Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES / DELIVERABLES
- To produce a regular status report on each of his/her accounts
- To organise regular internal status meetings
- To organise client meetings and requirements thereof (e.g. booking rooms, lunch, room layout/presentation etc)
- To record all client meetings in accurate contact reports, distributed within 24 hours
- To maintain a central filing system for documentation and tapes
- To check the quality of all work leaving the agency (e.g. video tapes, proofing documents etc.)
- To know the workings of the agency outside the confines of Account Management
- To regularly monitor and analyse competitive advertising and competitive product activity
- Should answer all client queries promptly
- To demonstrate drive and commitment to produce outstanding advertising
- To work with creative teams to help produce the most relevant presentation materials for new work
- To make an effort to watch monthly TV and competitive updates
- To be responsible for budget control of their account(s) based on Account Manager / Director’s direction
- To hold regular status meetings with Financial / Production Controllers
- To ensure that all WIP can be resolved as soon as possible
- To chase client for payment of invoices and clear up invoice queries promptly
- Should conduct reconciliation’s of each job within three months of its completion
- To assist the Account Manager in the production of all campaigns
- To update the Traffic Manager as soon as any changes happen to the status of any job
- To review status of all jobs with Traffic Manager on a weekly basis
- To open Job Numbers as soon as required
- To regularly close jobs which are no longer live
- To submit timing plans/estimates to client for approval
- To give clear indication of dates by when work is required
- Where possible, should give sufficient time for brief to be worked on to standard timings
- Should immediately inform client of revisions to timing plans/estimates, supplying and gaining approval of supplementary estimates when necessary
- To inform Production Manager of media plan for each job
- To gain approval of print advertising from concept through to final proof stage
- To check quality of all advertising produced in their account (e.g. checks spelling and grammatical accuracy of print advertising
QUALIFICATIONS:
- A Bachelor's degree with 1-2 years of experience working within the digital/social agency space
- Stellar written and presentation communication skills, comfortable engaging with senior brand managers and partner agencies.
- A proven expertise in brand strategy, across a number of verticals, with the ability to translate strategy into smart and sound digital tactics
- An understanding of a brand marketing mix, ensuring that social & digital strategies integrate and amplify more traditional channels
- Years of hands-on experience managing & mentoring teams, including direct reports as well as cross-functional teammates
- A glass-half-full outlook that contributes to an already ridiculously-strong company culture, and healthy business
How We’ll Support You
Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.
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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.
