Influence Director  
Large FMCG Drinks Portfolio  
 
  

Department: PR & Influence 
Location: London / Hybrid
Contract type: Fixed-Term (12 months) 
Full Time/Part time: Full Time 
Reporting into: Client Partner  
 

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 Sainsbury’s, Argos, , Mondelēz International, Unilever, TK Maxx and Pernod Ricard.   

In 2023, Ogilvy UK celebrated their 75th anniversary and was the most awarded agency in Europe. Ogilvy is home to the largest influencer marketing practice globally, and hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – now in its 12th year.   

The Role:  
 
As an Influence Account Director at our company, you will play a crucial role in leading some of the most exciting and challenging projects in the industry. You will be armed with your experience and proven ability to think and do, enabling you to tackle complex problems with ease.  

At our company, we pride ourselves on delivering strategic and impactful influence campaigns that align with our clients' objectives. As the Influence Account Director, you will bring a solid understanding of influence strategy, always ensuring that you and the team are working towards strategic objectives. Your experience managing large multi-market campaigns will be invaluable in delivering campaigns that make a real difference to our clients.  

In addition to your day-to-day responsibilities, you will provide senior counsel to clients, advising on industry developments as they occur and showing relevance for clients on the ground. You will stay up-to-date with cultural/social trends and customers’ views and attitudes. You will also assist in the development of and participation in promoting our influencer offering across the business, including writing thought leadership and attending industry events.  

At our company, we believe in continuous learning and development. As the Influence Account Director, you will have the opportunity to lead additional projects, such as new business pitches, market reviews, and competitive trends. You will be at the forefront of the industry, working with a team of experts to deliver innovative and effective influence campaigns. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead the day-to-day running of influencer campaigns and supporting managers and executives, from identification, creative, implementation, and reporting.  

• Design and define industry-leading Influencer strategy: recommend objectives, targets, action plan, calendar, and budget.  

• Align and collaborate with media, PR, social, brand activation, digital, and all other stakeholders – internal and external – to deliver best-in-class campaigns for our clients.  

• Nurture client-appropriate talent opportunities and relationships to help deliver the influencer program for clients.  

• Lead and deliver creative and sell content solutions to internal stakeholders and clients.  

• Oversee day-to-day activations and provide oversight and counsel for junior support teams.  

• Provide senior council to clients, advising on industry developments as they occur and showing relevance for clients on the ground.  

• Stay up-to-date with cultural/social trends and customers' views and attitudes.  

• Assist in the development of and participate in promoting our influencer offering across the business, including writing thought leadership and attending industry events.  

• Lead additional projects as required – such as new business pitches, market reviews, and competitive trends.  

• Proven ability to lead and inspire a team and be a role model to your line reports, who seek you out as a source of advice and guidance.  

• Ability to build trusted relationships with mid-level clients based on a proven track record of delivery.  

• Strong communication skills and the ability to provide senior council to clients, advising on industry developments as they occur and showing relevance for clients on the ground. 

Requirements: 

• Proven experience as an Influence Account Director or a similar role.  

• Strong understanding of influence strategy and experience managing large multi-market campaigns.  

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to create highly effective and fruitful working relationships with clients and colleagues.  

• Ability to confidently lead influence conversations and problem-solve in the moment as required and act as a point of escalation for junior clients.  

• Solid understanding of the strategic and business context the client is operating in and uses this knowledge to develop solutions and approach tasks in a way that is effective for the client.  

• Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to work confidently with other capabilities and crafts in service of finding the best integrated influence creative solution to the client's business problem.  

• Ability to demonstrate creative problem-solving in how they approach every task – whether that's identifying a way to improve the internal process or co-creating an inspiring way to sell in the work. Able to consider different angles on a brief. 

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   

Influence Account Executive 

Department: PR & Influence

Location: London 

Working Pattern: Hybrid 3:2

Contract type: Fixed-Term (12 months) 

Full Time/Part time: Full Time 

Reporting into: Influence Account Director / Influence Business Director

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 Sainsbury’s, Argos, Mondelēz International, Unilever, TK Maxx and Pernod Ricard.

In 2023, Ogilvy UK celebrated their 75th anniversary and was the most awarded agency in Europe. Ogilvy is home to the largest influencer marketing practice globally, and hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – now in its 12th year.

The Role:

As an Influence Account Executive, you will play a crucial role in the successful delivery of our influencer marketing campaigns. This is a foundational role where you will learn the end-to-end process of campaign execution, from initial creator research to final reporting. You will work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, supporting senior team members and developing the organisational and communication skills essential for a successful career in influence.

A key part of your success will be your ability to manage your tasks effectively, recognise when to seek guidance, and communicate clearly with your line manager. We are looking for a self-motivated and ambitious individual with a positive "can-do" attitude, a keen interest in social media, and a genuine desire to grow and learn.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the day-to-day management of influencer campaigns, from creator identification and vetting to content review and reporting, ensuring you seek guidance from your line manager when unsure of a process.
• Assist the campaigns team with strategic creator research, sourcing, and outreach, ensuring recommendations are relevant and diverse.
• Build and nurture positive relationships with creators and talent management agencies.
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with your line manager, providing regular updates on campaign progress and flagging any potential issues or delays early.
• Oversee and manage campaign administration using our internal platforms (e.g., Waves, Monday.com), including brief uploads, content organisation, and tracking creator payments.
• Review creator content to ensure it meets campaign briefing requirements and brand expectations.
• Assist in compiling data and insights for end-of-campaign reports, helping to demonstrate campaign value and key learnings.
• Actively participate in team meetings and training sessions, sharing insights and demonstrating a receptiveness to feedback to support your personal and professional development.
  
  

Skills for Your Growth to Account Manager:

To support your progression, you will be expected to develop capabilities in the following areas:

• Develop Project Ownership: Gradually take the lead on smaller campaign components, managing timelines and deliverables with decreasing supervision to build towards full campaign ownership.
• Build Client-Facing Confidence: Move from an internal support role to actively participating in client meetings, eventually leading updates on your specific areas of work.
• Enhance Strategic Thinking: Go beyond executing briefs to proactively contributing creative ideas and strategic recommendations for creators and content.
• Develop Proactive Problem-Solving: Transition from identifying issues for your manager to proposing thoughtful solutions for day-to-day campaign challenges.
• Demonstrate Early Leadership: Act as a 'buddy' for new starters and interns, sharing your knowledge and demonstrating the ability to guide and support others.
  
  

What You Will Need:

• A genuine passion for influencer marketing and the creator economy, with a strong familiarity with platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, and Pinterest.
• A proactive and accountable approach, taking ownership of your tasks while understanding the importance of escalating issues to senior team members.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage your time effectively, meet deadlines, and recognise when to ask for help to prioritise tasks.
• A strong willingness to learn and a demonstrable receptiveness to constructive feedback.
• The ability to build strong rapport and productive relationships both internally and externally.
• A proven team player, with a proactive and positive approach to achieving goals and supporting the work of others.
• High energy and the ability to multitask, with excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to remain calm and optimistic under pressure.

How we help you Thrive:

• 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
• Bupa Healthcare
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
• 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.
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Assurance
   

Social Account Director
Large Tech Organisation 

Department: Social & Content / Advertising
Location: London
Contact type: 12-Month Fixed Term Contract
Full Time/Part time: Full Time
Reporting into: Client Partner

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. The agency 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 Sainsbury’s, Lloyds Banking Group, Madri, Unilever and Mondelēz International. 

Ogilvy’s influencer marketing practice is the largest globally; we are proud to be the most awarded influencer agency for six years running and the recipient of the Cannes Grand Prix for Social & Creator for two consecutive years.  

Ogilvy UK also hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – which is now in its 12th year. James Murphy is the CEO of Ogilvy Group UK, which includes Ogilvy UK and New Commercial Arts (NCA), a boutique creative agency he co-founded in 2020, recently acquired by WPP. 

About this role:

Social and content has never been more important for clients. Showing up authentically, with intention, across social platforms helps brands connect with their audiences. It helps them to sell and serve better.

This role provides the opportunity to work on a really exciting client that have a portfolio of soft drinks brands. You will have the opportunity to manage key campaigns across the year that will involve working with our strategy, creative and production team to deliver best in class campaigns and content.
This role is perfect for someone that has a wide knowledge of social – they will have experience managing content and campaigns that build brand advocacy as well having an understanding of how to create hard working assets that drive to purchase. The ideal candidate will know how to effectively lead an account, steering processes and ways of working internally, with agency partners and with our clients.

The ideal candidate will have their finger on the pulse across all things social – from what’s trending that could be a good opportunity for a brand to leverage, through to a thorough understanding of how data, strategy, community management feed into the success of a brands social media presence.

Whilst the candidate will have a passion for delivering best in class social campaigns, they will also be required to lead in other areas of the marketing mix, and the idea candidate will have some integrated experience.

