
Sjuul Smits
Creative Strategist | TikTok Specialist & Social
Salary / Daily rate
Tilburg, Netherlands
Mobility: Amsterdam, Utrecht, ...
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Dutch - Native English - Fluent Portfolio - https://www.sjuulstudios.com/ Creative Strategist specializing in TikTok growth strategies with 4+ years transforming brands into engaging social presences. Developed winning campaigns for happn, Univé, Vogue NL, and Westfield Mall, turning even static brands into scroll-stopping content. TNW T500 Digital Mind recognized for expertise in short-form video, creator marketing, and platform-native strategies that drive real engagement and growth.
Work experience
Freelance Creative Strategist
Sjuul Studios
Oct 2023 - Present
3 years 1 month
Nederland, CO 80466, USA
As freelance Creative Strategist, I help brands make their best move to launch on TikTok or thrive on TikTok through a well-thought out strategy & concepts to set your brand aside from others on this relatively new platform. If you need any help to launch your brand on TikTok or want to talk about how to even start with social media marketing in general, hit me up!
Oprichter
MONO - Artist Marketing
Oct 2025 - Present
1 year 1 month
– Empowering artists at the forefront of their digital stage
Creatief strateeg
Tik TikBoom
Mar 2024 - Sep 2025
1 year 7 months
Rotterdam, Netherlands
– As Creative Strategist, I develop TikTok strategies and creative concepts that help brands grow, engage their audiences, and stand out on the platform. – From analysing client briefs to delivering full strategy decks, I translate brand goals into content that works. – From brainstorm and briefing content creators, shaping scripts and shotlists, I oversee production from shoot to edit, ensuring every campaign is both creative and effective. My work ranges from quick-turn short-form ideas to thought-through entertainment-driven campaigns. Turning even the most static and seemingly boring brands into likeable brands! – Trusted by brands including: happn Univé Duo Penotti Remia Verhage CORPUS Lassie Napoleon
Marketing Campaign Manager
Molecule Social
Sep 2022 - Aug 2023
1 year
The Hague, Netherlands
– At Molecule Social, my role as Campaign Manager started out very broad. As an All-around employee, I was responsible for project management, strategy, concepting, briefing content creators, creating creatives, social media management, advertising and budgeting, and much more. – During my time at Molecule, I have managed accounts for: – Vogue NL [Fashion & magazine] – Wibra [Large, Dutch retailer] – Numatic [Henry vacuums] – Wajer Yachts – Westfield Mall of the Netherlands [Biggest shopping Mall of the Netherlands] – Franky Rizardo [Large DJ & Producer] – and many more!
Junior Project Manager
GoSpooky
Dec 2021 - May 2022
6 months
Amsterdam, Netherlands
– Gospooky is becoming the leading Social Technology Agency in the World. With direct partnerships with Snap Inc. & TikTok, Gospooky sets the stage in Augmented Reality (AR), Livestream & short-form video content for brands like JBL, Amazon Prime Video, Heineken, G-Star Raw, & HEMA. – In the first months of my work at Gospooky, I have written a full internal guide on Web3, including topics like Crypto, Blockchain, NFTs & Metaverse. Later, Gospooky took on many Web3-projects for brands like G-Star (NFT) and meanwhile Gospooky made its own NFT Collection - CryptoSpookies. – As Junior Project Manager, I had the honour to work for JBL & HEMA where I lead several projects to deliver ongoing short-form video content for Instagram & TikTok for both JBL & HEMA. Too, I have managed the HEMA Insects AR campaign where we produced a Portal World Filter for Instagram to promote the 'HEMA Insecten' campaign running for 7 weeks. Aside, I have supported many projects for Snap Inc. & the Dutch Rijksoverheid, the JBL x Tomorrowland x Martin Garrix campaign, & the JBL Snow Party 2022 event. For these campaigns, I was responsible for managing budgets (25K-140K), timelines & deadlines, resources, and planning. Hereby, communication with both internal & external parties was a large part of my day-to-day.
Creative & Digital Intern
LEWIS Global Communications
Feb 2021 - Jun 2021
5 months
Tilburg, Netherlands
– LEWIS Global is a PR, Marketing, Communication, and Creative agency with over 500 people working in 24 offices around the globe. Specialized in Public Relations but more and more growing towards an integrated agency. – During the internship period, I have researched how LEWIS could best create value for its employees and clients by building an in-house content production studio. Moreover, I have worked on several high-level projects alike Account-Based Marketing for Adobe and social campaigns/maintenance for both Vaillant Netherlands and LEWIS Netherlands.
Label Assistant
HEXAGON
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
6 months
Amsterdam, Netherlands
– HEXAGON is the record label by Don Diablo, the current number 6 in the DJMAG Top100, now home to sublabels Generation HEX and other sublabels by RetroVision, King Arthur, JLV and more. – This internship was the perfect follow-up after completing the Minor: Dance Industry. Here, I've worked with the amazing HEXAGON team during the period where it started 6 new sublabels. In the course of the internship, I provided an advice report to HEXAGON researching 'Playlisting' for record labels. From these recommendations, a total of 6 new playlists were created. Too, I curated breakthrough artists to be signed to Hexagon Record label.
Education
Fontys Hogeschool Tilburg
Graduated, Marketing Management - Digital Business Concepts (English Taught Program)
2017 - 2021
4 years 2 months
Fontys Hogeschool Tilburg
Minor Dance Industry
2019 - 2020
1 year 1 month
Licenses & certifications
Marketing to Humans
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Social Media Marketing Foundations
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Content Marketing Foundations
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Online Marketing Foundations
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Portfolio

Happn - Dating

Duo Penotti - Introducing Iconic Dutch Duo Penotti as Love Brand on TikTok

Franky Rizardo DJ/Producer

Univé - Insurance

TastySounds by Beagley & Copperman

CORPUS - Museum - Traveling through the human body
