About Ogilvy
Memac Ogilvy is one of the leading creative networks in MENA with its flagship office in the UAE and a strong local footprint in the GCC and North Africa. It is part of the formidable worldwide Ogilvy network. It’s the only truly integrated comms network – with beyond Brand & Advertising, a deep PR & Influence, Social Media Performance and Customer Engagement & Digital capability under 1 P&L and under single leadership. Memac Ogilvy is about Making Brands Matter. We deliver on this by combining expert and new capabilities for modern marketing solutions (we are not a traditional advertising agency anymore) with solid project management expertise for agile and effective delivery as well as through a passionate talent agenda.
The agency is the most awarded Middle Eastern agency in Cannes as well as a big winner at the local award show Lynx. It counts around 600 staff members.
What You’ll Do:
Creative Execution & Conceptualization:
- Take the lead in conceptualizing a campaign, site or other digital solution.
- Establish visual style and user experiences that will effectively communicate with target and fulfill project objectives.
- Be responsible for the proper placement, context and meaning of every visual element within a creative assignment.
- Assist CDs, PMs, and Producers in commissioning and managing outside illustrators, photographers, comp artists, directors, talent, etc.
- Assist creative lead in presenting work to client.
- Participate in brainstorms as required.
- Assist in developing concepts and presentation materials for business development projects.
- Assist or stand in for CD in presenting work to client.
Collaboration & Communication:
- Collaborate and communicate regularly with Client Service counterparts.
- Collaborate with other creative staff to share learning and experience and to establish initiatives that will improve Ogilvy's creative product.
- Partner with Account, Media, Project Management and Production counterparts to enhance quality, productivity, and profitability of the group's work.
Responsibilities:
- Show initiative in growing allocated tasks/campaigns beyond what's expected.
- Be in touch with both the "big picture" and the nitty-gritty details of a project or campaign.
- Work daily with the Project Manager to ensure all deliverables and deadlines are met within budget.
- Proactively seek approvals from CD (as required on a project-by-project basis) on all work before delivery to Account or Client.
- Stay current with industry/advertising trends, and apply them strategically.
- Contribute to overall office morale, spirit, character and work quality.
- Be respectful of others and enjoyable to work with.
- Embody Ogilvy Habits: Courage, Idealism, Curiosity, Playfulness, Candour, Intuition, Free-spiritedness, and Persistence.
- Achieve agreed objectives.
- Exhibit proper behaviors as per Agency Habits.
- Successfully demonstrate the required professional skills.
What You’ll Need:
- Degree from a respected advertising/design program.
- Proven highly versatile creative concepting, design, and art direction skills.
- Exceptional portfolio necessary.
- Well-versed in the history of design, art direction, and advertising.
- Passion to eat, sleep and breathe all things advertising.
Top Skills
What We Do
Founded in 1984 as Memac by Eddie Moutran, and today part of the Ogilvy Worldwide network founded by David Ogilvy, Memac Ogilvy is proud to be the most local of international agencies with 11 offices across the MENA region.
Memac Ogilvy inspires brand and people to impact the world. We exist to create iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas for our clients.
Borderless Creativity is what we believe in. Operating, innovating and creating at the intersection of our talented people, advertising disciplines such as strategic thinking, distinctive idea creation and social-first approach, as well as with the wider Memac Ogilvy family of Consulting, Experience, Health and PR.
Never has there been a wider, more varied range of options and opportunities available to be able to communicate incredible ideas, impact culture and influence consumer behavior. Paid advertising is a consistent, regular and controllable way of getting a business and brand’s core message in front of consumers in a way that no other medium can. Creativity is the greatest differentiator as it transcends the status quo and shifts culture.