A bit about you:

We are flexible on whether you have come from an agency of client background, but we think the following are really important for this role:

• Organised and autonomous; you’ll be responsible for motivating the team to do great work, whilst anticipating any areas that may hinder the success of the campaign
• Whilst you will work with a Account Manager to support with budgets and timings, you will also be well averse in taking this on and have an excellent understanding of processes and what it takes to deliver social campaigns on budget and on time
• Financially savvy; you’ll need to work with the rest of the agency team to deliver proposals that are within the client’s budgets and ensure successful delivery
• You will be an excellent communicator; providing clear succinct guidance to the internal teams as well as being able to present the work to clients
• You’ll be someone that loves to get stuck into a task, and collaborate with the client and agency teams, and make stuff happen!
• Experience within the retail sector is not essential but would be helpful

More about your role at Ogilvy:

As a Social Account Director you lead large, more complex projects, armed with your experience and proven ability to think and do. You are able to problem solve and create highly effective and fruitful working relationships with clients and colleagues, collaborating with other Capabilities and Crafts instinctively. 

You may also have a solid understanding of strategy and always ensure that you and the team are working towards strategic objectives. 

• Has a relationship with mid-level clients that  is one of trusted partner, based on proven track record of delivery.
• Is able to confidently lead conversations and problem solve in the moment as required, and act as a point of escalation for junior clients.
• Has strong skills in paid and organic social and has worked across a wide variety of clients and projects from small response driven workstreams to larger more complex social experiences across multi platforms and touch points
• Understands how to work and lead project delivery in a Social first environment, as well as as part of an integrated team.
• Is confident managing multi-level stakeholders in complex matrix organisations as well managing resources and teams, across all levels, with diverse skills and personalities.
• Understands the strategic, and business context the client is operating in and uses this knowledge to develop solutions and approach tasks in a way that is effective for the client                              
• Collaborates confidently with other capabilities and crafts in service of finding the best Social creative solution to the clients business problem.  Is seen as a champion for the craft with all those they come in to contact with. 
• Demonstrates their ability for creative problem solving in how they approach every task – whether that’s identifying a way to improve the internal process, ideating for an innovative social solution, or co-creating an inspiring way to sell in the work. Able to consider different angles on a brief – a non linear thinker.
• Takes responsibility for larger projects. And acts accountable for both the work, and the process.
• Understands that they are accountable for the actions of the account team reporting into them on projects; guiding them and intervening and managing up as required. 
• Will manage client expectations when having to charge more for additional work in a manner which does not expose the agency to financial risk
• Is well informed about the commercials of all projects they are responsible for, managing those below them to meet agreed targets 
• Able to maintain strong partnership with internal stakeholders across all crafts in and support cross functional agendas for the benefit of the company and the client.
• Has strong relationship with their days to day clients and wider client stakeholders, and uses these relationships to help protect the work, strengthen the relationships and activate new opportunities.
• Acts as an escalation point for the team in resolving issues. Supports the team in confidently navigating through problems

How we help you Thrive:

• 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
• Bupa Healthcare
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
• 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.
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Assurance

 Social & Influence Account Director
Large Tech Organisation 

Department: Social, PR & Influence
Location: London
Contract type:
Full Time/Part time: Full Time
Reporting into: Social & Influence Business Director

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 Sainsbury’s, Argos, Mondelēz International, Unilever, TK Maxx and Pernod Ricard.

In 2023, Ogilvy UK celebrated their 75th anniversary and was the most awarded agency in Europe. Ogilvy is home to the largest influencer marketing practice globally, and hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – now in its 12th year.

The Role:

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Account Director to join one of our Top 10 accounts, where everyone plays to their strengths delivering award-winning campaigns.

We have developed strong client relationships which spans over 7 years working with their UK & European Teams supporting on Strategy, Creative, Advertising, Channel and Product marketing and Measurement.

As a Social & Influence Director, you are the driving force behind our campaigns playing a central role in delivering our social & influence marketing proposition across one of our biggest clients. You will manage your workload autonomously, taking full responsibility for the quality and end-to-end execution of multiple social and influencer programs. In this role, you will act as a role model for Ogilvy's values, building trusted client relationships and communicating effectively across internal teams.

You will be accountable for resolving problems on your projects, managing timelines, and proactively communicating your status to senior leadership. A key part of your role will be to support the growth of junior team members by providing constructive feedback, sharing knowledge, and acting as an informal mentor. We are looking for a creative problem-solver with a passion for the industry and a proven ability to lead projects with confidence and a positive attitude.

Key Responsibilities:

Campaign Management

• Manage the day-to-day running of multiple social and influencer campaigns from start to finish, including:
• Identifying and vetting talent
• Negotiating contracts and fees
• Implementing campaign across relevant channels
• Overseeing delivery and ensuring quality
• Reporting on performance against agreed KPIs
• Serve as the first point of escalation for your projects, resolving day-to-day problems independently by consulting with stakeholders as needed and escalating to senior leadership only when appropriate.

Strategic Contribution

• Actively contribute to social & influencer strategy by recommending objectives, targets, and creative concepts. Confidently present creative solutions, campaign reports to internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify and nurture client-appropriate talent opportunities and relationships to help deliver the social & influencer programs for clients.

Client Management

• Act as the primary point of contact for your clients, managing expectations, providing timely updates, as well as advice and solutions.
• Build long-term client relationships by delivering work that meets agreed objectives, deadlines, and taking responsibility for the quality of all client outputs in your remit.

Communication & Collaboration

• Communicate effectively across internal teams (media, PR, data & insights), proactively sharing updates and coordinating timelines to ensure smooth handovers and integrated campaign success.
• Share updates proactively, coordinate timelines, and resolve potential blockers before they impact delivery.
• Effectively prioritise tasks across all projects proactively communicating your status to senior leadership, reassuring them that work is on track and meeting deadlines.

Resource Management 

• Manage campaign budgets and timelines, ensuring projects are delivered profitably and on schedule. Proactively communicate about your workload and capacity to your line Director.

Team Growth & Mentorship

• A key part of your role will be to support the growth of junior team members by providing constructive feedback, sharing knowledge, and acting as an informal mentor to aid their growth and development
  
  

Skills for Your Growth to Business Director:

To support your progression, you will be expected to develop capabilities in the following areas:

• Strategic Development: Move from contributing to strategy to leading the strategic design, defining industry-leading approaches.
• Commercial Acumen: Develop a strong understanding of account profitability, identify opportunities for organic growth within your clients, and contribute to new business pitches.
• Senior Client Counsel: Evolve from a trusted day-to-day contact into a strategic advisor for mid-level clients, providing proactive counsel on industry trends and challenges.
• Team Leadership: Build on your informal mentoring to develop formal line management skills, becoming a role model who can inspire and lead a team.
  
  

What You Will Need:

• A passion for social and influencer marketing with a minimum of two years' experience, preferably in a fast-paced agency environment.
• Proven experience in autonomously managing multiple social and influencer campaigns from start to finish, including budget and timeline management.
• A track record of building strong client relationships and proactively managing their expectations.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound decisions and escalate appropriately.
• Experience in guiding or mentoring junior team members is highly desirable.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to facilitate meetings and collaborate effectively across teams.
• A commitment to your own growth, with a keen interest in keeping up-to-date with social and influencer marketing trends and sharing knowledge with colleagues.
  
  

How we help you Thrive:

• 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
• Bupa Healthcare
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
• 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.
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Assurance
  
  Our ambition is to attract the very best diverse talent to Ogilvy, and to be the employer of choice in the UK. We want everyone to feel welcome when they join us, and once they’re here, for them to want to stay with us, grow their career, and to feel they belong with us. 

Influence Director
(Large Beauty & Skincare Business)

Department: PR & Influence
Location: London
Contract type: Maternity Cover - 9 months 
Full Time/Part time: Full Time
Reporting into: Business Director/ Client Partner

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. The agency 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 Sainsbury’s, Lloyds Banking Group, Madri, Unilever and Mondelēz International.

Ogilvy’s influencer marketing practice is the largest globally and the agency also hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – which is now in its 12th year. James Murphy is the CEO of Ogilvy Group UK, which includes Ogilvy UK and New Commercial Arts (NCA), a boutique creative agency he co-founded in 2020, recently acquired by WPP. 

The Role:

As an Influence Director at Ogilvy, you will play a crucial role in leading some of the most exciting and challenging projects in the industry. We are lucky to work with big global brands who play a role in shaping culture. Our aim, as a specialism, is to deliver strategic and impactful campaigns that achieve our clients' objectives and prove the power and diversity of influence in the marketing mix. The Influence Director will lead their projects and team with excellent client service and bring a solid understanding of influence strategy, creative output, recommending objectives, targets, action plans, calendar, and budgets.

