About Ogilvy
Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP). For more information, visit Ogilvy.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook.
Department: Ogilvy One, Strategy
Location: London (3 days in the office per week)
Contract type: 6 Month FTC
Full Time/Part time: Full Time
Reporting into: CSO / Head of Strategy
About Ogilvy:
Ogilvy UK has been creating iconic ideas that deliver impact at scale for clients ever since David Ogilvy founded the company in 1948. Ogilvy UK specialises in bringing together brand advertising, customer experience marketing, PR, influence and consulting, all fuelled by Behavioural Science. Our world-class award-winning creative campaigns deliver solutions for clients including Molson Coors (owner of Madrí beer), Valeo Foods UK (owner of Kettle Chips and Rowse Honey), Argos, Mondelēz International, Unilever, TK Maxx and Pernod Ricard.
The Role:
This role sits in our Ogilvy One specialism, and we are particularly looking for someone who has expertise in CRM and brand experience.
It would also help if you have financial services or technology client experience.
This role is to be part of a small senior team settling a big new piece of business into Ogilvy UK.
You will be the client's advisor and sounding board within the agency – helping to shape their marketing strategy for the next three years. Our remit is modern experience which includes everything one-to-one. From relationship design to rethinking commerce channels. This is a B2B and B2B2C brand and you will need to have experience of clients who operate in a similar way.
As we start to get specific briefs, you will triage them with the client and creative leadership and work with the team in the wider agency to bring the right talent to each task.
Ogilvy work with this client across EMEA and you will work closely with counterparts across the region to shape briefs, manage an international project team and ensure the brand strikes that essential balance between over-arching truth and market insight.
Requirements/Experience We Value:
- Brand experience and CRM – specifically from a creative point of view. You will be bringing the creative strategic magic, but you will need to work well with data specialists and understand their world
- B2B and B2B2C category clients. It is very useful if you are aware of the dynamics of clients who operate in a similar way
- Demonstrated expertise in creative development and strategic insight spotting, with a keen eye for identifying the big idea
- Strong strategic leadership skills, coupled with the ability to provide clear direction and feedback to achieve exceptional results
- Proficiency in leading global or multi-market brand clients, with a good understanding of diverse audiences
- Excellent interpersonal skills, fostering strong relationships with clients, internal teams, and external partners
- Strong presentation skills, capable of effectively conveying complex ideas and strategies to clients at all levels throughout an organisation
How we help you Thrive:
- 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
- Bupa Healthcare
- Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
- We have a Flexible Working Model with core working hours: 10am – 4pm
- A 1.5:1 Matching Pension Structure
- Wellbeing and Health: Up to £25.00 per month towards physical or online exercise class membership, Unmind membership, LifeWorks tool and annual eye tests and development budgets and Wellbeing incentives and activities throughout the year
- Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme
- Life Assurance
At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.
We believe in building powerful teams with purpose. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities – and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.
Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
What We Do
Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. We build on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. We are proud to currently rank as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying our ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities.
