Ogilvy Social Lab is setting global benchmarks in digital marketing and is driven by offering our expertise to both local and international clients through a multi-market footprint.
We have enabled 'borderless ways of working', operating as connected teams and providing Creative, Content, Media and Intelligence capabilities to Ogilvy agencies and clients in more than 20 countries.
Join our globally connected team and work on challenging projects that transcend borders. Embrace a career that takes you to new horizons and make a global impact!
ROLE
As a Junior Digital Intelligence & Data Analyst, you’ll help uncover meaningful insights from social, digital, and search data to support strategic thinking and creative development. You’ll explore what people are saying, sharing, and searching online to better understand audience behaviours, identify cultural trends, and help shape recommendations for leading international brands.
This role is perfect for someone who’s naturally curious about people and culture, excited by the ever-changing digital world, and eager to grow in a collaborative, social-first agency environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the analysis of social and digital data using tools like Talkwalker, Tubular, RivalIQ, Semrush, GlobalWebIndex, and proprietary OSL dashboards.
- Help build clear, insightful reports that highlight audience behaviors, cultural trends, and campaign opportunities.
- Work closely with strategists and planners to contribute data that informs content and communication strategies.
- Assist in developing regular social listening and trend-monitoring reports.
- Participate in client presentations and internal meetings to share insights in a clear and engaging way.
- Collaborate with data teams across Ogilvy and WPP, as well as third-party providers.
- Stay curious about the digital world; new platforms, tools, formats, and audience behaviours.
PROFILE
- 1–3 years of experience in digital, social, or search data analytics, insights, or related roles.
- Strong interest in digital culture, social media trends, and emerging technologies.
- Familiar with tools such as Talkwalker, Tubular, RivalIQ, GlobalWebIndex, Brandwatch, Meltwater, Semrush, or similar (training can be provided).
- Comfortable working with both quantitative and qualitative data and turning findings into simple, useful insights.
- A basic understanding of digital performance metrics (organic and paid) across key platforms.
- Proficient in English. French or Dutch is a plus.
- Curious, detail-oriented, and motivated to learn from more senior analysts and strategists.
- Good communicator with strong reporting and visualization skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Google Slides, or data viz tools).
- A team player who thrives in a collaborative, fast-moving environment.
OFFER
- Full-time opportunity in an ever-growing, trendsetting advertising agency
- Work alongside a team of diverse and people-focused individuals, on impactful projects and with an array of local, regional, and global clients.
- We are committed to keeping our environmental footprint low and ensuring that our work is ethical.
- We thrive on transparency - Our words and promises produce actions.
- Attractive package and benefits
- Strong flexibility plan
- Continuous training opportunities
- As an Ogilvy Social.Lab employee, you will be provided with continuous opportunities to grow through training and career conversations while doing strong work that works.
Top Skills
What We Do
In 1948, David Ogilvy founded the agency that would become Ogilvy & Mather. Starting with no clients and a staff of two, he built his company into one of the eight largest advertising networks in the world with more than 500 offices and 20,000 staff across 169 cities.
Ogilvy South Africa’s origins lie with a small hot shop in Cape Town, founded by Bob Rightford, Brian Searle-Tripp and Roger Makin in 1976. After merging with Ogilvy in 1984, Ogilvy & Mather RS-TM dominated the local creative scene during the first decade and over the next twenty years was recognized as a brand-focused agency that acted with integrity.
During the 1990’s, Ogilvy South Africa soared creatively under the leadership of Robyn Putter (1950-2010), who eventually went on to become the global creative head of WPP.
Today, Ogilvy South Africa is the leader in the industry, focused on building and transforming brands. Employing more than 900 staff across three offices, Ogilvy remains true to David’s vision; we still see ourselves as a company that does more than ads and have proven that by maintaining our humility and an almost divine discontent at our past successes, we can do more than stay relevant. For more than 50 years, Ogilvy South Africa has created iconic advertising for clients such as KFC, VW, SAB, BP, DStv and Mondelez amongst others, and we continue to live by our founders credo of existing to “Make brands matter”.