In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of a number for workstreams and brands for a huge Beauty & Skincare Client in the UK. The account is award winning and we are looking for someone to continue this high level of success. This will involve leading a team on influencer campaigns, from criteria, vetting, identification, negotiation and implementation to overseeing and reporting. You will work collaboratively with influencers, media, PR, social, brand activation, digital, and all other stakeholders – internal and external, to deliver exceptional campaigns for our clients. As part of any role in our team your responsibilities will include managing the influencer database, ensuring it is up-to-date, and staying up-to-date with cultural/social trends and customers' views and attitudes.

As an Influence Director, you will have the opportunity to lead on additional projects, such as new business pitches, market reviews, and competitive trends. You will be at the forefront of the industry, working with a team of experts to deliver innovative and effective influence campaigns.
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the client service and day-to-day running of influencer campaigns and supporting managers and executives, from identification, creative, implementation, and reporting.
• Responsible for influencer process across the accounts and strategy
• Responsible for creating and managing client budgets specific to your brands.
• Create, run and attend high profile events in line with the brand strategy
• Work with the senior team on the account to ensure objectives and service levels are met, and thinking what’s next.
• Lead the team on measurement & reporting, identifying and implementing areas to improve
• Design and define industry-leading Influencer strategy: recommend objectives, targets, action plan, calendar, and budget.
• Align and collaborate with media, PR, social, brand activation, digital, and all other stakeholders – internal and external – to deliver best-in-class campaigns for our clients.
• Nurture client-appropriate talent opportunities and relationships to help deliver the influencer program for clients.
• Stay up-to-date with cultural/social trends and customers' views and attitudes.
• Assist in the development of and participate in promoting our influencer offering across the business, including writing thought leadership and attending industry events.
• Lead additional projects as required – such as new business pitches, market reviews, and competitive trends.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with senior clients based on a proven track record of delivery.
• Work as part of the client senior team to ensure cross portfolio consistency and learnings across our brands are implemented
• Strong communication skills and the ability to provide senior council to clients, advising on industry developments as they occur and showing relevance for clients on the ground.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as an Influence Director (ideally 1-2+ years at this level) (Must have)
• Strong understanding of influence strategy and experience managing large brands (Must have)
• Interest & experience in the beauty & skincare industry (Nice to have)
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to create highly effective and fruitful working relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Solid understanding of the strategic and business context the client is operating in and uses this knowledge to develop solutions and approach tasks in a way that is effective for the client.
• Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to work confidently with other capabilities and crafts in service of finding the best integrated influence creative solution to the client's business problem.
• Interest in culture, music, fashion or beauty.
  
  

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

 Account Director
(Consumer PR) 

Department: Consumer PR & Influence
Location: London 
Contract type: Maternity cover 12-Month Fixed Term
Full Time/Part time: Full Time
Reporting into: Client Partner 

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. The agency specialises in bringing together brand advertising, customer experience marketing, PR, influence and consulting, all fueled by Behavioural Science. Our world-class award-winning creative campaigns deliver solutions for clients including Sainsbury’s, Lloyds Banking Group, Madri, Unilever and Mondelēz International.

Ogilvy’s influencer marketing practice is the largest globally and the agency also hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – which is now in its 12th year. James Murphy is the CEO of Ogilvy Group UK, which includes Ogilvy UK and New Commercial Arts (NCA), a boutique creative agency he co-founded in 2020, recently acquired by WPP. 

The Role: 

Seize this incredible opportunity to champion "earned first" thinking for one of the world's leading FMCG brands. We're looking for a visionary Account Director to create culturally resonant, high-impact consumer PR campaigns that don't just get noticed, they become part of the zeitgeist.

You'll be the driving force behind the client relationship, leading day-to-day interactions and spearheading innovative strategies that generate explosive buzz and deliver measurable success. This role is fun, energetic and fast-paced, offering unparalleled chances to grow your expertise while working on one of the biggest brands in the world.

Beyond strategy, you'll cultivate an empowering and collaborative spirit within your team, where open communication and valuable feedback are the norm. You'll masterfully manage partnerships with third parties, and ensure every piece of work meets and exceeds the highest quality and client expectations.

Acting as a pivotal liaison, you'll perfectly align client objectives with our internal creative powerhouses. We need someone with a daring spirit – who embraces the new media landscape, challenges the status quo, and inspires clients to achieve bold and culturally relevant campaigns.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Inspire & Lead: Mentor a team to develop and execute breakthrough, "earned first" PR & Influence campaigns.
• Client Partnership: Build trusted advisor relationships with clients, understanding their business and anticipating their needs. Guide them across media communications.
• Creative Strategy: Collaborate with creative teams to develop compelling narratives and assets that resonate with target audiences.
• Data-Driven Optimization: Monitor campaign performance, leveraging data and analytics to optimize results and demonstrate ROI.
• Innovation & Trends: Stay ahead of industry trends, identifying new opportunities and approaches to enhance campaign effectiveness.
• Budget Management: Manage client budgets effectively, ensuring campaigns are delivered on time and within budget.
• New Business: Support new business efforts, participating in pitches and developing compelling proposals.
• Crisis Management: Develop and implement crisis management plans to protect client reputation.
• Inclusivity: Champion inclusiveness, diversity, and equity in all aspects of work.
• Media Relations: Will have maintained strong media contacts across a range of national, regional & consumer lifestyle title and be confident in outreaching to said contacts to garner feedback or pitch stories.
• Integration: Cross-channel collaboration with Influence & Organic social specialists, and cross-agency collaboration with paid media & experiential partners.
  
  

Requirements: 

• Extensive experience in consumer PR and influence, with a proven track record of driving successful campaigns.
• Share and use media knowledge to guide clients on what you believe is the best for their brand
• Deep understanding of consumer behavior and ability to develop creative strategies that resonate with target audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to think "earned first" and create campaigns that generate organic buzz.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Data-driven mindset and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of industry trends and best practices.
• Experience in crisis management.
• Champion inclusiveness, diversity, and equity in all aspects of work.
  
  

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
   

 Account Director
(Consumer PR) 

Department: Consumer PR & Influence
Location: London
Contract type: Fixed-Term Contract - 8 months
Full Time/Part time: Full Time
Reporting into: Business Director / Client Partner 

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. The agency specialises in bringing together brand advertising, customer experience marketing, PR, influence and consulting, all fueled by Behavioural Science. Our world-class award-winning creative campaigns deliver solutions for clients including Sainsbury’s, Lloyds Banking Group, Madri, Unilever and Mondelēz International.

Ogilvy’s influencer marketing practice is the largest globally and the agency also hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – which is now in its 12th year. James Murphy is the CEO of Ogilvy Group UK, which includes Ogilvy UK and New Commercial Arts (NCA), a boutique creative agency he co-founded in 2020, recently acquired by WPP. 


The Role: 

As an experienced Account Director on a significant Google Project, you'll champion "earned first" thinking, crafting and executing impactful, culturally relevant PR and creator activations. You'll play a pivotal role in leading a diverse portfolio of earned creator workshops, targeted mailers and seasonal parties. This role demands a strong focus on event organisation, adept talent management, and an understanding of the creator economy. Given the nature of the work, you must also be tech and AI savvy, identifying and leveraging cutting-edge opportunities for the brand.

You'll lead a team, build strong client relationships, and drive innovative strategies that generate buzz and deliver measurable results. This is a dynamic and energetic role, offering great opportunities to learn and develop within a fast-paced and innovative environment. You will be responsible for fostering a positive and collaborative work environment within the account management team, encouraging open communication and constructive feedback. You will manage relationships with third-party vendors, to ensure the agency delivers high-quality work that meets client expectations. You will also act as a liaison between the client and the agency's internal teams, providing clear communication and direction to ensure all parties are aligned on project goals and timelines. You can see opportunity in risk and you’re not afraid to be brave and challenge your clients to want to achieve optimal results. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Inspire & Lead: Mentor a team to develop and execute breakthrough, "earned first" PR & Creator activations and events.
• Event Leadership: Lead and execute earned creator activations, including conceptualising, organising, and delivering memorable workshops, impactful mailers and seasonal parties.
• Client Partnership: Build trusted advisor relationships with clients, understanding their business and anticipating their needs. Guide them across media, social and earned creator communications.
• Creative Strategy: Collaborate with creative teams to develop compelling narratives and assets that resonate with target audiences.
• Data-Driven Optimisation: Monitor campaign performance, leveraging data and analytics to optimise results and demonstrate ROI.
• Innovation & Trends: Stay ahead of industry trends in earned media, creator marketing, events, AI, and technology, identifying new opportunities to enhance project effectiveness.
• Budget Management: Manage client budgets effectively, ensuring campaigns and events are delivered on time and within budget.
• Inclusivity: Champion inclusiveness, diversity, and equity in all aspects of work.
  
