Marketing Jobs in the Netherlands: Who's Hiring Right Now (Oct 2026)

You keep hearing the Dutch marketing market is busy, but you want names and roles, not vibes. Here is a dated snapshot of who is actually hiring, taken from the JobRise live jobs feed on 14 October 2026, with the employers, the cities, and the job types spelled out.

The snapshot at a glance#

On 14 October 2026 the feed showed 16 open marketing job listings in the Netherlands. Ten were posted in the last 30 days, and 8 went up in the last 7 days alone.

That pace matters. More than half the slice is fresh, so employers are hiring this month rather than parking stale ads.

Keep the framing honest. These are counts of open listings on one feed, not a market survey. Treat it as a dated picture and recheck before you spend a week on applications.

Who is hiring#

Nine companies carry the 16 listings. Next Job Abroad leads with 4, though it is a recruiter or staffing firm rather than a brand, so read its ads as a doorway into unnamed client roles.

Pearl Abyss Europe has 2 listings, including a Marketing Graphic Designer. Bunq also has 2, with a Transaction Review Lead open. Treatwell has 2, split across a PR Manager and a B2B Brand Manager. CXG rounds out the group with 2.

Four employers hold a single listing each. Lighthouse Reports wants a Social Media Manager. Brafton is hiring a Freelance SEO Content Writer - Dutch. Infosys Consulting - Europe has a Third-Party Risk Management Program Lead open. OnLogic is looking for a Marketing Manager.

Some roles sit outside classic marketing. That's the catch. A Transaction Review Lead at Bunq and a Third-Party Risk Management Program Lead at Infosys Consulting - Europe both sit closer to risk and compliance than to brand work, so if your background blends marketing ops with governance you face fewer rivals on them. Apply anyway.

Where the jobs are#

Amsterdam dominates with 6 listings, well over a third of the slice. Utrecht follows with 2, then Amstelveen, Oosterhout and Groningen with 1 each.

If you live outside the Randstad, the picture is thin but not empty. Groningen and Oosterhout show regional roles exist. They are just rare.

What the job-type mix tells you#

Full-time accounts for 15 of the 16 listings. Only 1 is a contract role.

That is a market hiring for permanence, not for project cover. Employers here want someone to own a channel or a programme for the long run.

Now look at who the employers are. You have scale-ups and tech names like Bunq, Treatwell, OnLogic and Pearl Abyss Europe, you have agencies and content shops like Brafton, Next Job Abroad, CXG and Infosys Consulting - Europe, and you have an investigative newsroom in Lighthouse Reports. That spread is the real story.

One sector. Wrong frame. Marketing hiring here runs from a bank to a games studio to an investigative outlet, so a CV pitched at "the Dutch tech scene" reads generic and gets skimmed past.

The hard numbers to accept#

No listing in this slice shows a salary. Zero. You cannot benchmark pay from these ads, and you should not guess a number in your application.

Also zero: 0 of 16 listings carry entry-level titles like intern, graduate, junior or trainee. If you are early in your career, this slice is not aimed at you. You will need to widen the net, target smaller firms, or approach companies directly without an open ad.

For scale, the same feed showed 191 open listings across all categories in the Netherlands on that date. Marketing is a small slice of the total.

How to apply this week#

Apply direct wherever you can. When a listing sits on a company careers page, go there rather than through a job board, because your application lands closer to the person reading it and skips a layer of filtering.

Mirror the listing keywords. If the ad says "B2B Brand Manager" and "brand strategy", use those exact phrases in your summary and recent role bullets. Screening tools match on wording, not vibes.

Run your CV through a free ATS resume checker before you send it. A clean parse catches formatting that silently drops your experience.

A bullet worth rewriting. Old version: "Handled social media and grew the audience." New version: "Owned the social calendar for a nonprofit newsroom, wrote and scheduled posts, and grew follower count across two channels." The second names the context, the tasks, and the outcome without inventing a number you cannot back.

A 7-step plan#

• List the 9 companies above and mark which ones fit your level and location.
• Open the company careers page for each and apply direct, keeping a simple tracker of dates and role titles.
• Copy the exact job title and 5 keywords from the listing into your CV summary and most recent role.
• Rewrite your top 3 bullets to name context, task, and result in plain language.
• Check your CV parses cleanly with a free ATS resume checker before every application.
• Send a short note to someone on the marketing team at your top 2 targets, asking about the role, not for a favour.
• Recheck the listings every 7 days, since 8 of these 16 went up in the last week.

FAQ#

How current are these marketing job numbers?

They are a snapshot taken on 14 October 2026 from the JobRise live jobs feed. Listings change daily, so verify the current count before you plan your search.

Are any of these employers agencies rather than direct companies?

Yes. Next Job Abroad, CXG, Brafton and Infosys Consulting - Europe operate as recruiters, staffing firms or consultancies. Their ads may lead to client roles, so ask who the end employer is early.

Why do none of the listings show salary?

Employers in this slice simply did not publish pay. If salary matters to you, ask the recruiter or hiring manager for the range at the first conversation.

Is there anything for junior marketers in this data?

No. 0 of the 16 listings carry intern, graduate, junior or trainee titles. You will need to target companies without open ads or look beyond this slice.

Should I apply if the job is in a city I do not live in?

Amsterdam holds 6 of the 16 listings, so distance is a real filter. Ask about hybrid or relocation support before you invest time in a full application.