback and development conversations will help you decide what your next step should look like.
• As part of SQLI Group youll also become part of an international network of 2200 colleagues across 12 countries. Youll exchange knowledge with experts from different markets work with international teams and gain exposure to projects beyond Belgium.
• We offer flexibility in how you organise your work while still making time to come together as a team. Our recently redesigned office in Sint-Martens-Latem offers outdoor space informal meeting areas and comfortable places to focus or recharge. Regular drinks and team events give us the chance to connect outside the usual (project) meetings.
• Youll receive a competitive salary package that reflects your experience including a company car an Apple laptop a phone subscription and everything else you need to do your job well.
• Most importantly youll join a welcoming and experienced team where people share knowledge challenge each other constructively and step in when someone needs support.

At SQLI we help ambitious brands turn digital complexity into meaningful growth by bringing strategy marketing design and technology together.

Our values are straightforward:

• Curiosity
• Pragmatism
• Achievement
• Trust

They shape how we collaborate make decisions and communicate: openly directly and without unnecessary complexity.

Interested

If youre looking for challenging work genuine ownership international opportunities and the freedom to keep growing lets talk.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time