  

Requirements: 

• Extensive experience in consumer PR and earned creator strategies, with a proven track record of driving successful campaigns and events for major brands.
• Proven experience in successfully organising and executing a variety of events, including workshops, experiential activations, and large-scale parties, with a clear understanding of managing both paid and earned talent within an event structure.
• Demonstrable expertise in talent management, from negotiation and contracting to execution of deliverables. 
• Tech-savvy with a keen interest and understanding of AI and emerging technologies.
• Share and use media and earned creator knowledge to guide clients on what you believe is the best for their brand.
• Deep understanding of consumer and creator behaviour and ability to develop creative strategies that resonate with target audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to think "earned first" and create campaigns and events that generate organic buzz and foster authentic creator engagement.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage diverse teams and client relationships.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and events simultaneously.
• Data-driven mindset and analytical skills, with the ability to translate insights into actionable strategies.
• Knowledge of industry trends and best practices in PR, creator marketing, events, and technology.
• Champion inclusiveness, diversity, and equity in all aspects of work 

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 

Project Director
Large Tech Organisation 

Department: Social & Influence 
Location: Sea Containers, London 
Contact type: 12-Month Fixed Term Contract 
Full Time/Part time: Full Time 
Reporting into: Project Management Lead 

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.   

In 2023, Ogilvy UK celebrated their 75th anniversary and was the most awarded agency in Europe. Ogilvy is home to the largest influencer marketing practice globally, and hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – now in its 12th year.  

The Role:   

As a Project Director, your experience will be invaluable as you navigate complex project landscapes. Your primary focus will be on guiding cross-functional teams to efficient collaboration, ensuring project milestones are met with precision. You'll orchestrate the synchronisation of resources, creating an environment where ideas evolve into tangible outcomes. Your strategic insight and seasoned judgment will be instrumental in propelling projects forward, adapting to evolving circumstances and unforeseen challenges while keeping business objectives front and centre. 

Your leadership will also extend to mentoring junior team members, fostering their growth, and enhancing the overall capabilities of our teams. With strong communication skills, you'll be a reliable collaborator, working in harmony with account managers, creatives, and stakeholders to ensure a unified approach that consistently exceeds client expectations. Your dedication to detail will play a pivotal role in maintaining the high standards our agency is known for, ensuring that every project deliverable is of exceptional quality. 

Key Responsibilities:  

• Act as the main liaison between different agency functions to coordinate resources effectively. 

• Oversee end-to-end execution of integrated projects, ensuring seamless delivery.  

• Manage project setup, budgeting, and resource coordination.  

• Handle a variety of projects across social, and influencer campaigns.  

• Cultivate strong relationships with project teams, the commercial division, and the PMO Lead. 

• Develop a deep understanding of client remuneration and commercial models. • Monitor project finances and proactively address resource allocation challenges.  

• Effectively manage project schedules, adhering to scope, timelines, and budgets.  

• Identify and mitigate potential project risks, ensuring smooth delivery.  

• Collaborate effectively with multi-agency teams for streamlined project execution.  

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry-standard project tools, processes, and platforms. 

• Strategically schedule meetings to ensure comprehensive participation of key team members. 

• Oversee thorough review and approval processes prior to client engagement.  

• Initiate purchase orders (POs) if required for projects.  

• Collaborate closely with the resource manager and PMO Lead for efficient resource management. 

• Uphold professionalism, precision, and excellence across project documentation. 

Requirements: 

• Proven expertise as a Project Manager in a creative agency or similar setting.  

• Solid understanding of project management principles and methodologies.  

• Proficiency in effective project setup, budgeting, resource management, control, and reporting. 

• Experience with integrated accounts and understanding of global project dynamics.  

• Financial acumen for managing project budgets, monitoring financial status, and projecting resource allocation. 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, essential for building relationships with diverse project teams.  

• Effective collaboration with stakeholders including account management, creatives, design, strategy, and production.  

• Strong organisational and time management abilities for managing multiple workstreams, schedules, and deliverables.  

• Proactive approach to identifying potential project risks and implementing mitigation strategies. 

• Familiarity with industry-standard project tools, processes, and platforms.  

• Experience in strategic meeting scheduling to ensure comprehensive team involvement.  

• Attention to detail and commitment to maintaining high-quality standards across project documentation and deliverables.  

• Solution-oriented mindset, particularly in challenging scenarios.  

• Adaptability to navigate change and innovation in a dynamic work environment.  

• Understanding of digital opportunities and evolving trends. 

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 

Influence Director
(Large Beauty & Skincare Business)

Department: PR & Influence
Location: London
Contract type: 6-Month Fixed Term Contract  
Full Time/Part time: Full Time
Reporting into: Business Director/ Client Partner

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. The agency 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 Sainsbury’s, Lloyds Banking Group, Madri, Unilever and Mondelēz International.

Ogilvy’s influencer marketing practice is the largest globally and the agency also hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – which is now in its 12th year. James Murphy is the CEO of Ogilvy Group UK, which includes Ogilvy UK and New Commercial Arts (NCA), a boutique creative agency he co-founded in 2020, recently acquired by WPP. 

The Role:

As an Influence Director at Ogilvy, you will play a crucial role in leading some of the most exciting and challenging projects in the industry. We are lucky to work with big global brands who play a role in shaping culture. Our aim, as a specialism, is to deliver strategic and impactful campaigns that achieve our clients' objectives and prove the power and diversity of influence in the marketing mix. The Influence Director will lead their projects and team with excellent client service and bring a solid understanding of influence strategy, creative output, recommending objectives, targets, action plans, calendar, and budgets.

In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of a number for workstreams and brands for a huge Beauty & Skincare Client in the UK. The account is award winning and we are looking for someone to continue this high level of success. This will involve leading a team on influencer campaigns, from criteria, vetting, identification, negotiation and implementation to overseeing and reporting. You will work collaboratively with influencers, media, PR, social, brand activation, digital, and all other stakeholders – internal and external, to deliver exceptional campaigns for our clients. As part of any role in our team your responsibilities will include managing the influencer database, ensuring it is up-to-date, and staying up-to-date with cultural/social trends and customers' views and attitudes.

As an Influence Director, you will have the opportunity to lead on additional projects, such as new business pitches, market reviews, and competitive trends. You will be at the forefront of the industry, working with a team of experts to deliver innovative and effective influence campaigns.
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the client service and day-to-day running of influencer campaigns and supporting managers and executives, from identification, creative, implementation, and reporting.
• Responsible for influencer process across the accounts and strategy
• Responsible for creating and managing client budgets specific to your brands.
• Create, run and attend high profile events in line with the brand strategy
• Work with the senior team on the account to ensure objectives and service levels are met, and thinking what’s next.
• Lead the team on measurement & reporting, identifying and implementing areas to improve
• Design and define industry-leading Influencer strategy: recommend objectives, targets, action plan, calendar, and budget.
• Align and collaborate with media, PR, social, brand activation, digital, and all other stakeholders – internal and external – to deliver best-in-class campaigns for our clients.
• Nurture client-appropriate talent opportunities and relationships to help deliver the influencer program for clients.
• Stay up-to-date with cultural/social trends and customers' views and attitudes.
• Assist in the development of and participate in promoting our influencer offering across the business, including writing thought leadership and attending industry events.
• Lead additional projects as required – such as new business pitches, market reviews, and competitive trends.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with senior clients based on a proven track record of delivery.
• Work as part of the client senior team to ensure cross portfolio consistency and learnings across our brands are implemented
• Strong communication skills and the ability to provide senior council to clients, advising on industry developments as they occur and showing relevance for clients on the ground.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as an Influence Director (ideally 1-2+ years at this level) (Must have)
• Strong understanding of influence strategy and experience managing large brands (Must have)
• Interest & experience in the beauty & skincare industry (Nice to have)
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to create highly effective and fruitful working relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Solid understanding of the strategic and business context the client is operating in and uses this knowledge to develop solutions and approach tasks in a way that is effective for the client.
• Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to work confidently with other capabilities and crafts in service of finding the best integrated influence creative solution to the client's business problem.
• Interest in culture, music, fashion or beauty.
  
  

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

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Financial Controller to join our world-leading advertising and marketing agency, Ogilvy, based at Sea Containers, London. Reporting directly to the Group Finance Director, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficient functioning of our finance department, overseeing all financial reporting activities for Ogilvy EMEA and WPP. This is a critical leadership position, managing a team of nine (with four direct reports), where you will be instrumental in developing best practices, driving consistency, efficiency, and ensuring robust compliance across all financial operations.

What You'll Do

As our Financial Controller, you'll step into a pivotal leadership role at the heart of Ogilvy's finance department. You'll be instrumental in shaping our financial narrative, driving operational excellence, and ensuring robust compliance across all financial operations for Ogilvy EMEA and WPP. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact, working closely with senior leadership and managing a dedicated team.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading and developing a team of nine (with four direct reports), fostering best practices and driving consistency and efficiency within the finance department.
• Overseeing all core financial reporting activities, from month-end P&L (Flash and Actuals) and Balance Sheet, to strategic Budget and Re-forecast submissions, providing crucial data for WPP and Ogilvy EMEA.
• Ensuring rigorous financial compliance and control, acting as a key owner for WPP control reviews, maintaining ICFR adherence, and serving as the primary contact for all auditors.
• Driving continuous process improvement across financial systems, including vendor set-up, POs, invoice approvals, and payment processes, to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

You'll also play a vital role in assisting with insightful financial presentations for CEO and CFO review meetings, providing commentary on variances, and managing all essential regulatory reporting required under UK law.

