Summary
Philip Freeke is a pragmatic growth leader with 9 years of experience scaling digital products and teams across startups and large consultancies, currently heading Growth at Stekkies in Amsterdam. He has a proven track record building and integrating growth functions—leading a 79-person Growth Services division at Emakina and launching content-first advertising teams that drove measurable uplift for brands like Adidas, ECCO and Bacardi. Philip combines hands-on product and marketing execution (website redesigns, YouTube-first content, CRM and performance marketing) with strategic market entry and partnership work across the Netherlands, Germany and the UK. He’s comfortable in interim and executive roles, having bootstrapped sustained 72% YoY revenue growth at Grutto and led commercial project delivery at HARMAN and EPAM. Notably, he blends creative awards-winning design sensibilities with data-driven growth playbooks, making him equally fluent in brand storytelling and conversion optimization.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA Digital Media Management, Master of Arts - MA Digital Media Management at Hyper Island
Bachelor of Applied Science (BSc) Communication & Multimedia Design, Bachelor of Applied Science (BSc) Communication & Multimedia Design at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
Master of Arts - MA Digital Media Management, Master of Arts - MA Digital Media Management at Teesside University
Dutch, English, German