What You'll Need

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated individual with:

• Qualifications & Experience:
• Qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or qualified by extensive experience.
• 6+ years of progressive experience within a finance team.
• Proven experience in managing a team, including staff hiring and development.
• Experience with month-end reporting and comprehensive financial analysis.
• Experience with vendor management and accounts payable processes.
• Skills & Attributes:
• Strong analytical and financial skills with meticulous attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, enabling effective collaboration across all levels.
• Strong Excel proficiency is essential.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines, both independently and for your team.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work effectively independently and as part of a dynamic team.
• Experience of compliance frameworks (WPP experience would be advantageous).
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements.
• Knowledge of staff cost reporting and analysis (advantageous).
• Workday experience (advantageous).

Benefits 

We believe in supporting our people to do their best work and live their best lives.

•  25 days annual leave plus the option to buy up to 5 extra days leave + 1 volunteer day
• Bupa Healthcare
• Enhanced family friendly policies, including, adoption and shared parental leave
• Menopause support
• We have a Flexible Working Model with core working hours: 10am – 4pm
• A generous pension scheme - you pay in 4% we pay 6%, following probation contributions are matched up to 10.5% (17.5% in total
• A fantastic Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provided by Telus which offers brilliant support, expert advice and specialist counselling
• Help @ Hand - quick free access to a remote GP, mental health support, physio or a medical 2nd opinion

Social Business Director
Global Tech Organisation 

Department: PR & Influence / Social & Content
Location: London
Contract type: Fixed-Term (12 months)
Full Time/Part time: Full Time
Reporting into: Managing Partner / Client Partner

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 Sainsbury’s, Argos, Mondelēz International, Unilever, TK Maxx and Pernod Ricard.

In 2023, Ogilvy UK celebrated their 75th anniversary and was the most awarded agency in Europe. Ogilvy is home to the largest influencer marketing practice globally, and hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – now in its 12th year.

The Role:

Social and content have never been more important for clients. Showing up authentically, with intention, across social platforms helps brands connect with their audiences, sell, and serve them better. This role provides the opportunity to work on an exciting tech client portfolio, leading the day-to-day business and managing key campaigns throughout the year.

As a Business Director, you will lead large, complex projects, working closely with the strategy, creative, and programme leads across the Social, Influence, and PR teams. You are perfect for this role if you have a wide knowledge of social, from managing campaigns that build brand advocacy to creating hard-working assets that drive purchase. The ideal candidate knows how to effectively lead an account, steering processes and ways of working internally, with agency partners, and with our clients to deliver best-in-class social campaigns and content.

Key Responsibilities:

• Social & Campaign Leadership: Lead large, complex social-first projects and manage key campaigns for an exciting tech client portfolio, from ideation through to execution.
• Strategic Counsel: Provide senior-level strategic guidance to clients, confidently holding your own in strategic conversations and ensuring all work aligns with strategic objectives.
• Integrated Team Management: Lead and motivate an integrated team, including an Account Manager, Community Manager, and Creatives, to deliver best-in-class social content and campaigns.
• Content & Performance Oversight: Oversee the delivery of social content and ensure it is performing effectively on an ongoing basis by leveraging insights from the research and data team.
• Client & Stakeholder Management: Build trusted partner relationships with senior-level clients, manage multi-level stakeholders in complex organisations, and act as a key point of escalation.
• Commercial Acumen: Take responsibility for the commercials of all projects, managing profitability, resource requirements, and growth opportunities. Ensure proposals are delivered within budget and manage client expectations on costs.
• Process & Delivery: Steer processes and ways of working internally and with partners, ensuring social campaigns are delivered on budget and on time in a Social-First environment.
• Creative Excellence: Collaborate with creative teams to inspire, spot, and push for creative genius, ensuring the best social creative solution is delivered for the client's business problem.
  
  

Key Leadership Competencies:

• Social & Digital Expertise: Possess strong skills in paid and organic social, with experience across a wide variety of clients and projects from small, response-driven workstreams to larger, complex social experiences across multiple platforms.
• Strategic & Non-Linear Thinker: Understand the strategic and business context the client is operating in and use this knowledge to develop effective solutions. Demonstrate creative problem-solving and consider different angles on a brief.
• Relationship Builder: A strong relationship builder who can make friends, influence people, and maintain strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to protect the work and activate new opportunities.
• Leadership & Accountability: An organised and autonomous leader who takes responsibility for large projects, motivating the team while holding them and yourself accountable for the work and the process.
• Excellent Communicator: Provide clear, succinct guidance to internal teams and confidently present work to clients, acting as a champion for the social craft.
• Financially Savvy: Possess good commercial acumen, with a strong understanding of how to manage resource requirements, ensure profitability, and drive growth.
  
  

Skills for Your Growth to Client Partner:

To support your progression, you will be expected to develop capabilities in the following areas:

• C-Suite Partnership & Business Acumen: Transition from a practice leader to a C-suite strategic advisor. Develop a deep, holistic understanding of the client's entire business model, competitive landscape, and financial drivers to become an indispensable partner to their most senior leaders.
• Integrated Solution Leadership: Evolve from leading a single capability to orchestrating the agency's full suite of services. Master the art of integrating diverse crafts—from brand advertising and PR to consulting and data—to solve the client's most complex business problems.
• Enterprise Commercial Strategy: Shift focus from departmental P&L management to owning the entire client commercial relationship. Drive enterprise-level growth by identifying strategic opportunities across the client's organization and negotiating large-scale, multi-year partnerships.
• Relationship as the Core Product: Move from a role where the craft is the primary product to one where the strategic client relationship itself is the core deliverable. Your success will be measured by your ability to build unwavering trust and long-term loyalty at the highest levels.
  
  

Personal Qualities:

• You’ll be someone that loves to get stuck into a task, and collaborate with the client and agency teams to make stuff happen!
• You know how to execute with digital, social, platform-first thinking and how the brand needs to behave within these environments to drive engagement.
• You will be charismatic with an energy that’s infectious and inspires people to do their best.
• You’ll understand the importance of brand metrics and how to orientate the operation in service of driving them and delivering business success.
• You know how to have fun and how to build a culture that is happy to work hard in an enjoyable environment.
• Experience within the retail sector is not essential but would be helpful.
  
  

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

Project Administrator 
Large Beauty Brand  

Department: Consumer PR & Influence 
Location: London 
Contract type: 6-Month Fixed Term contract 
Full Time/Part time: Full Time 
Reporting into: Delivery Director 
 

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 Sainsbury’s, Argos, , Mondelēz International, Unilever, TK Maxx and Pernod Ricard.  

In 2023, Ogilvy UK celebrated their 75th anniversary and was the most awarded agency in Europe. Ogilvy is home to the largest influencer marketing practice globally, and hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – now in its 12th year. 

About the Role 

We're looking for a highly organised, detail-oriented, and proactive Project Administrator to join our vibrant team on a 6 month fixed-term contract. This isn't just an administrative role; it's a pivotal position where you'll be instrumental in enhancing our operational efficiency and ensuring our projects run like clockwork.

With the recent implementation of Workday and a high volume of exciting client projects, you'll be the backbone ensuring everything is meticulously organised, financially sound, and perfectly set up for precise reporting. This is your chance to make a tangible difference, supporting our client account and finance teams in a fast-paced, creative environment.

What You’ll Do

• Financial Administration Excellence: You'll accurately set up new projects, tasks, and budgets, ensuring every detail aligns with approved Statements of Work. You'll proactively track estimates, assist with reporting, and ensure strict adherence to financial processes – playing a key role in our financial health.
• Organisational Acumen: You'll be the central point for project documentation, maintaining meticulous records and ensuring everything is version-controlled and audit-ready. Your knack for organisation will keep our projects running smoothly.
• Process Champion & Educator: You'll draft clear internal communications, educate team members on best practices for Workday and administrative procedures, and foster seamless communication between account and finance teams. You'll empower your colleagues to work more efficiently!
• Compliance & Data Consistency: You will manage compliance across our influencer management platforms (Wrike, Trackr, and OCM), ensuring all data is consistent and accurate for auditing and performance measurement.

What You’ll Do 

• Financial Administration Excellence: You'll accurately set up new projects, tasks, and budgets, ensuring every detail aligns with approved Statements of Work. You'll proactively track estimates, assist with reporting, and ensure strict adherence to financial processes – playing a key role in our financial health.
• Organisational Acumen: You'll be the central point for project documentation, maintaining meticulous records and ensuring everything is version-controlled and audit-ready. Your knack for organisation will keep our projects running smoothly.
• Process Champion & Educator: You'll draft clear internal communications, educate team members on best practices for Workday and administrative procedures, and foster seamless communication between account and finance teams. You'll empower your colleagues to work more efficiently!
• Compliance & Data Consistency: You will manage compliance across our influencer management platforms (Wrike, Trackr, and OCM), ensuring all data is consistent and accurate for auditing and performance measurement.
  
  

What You'll Need 

• Proven Administrative Prowess: You've got a solid background in a highly administrative role, ideally within an agency, project-based environment, or a role with significant financial/operational process management.
• Operational Mindset: You're naturally drawn to process, organisation, and efficiency. You thrive on making things run smoothly and methodically.
• Financial Acumen: You understand basic financial principles, budget tracking, and the critical importance of accurate data. Experience with estimates, SoWs, and timesheet management is a big plus!
• Eagle Eye for Detail: You're meticulous and thorough, with an unwavering commitment to accuracy in data entry, documentation, and financial tracking.
• Process-Driven & Adaptable: You love establishing and improving processes, and you're a quick learner when it comes to new systems.
• Proactive & Self-Starting: You anticipate needs, identify potential issues, and take initiative to find solutions.
• Exceptional Communicator: You're clear, concise, and professional, confident in guiding colleagues on administrative procedures.
• Collaborative Team Player: You enjoy working effectively with Project Managers, Account Managers, and Finance.
  
  

Benefits 

• 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

Influence Creative Strategy Lead

Role: PR & Influence  
Location: Blackfriars, London 
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time Fixed Term Contract
Remote / Hybrid: Hybrid working

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. The agency 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 Sainsbury’s, Lloyds Banking Group, Madri, Unilever and Mondelēz International. 

Ogilvy’s influencer marketing practice is the largest globally; we are proud to be the most awarded influencer agency for six years running and the recipient of the Cannes Grand Prix for Social & Creator for two consecutive years.  

Ogilvy UK also hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – which is now in its 12th year. James Murphy is the CEO of Ogilvy Group UK, which includes Ogilvy UK and New Commercial Arts (NCA), a boutique creative agency he co-founded in 2020, recently acquired by WPP. 

The role:

Ogilvy Influence continues to thrive. Over the past 4 years we’ve seen our business outgrow the market and in 2025/26 we will continue to capitalize on that growth.

Ogilvy has always been at the forefront of Influencer Marketing and as we are looking for an experienced, well-connected, passionate Creative Strategy Lead. Someone who gets it, loves it, is passionate about influence strategy, creativity and measurement and can help our clients keep pace with the best and most innovative ways to reach consumers.

Influence is in one of five Ogilvy UK businesses so this senior role connects you into a team of super smart people working in Ogilvy One, Health, Advertising and Consulting. As well as leading a team of Influence strategists, you’ll also be working on integrated through-the-line campaigns like our award winning Have A Word for the Mayor of London and Turn Your Back for Dove.

We are seeking an Influence Creative Strategy Lead – an industry visionary and transformative leader – to define the future of influence for Ogilvy and our clients. This role demands an individual who not only crafts groundbreaking influencer strategies rooted in culture but also inspires and directs world-class creative execution that earns attention and drives business transformation.

You are an acknowledged expert in the influence landscape, deeply engrained in social culture, and consistently at the forefront of the latest channel formats, trends, and emerging technologies. You possess an encyclopaedic understanding of both paid and earned influence strategies, capable of integrating them seamlessly to deliver unparalleled impact across a diverse and high-profile portfolio of brands.

As a pivotal leader within Ogilvy UK's Influence offering, you will provide ultimate strategic counsel, inspiration, and direction to C-suite clients and internal teams. Your remit extends beyond traditional influence, leveraging earned-first experience and insight to shape strategies across Ogilvy’s mega businesses – from customer experience and behavioural science to advertising and branding. You will be instrumental in pioneering new models and challenging the status quo, ensuring our influence work consistently sets new industry standards.

The mission of this role is to not only solve our clients' toughest business problems with innovative influence creative strategies but also to elevate the agency's entire influence output to its highest potential. You will lead significant new business pitches, inspire ambitious, multi-faceted influence programmes, and foster a culture of continuous innovation and bold thinking. Your natural curiosity for how customers interact with brands will drive the development of transformative ideas that redefine categories and build agency reputation.

In this world, no day, nor brief, is the same. Your ability to embrace agility, champion cross-craft collaboration, and structure for creative success will be vital. You will mentor and empower a team of strategists and creatives, guiding them to deliver brand-defining influence creativity and ensuring Ogilvy remains at the cutting edge of the industry.

The Skillset:

We are looking for an industry titan who possesses an insatiable thirst for uncovering powerful influence insights and architecting groundbreaking creative strategies across paid, earned and owned channels. This is someone who wants to break the system, is frustrated with how most brands are doing influencer marketing, and who can see the future of the industry on the horizon.

Defining the Problem: Masterminding strategic re-framing for enterprise transformation.

• Counsels C-suite clients, forging long-term strategic partnerships and shaping their influence agenda.
• Challenges foundational assumptions, architecting holistic, transformative solutions across all disciplines for complex client challenges.
• Defines true client problems, identifying latent opportunities and pioneering new growth avenues.
• Champions influence's strategic role within broader business ecosystems, influencing enterprise-level planning and investment.
• Serves as the indispensable "go-to consultant" for influence creative strategy within client executive teams.

 Insight Creation: Pioneering new categories of insight that redefine our client offering.

• Acts as Ogilvy UK's cultural antenna, continuously sourcing cutting-edge trends, innovations, and fresh thinking from influencer marketing and beyond.
• Leverages a vast external network to sharpen briefs, identify compelling creative territories, and drive transformational ideas.
• Distills complex, multi-source data into profound, actionable insights, inspiring radical creative ambition and strategic shifts.
• Champions and integrates innovative global research methodologies, setting new standards for cultural insight generation.
• Recognised as an industry thought leader, actively mentoring and shaping future influence strategists.
  
  

Setting the Path: Forging the strategic vision that drives business and industry transformation.

• Leads the creation of new influence strategies across entire client organisations, transcending individual campaigns.
• Pioneers new models for seamless integration of paid, owned, and earned influence strategies, setting industry benchmarks.
• Champions both proactive and reactive influence strategies, driving their adoption and integration across client businesses at the highest levels.
• Originates a new vision for influence that fundamentally transforms client businesses, inspiring ambitious programmes and market leadership.
  
  

Ideation: Igniting groundbreaking ideas that redefine influence and challenge agency product.

• Acts as an idea originator and provocateur, developing transformational ideas that build agency reputation and challenge our product.
• Develops proactive, visionary briefs that inspire clients and the agency on influence's boundless potential.
• Architects influence campaigns where channel, technology, and audience thinking are intrinsically woven into the core idea, driving scalable, impactful, and channel-agnostic ideation.
• Sets the overarching vision for influence creative, inspiring radical ambition and boldness across the entire team and wider agency.
• Comes to the table with fresh thinking, with the ability to develop ideas that can scale from a one-off social asset, to a Cannes-award winning campaign. (Evidence of past award-winning work is a huge bonus!)

Prototyping and Storytelling: Crafting compelling narratives that inspire action, investment, and industry culture shifts.

• Structures and leads winning pitches of immense scale, commanding the room with unparalleled authority and strategic foresight.
• Confidently leads C-suite and Board level presentations, influencing top-tier decision-makers and securing significant investment.
• Is a highly polished, compelling, and memorable presenter, setting the gold standard for strategic storytelling.
• Creates industry-leading decks and presentations that inspire action and significant investment, simplifying complexity for top-level stakeholders and driving agency growth.
  
  

Measurement and Effectiveness: Pioneering the science of influence effectiveness and shaping industry standards.

• Sets up projects for integrated evaluation from the outset, defining objectives and KPIs aligned with business transformation and long-term brand equity.
• Originates and contributes significantly to effectiveness studies and authors industry-defining best practices.
• Possesses encyclopaedic knowledge of measurement tools, metrics, and their pros and cons, guiding clients on the most impactful and innovative approaches.
• Is a leading industry contributor for influencer effectiveness, setting new benchmarks and driving forward the science and art of measurement globally.
  
  

Team Leadership & Development: Cultivating a world-class team to drive influence innovation.

• Mentors and develops a high-performing team of strategists (approx. 8), fostering a culture of continuous learning, growth, and creative excellence.
• Empowers team autonomy through thoughtful delegation, providing clear guidance and support.
• Drives performance through regular reviews, identifying development areas and crafting individual growth plans.
• Champions cross-functional collaboration within the team and across the wider agency, ensuring seamless workflow and knowledge sharing.
• Fosters an inclusive environment, mediating conflicts and ensuring team well-being and engagement.
• Recruits, retains, and nurtures top-tier talent, building a diverse and future-ready influence strategy team.
  
  

How we help you Thrive:

• 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
• Bupa Healthcare
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
• 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.
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Assurance

Our ambition is to attract the very best diverse talent to Ogilvy, and to be the employer of choice in the UK. We want everyone to feel welcome when they join us, and once they’re here, for them to want to stay with us, grow their career, and to feel they belong with us. 

Account Executive 

(Consumer PR - Tech Client)

Department: PR & Influence 
Location: London 
Contract type: 8-Month Fixed-Term Contract (May - December 2026) 
Full Time/Part time: Full Time
Reporting into: Account Director / Business Director  

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. The agency specialises in bringing together brand advertising, customer experience marketing, PR, influence and consulting, all fueled by Behavioural Science. Our world-class award-winning creative campaigns deliver solutions for clients including Sainsbury’s, Lloyds Banking Group, Madri, Unilever and Mondelēz International. 

Ogilvy’s influencer marketing practice is the largest globally and the agency also hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – which is now in its 12th year. James Murphy is the CEO of Ogilvy Group UK, which includes Ogilvy UK and New Commercial Arts (NCA), a boutique creative agency he co-founded in 2020, recently acquired by WPP. 

The Role:

As an Account Executive at Ogilvy, working on an exciting Google Project, you will be learning and responsible for the core skills of projects and client management. You will provide essential support to the Account Manager and Account Director on key PR and earned creator activations, focusing on the seamless execution of workshops, targeted mailers, and seasonal parties.

The ideal candidate will be someone with at least one year’s experience who champions diverse thinking and approaches, has a passion for creativity and innovation, and is committed to delivering results for clients. 

You will work with your account team to learn about both agency and client business, and will take on smaller projects, which you will manage end to end with the support of your senior colleagues. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing small projects related to event logistics, mailer coordination, or creator outreach and supporting more senior colleagues on larger projects.
• Building strong collaborative relationships with junior level clients and event partners/creators.
• Staying up to date on industry trends, best practices and emerging technologies, particularly within the tech and AI space, sharing insights and recommendations with clients and internal teams.
• Monitoring and analysing project performance including coverage and social reporting and measurement, with a focus on event attendance and creator engagement.
• Supporting in developing and delivering presentations and reports to clients, including post-event recaps.
• Media relations, selling-in to secure press coverage for campaigns in a broad range of publications.
• Drafting event-related communications considering product and/or campaign details.
• Providing administrative support, including status reports, meeting scheduling, budget tracking, competitor reviews, event guest list management, and creator outreach tracking.
• Staying on top of your projects and their finance, including raising POs and organising payments to event suppliers and third-party vendors.
• Ensuring compliance with internal processes and procedures such as timesheets and setting up suppliers.
  
  

Requirements:

• Interest and/or experience working on high-profile global brands as part of a fast-paced agency is desired.
• Tech-savvy with a keen interest in AI and emerging technologies.
• 12 months’ proven experience working on campaigns and events with press and influencers.
• Relevant press contacts and an understanding of the UK media landscape.
• Tapped into culture and able to help advise clients on moments and reactive opportunities.
• Proven track record of managing smaller projects and delivering results for clients, especially in a fast-paced event or campaign environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated experience in building consistently productive relationships with clients and internal teams.
• Organised and detail-oriented, with strong project management skills, critical for managing event logistics and multiple moving parts.
• Can-do attitude combined with a strong desire to learn and grow.
• Able to think creatively and bring new ideas to the table that will help drive client success.
• Interest in and/or exposure to working with earned creators for events and activations.
• Demonstrates ability for creative problem solving in approaching every task – whether that’s identifying a way to improve the internal process or co-creating an inspiring way to sell in the work. Able to consider different angles on a brief – a non-linear thinker.

Benefits:

• 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

Job Title: Resource Manager 
Department: PR, Social and Influence Resourcing Team
Location: Sea Containers, London 
Contact type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract 
Full Time/Part time: Full time 35 hours per week – office-based 2-3 days a week

About The Role

This is a pivotal role offering significant opportunity within the exciting and ever-evolving world of PR, Social & Influence. As a Resource Manager, you’ll be a critical part of the agency’s operational success, supporting one of its busiest departments.

You will be instrumental in managing a complex interplay of people, equipment, time, and budget to ensure every project stays on track. From identifying the right talent for a new campaign to ensuring every new starter is fully equipped, you'll be key to maintaining seamless workflows.

You’ll work closely with a vibrant Integrated Team spanning 6 key disciplines. This role demands exceptional communication, the ability to manage multiple priorities, meticulous attention to detail, and a genuine passion for problem-solving.

Key Responsibilities:

• Orchestrating Agency Flow: Act as a key liaison between internal teams (Resource, Finance, IT, Creative) to ensure smooth operations and effective communication within PR, Social & Influence, covering Account Management, Strategy, and Creative.
• Freelance & Onboarding Management: Take charge of our freelance contracts via YunoJuno, ensuring timely and professional engagement with our external talent. Manage IR35 assessments, approve timesheets and invoices, and oversee NDA/Ethics Training. You will also ensure every new starter (freelance or permanent) is seamlessly onboarded and set up for success from day one.
• Strategic Resource Planning & Support: Develop your understanding of resource management processes. You’ll proactively identify potential gaps, chase up project briefings, monitor resource usage, and provide critical updates to senior managers. This role offers a clear progression path, allowing you to gradually take on more complex resource allocation needs as you grow within the team.
• Process Optimisation: You're naturally curious, always asking "how can this be better?" You’ll identify opportunities to refine our resource management practices, gather feedback, and support continuous improvement across the agency.
• Administrative Compliance: Ensure audit compliance, manage job numbers, drive timesheet adherence, and meticulously maintain our freelance tracker to be accurate and up-to-date.
  
  

What You'll Need 

You're someone who is:

• Curious & a Problem-Solver: You enjoy the challenge of untangling complex situations and finding effective solutions.
• Clear & Collaborative Communicator: You convey information effectively and build strong relationships across diverse teams
• Meticulous: Excellent attention to detail is critical for success in this role.
• Organised: You can manage multiple priorities and workflows efficiently.
• Proactive & Resilient: You possess a 'can-do' attitude and can navigate pressure, often anticipating needs.
• Ambitious: You're eager to learn, grow, and contribute significantly to a leading agency.
• A Team Player: You work effectively both independently and collaboratively.
  
  

How We Help You Thrive at Ogilvy:

We believe in supporting our people to do their best work and live their best lives. We offer:

•  25 days annual leave plus the option to buy up to 5 extra days leave + 1 volunteer day
• Bupa Healthcare
• Enhanced family friendly policies, including, adoption and shared parental leave
• Menopause support
• We have a Flexible Working Model with core working hours: 10am – 4pm
• A generous pension scheme - you pay in 4% we pay 6%, following probation contributions are matched up to 10.5% (17.5% in total
• A fantastic Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provided by Telus which offers brilliant support, expert advice and specialist counselling
• Help @ Hand - quick free access to a remote GP, mental health support, physio or a medical 2nd opinion

 Account Director  
(Consumer PR)  

Department: Consumer PR & Influence 
Location: London 
Contract type: Fixed-Term (12 months) 
Full Time/Part time: Full Time 
Reporting into: Client Partner  
 
 

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. The agency specialises in bringing together brand advertising, customer experience marketing, PR, influence and consulting, all fueled by Behavioural Science. Our world-class award-winning creative campaigns deliver solutions for clients including Sainsbury’s, Lloyds Banking Group, Madri, Unilever and Mondelēz International. 

Ogilvy’s influencer marketing practice is the largest globally and the agency also hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – which is now in its 12th year. 

James Murphy is the CEO of Ogilvy Group UK, which includes Ogilvy UK and New Commercial Arts (NCA), a boutique creative agency he co-founded in 2020, recently acquired by WPP.  
 
  

The Role:  

As Account Director, you'll champion "earned first" thinking to create impactful, culturally relevant consumer PR campaigns. You'll lead a team, build strong client relationships, and drive innovative strategies that generate buzz and deliver measurable results. This role is fun and energetic, offering great opportunities to learn and develop with a variety of complex but rewarding clients. You will be responsible for fostering a positive and collaborative work environment within the account management team, encouraging open communication and constructive feedback. You will manage relationships with third-party vendors, to ensure the agency delivers high-quality work that meets client expectations. You will also act as a liaison between the client and the agency's internal teams, providing clear communication and direction to ensure all parties are aligned on project goals and timelines. You can see opportunity in risk and you’re not afraid to be brave and challenge your clients to want to achieve a better result for all. 
  
 

Key Responsibilities:  

• Inspire & Lead: Mentor a team to develop and execute breakthrough, "earned first" PR & Influence campaigns. 

• Client Partnership: Build trusted advisor relationships with clients, understanding their business and anticipating their needs. Guide them across media and social communications. 

• Creative Strategy: Collaborate with creative teams to develop compelling narratives and assets that resonate with target audiences. 

• Data-Driven Optimization: Monitor campaign performance, leveraging data and analytics to optimize results and demonstrate ROI. 

• Innovation & Trends: Stay ahead of industry trends, identifying new opportunities and approaches to enhance campaign effectiveness. 

• Budget Management: Manage client budgets effectively, ensuring campaigns are delivered on time and within budget. 

• New Business: Support new business efforts, participating in pitches and developing compelling proposals. 

• Crisis Management: Develop and implement crisis management plans to protect client reputation. 

• Inclusivity: Champion inclusiveness, diversity, and equity in all aspects of work. 

Requirements: 

• Extensive experience in consumer PR and influence, with a proven track record of driving successful campaigns. 

• Share and use media knowledge to guide clients on what you believe is the best for their brand 

• Deep understanding of consumer behavior and ability to develop creative strategies that resonate with target audiences. 

• Demonstrated ability to think "earned first" and create campaigns that generate organic buzz. 

• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.  

• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. 

• Data-driven mindset and analytical skills. 

• Knowledge of industry trends and best practices. 

• Experience in crisis management. 

• Champion inclusiveness, diversity, and equity in all aspects of work. 

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 

 Influence Strategy Director
Large FMCG Drinks Portfolio

Department: Influence
Location: London
Contract type: Fixed-Term (12 months)
Full Time/Part time: Full Time
Reporting into: Head Of Influence 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. The agency specialises in bringing together brand advertising, customer experience marketing, PR, influence and consulting, all fueled by Behavioural Science. Our world-class award-winning creative campaigns deliver solutions for clients including Sainsbury’s, Lloyds Banking Group, Madri, Unilever and Mondelēz International.

Ogilvy’s influencer marketing practice is the largest globally and the agency also hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – which is now in its 12th year. James Murphy is the CEO of Ogilvy Group UK, which includes Ogilvy UK and New Commercial Arts (NCA), a boutique creative agency he co-founded in 2020, recently acquired by WPP. 

 

The role:

We are seeking a visionary and authoritative Influence Strategy Director to own and elevate the strategic direction for some of our largest, most prestigious clients. You are an established industry leader with proven experience operating at a Strategy Director level within an influencer agency or leading influencer strategy in-house.

As a core part of the creative strategy leadership team, you will craft consumer and corporate strategies rooted in culture that earn the right to be seen and talked about. You will act as a strategic partner to our most senior clients, helping them navigate the complex intersection of paid, earned, and owned influence.

Beyond client ownership, you will be a growth driver for the agency, playing a pivotal role in significant new business pitches and helping to secure new client wins. You will act as a collaborator with Account and Creative leads to ensure the positive direction of all client activity.

Furthermore, as a leader within the department, you will help to design ways of working, empower team autonomy, and take a hands-on approach to mentoring and line managing our talented junior and mid-level strategists.

In our world, no day, nor brief, is the same. We need someone who is comfortable with agility and fast pace, champions cross-discipline collaboration, and brings an encyclopaedic knowledge of the influencer landscape to solve our clients' toughest business problems.

The Skillset

We are looking for an influence expert who can confidently own the room, pioneer new strategic models, and drive award-winning creative output.

Defining the problem: Masterminding strategic direction and cross-discipline integration.

• Challenges foundational assumptions and leads across disciplines so the entire picture makes sense.
• Helps senior clients formulate better briefs, tasks, and define the true nature of their business problems.
• Acts as an integral part of the senior client team; the definitive "go-to consultant" for influence strategy. 

Insight Creation: Finding, filtering, and rethinking data to inspire categories.

• Expert at identifying the right tensions and cultural truths; distils complex information into simple, motivating insights for influence strategy.
• Pioneers new research techniques with clients, getting to insights that shape entire businesses and categories.
• Able to brief, guide, and champion bespoke research methodologies when required.

Setting the Path: Giving inspiration, clarity & confidence.

• Shapes and sells innovative influencer strategies that address complex brand and business KPIs.
• Partners with Business Directors and Client Partners to proactively grow the scope and impact of influencer work across our biggest clients.
• Acts as a collaborator with Account and Creative leads to ensure positive, ambitious direction of client activity.

Ideation: Helping creative & other disciplines come up with better ideas, faster.

• Acts as an idea originator outside of main briefs, proactively seeking to develop new ideas and proactive models.
• Originates proactive influencer briefs that inspire clients and the agency on the boundless potential of influence.
• Articulates how an influence idea can impact all elements of a client's business, rather than just communications.

Prototyping and Storytelling: Defining, communicating & selling the idea.

• Pioneers new ways of framing and selling an idea, consistently using compelling narratives and soundbites.
• Develops highly persuasive, memorable decks that frame complex strategies simply and powerfully for C-suite and Board-level stakeholders.
• Commands the room during major new business pitches, using narrative and visuals to win over senior stakeholders and secure new client wins.

Manifesting the Work: Crafting the experience journey and delivery detail.

• Influences senior clients into experimenting with new influencer channels, formats, content, and technology.
• Develops comprehensive influencer roadmaps that dictate how an idea can evolve over three to five years.
• Ensures smooth integration of earned-first ideas across paid and owned ecosystems.

Measurement and Effectiveness: Proving value and setting industry standards.

• Showcases recognised expertise linked to proving the value of influencer ideas to major organizations.
• Sets up projects for integrated evaluation from the start, differentiating between helpful and unhelpful data.
• Authors case studies, contributes to effectiveness reports, and sets new benchmarks for influencer effectiveness.

Team Leadership & Development: Cultivating a high-performing strategy team.

• Line manages, mentors, and develops a team of junior and mid-level strategists, championing a culture of continuous learning.
• Designs ways of working that support effective resource management, ensuring fair distribution of workload during peak periods or complex campaigns.
• Acts as the ultimate escalation point for complex issues, coaching the team in decisive problem-solving and proactive pre-planning.
• Empowers team autonomy while remaining responsible for overall team performance and maintaining transparent communication with agency leadership.

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
   

Influence Director
(Large Tech Business)

Department: PR & Influence
Location: London
Contract type: Fixed-Term (12 months)
Full Time/Part time: Full Time
Reporting into: Business Director/ Client Partner

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. The agency specialises in bringing together brand advertising, customer experience marketing, PR, influence and consulting, all fueled by Behavioural Science. Our world-class award-winning creative campaigns deliver solutions for clients including Sainsbury’s, Lloyds Banking Group, Madri, Unilever and Mondelēz International.

Ogilvy’s influencer marketing practice is the largest globally and the agency also hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – which is now in its 12th year. James Murphy is the CEO of Ogilvy Group UK, which includes Ogilvy UK and New Commercial Arts (NCA), a boutique creative agency he co-founded in 2020, recently acquired by WPP. 

The Role:

As an Influence Director at Ogilvy, you will play a crucial role in leading some of the most exciting and challenging projects in the industry. We are lucky to work with big global brands who play a role in shaping culture. Our aim, as a specialism, is to deliver strategic and impactful campaigns that achieve our clients' objectives and prove the power and diversity of influence in the marketing mix. The Influence Director will lead their projects and team with excellent client service and bring a solid understanding of influence strategy, creative output, recommending objectives, targets, action plans, calendar, and budgets.

In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of a number for workstreams for a huge Tech Client in the UK, this will involve leading a team on influencer campaigns, from criteria, vetting, identification, negotiation and implementation to overseeing and reporting. You will work collaboratively with influencers, media, PR, social, brand activation, digital, and all other stakeholders – internal and external, to deliver exceptional campaigns for our clients. As part of any role in our team your responsibilities will include managing the influencer database, ensuring it is up-to-date, and staying up-to-date with cultural/social trends and customers' views and attitudes.

As an Influence Director, you will have the opportunity to lead on additional projects, such as new business pitches, market reviews, and competitive trends. You will be at the forefront of the industry, working with a team of experts to deliver innovative and effective influence campaigns.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the client service and day-to-day running of influencer campaigns and supporting managers and executives, from identification, creative, implementation, and reporting.
• Responsible for influencer process across the accounts and strategy
• Attend high profile events in line with the brand strategy
• Working with the senior team on the integrated Tech account to ensure objectives and service levels are met, and thinking what’s next.
• Design and define industry-leading Influencer strategy: recommend objectives, targets, action plan, calendar, and budget.
• Align and collaborate with media, PR, social, brand activation, digital, and all other stakeholders – internal and external – to deliver best-in-class campaigns for our clients.
• Nurture client-appropriate talent opportunities and relationships to help deliver the influencer program for clients.
• Stay up-to-date with cultural/social trends and customers' views and attitudes.
• Assist in the development of and participate in promoting our influencer offering across the business, including writing thought leadership and attending industry events.
• Lead additional projects as required – such as new business pitches, market reviews, and competitive trends.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with mid-level clients based on a proven track record of delivery.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to provide senior council to clients, advising on industry developments as they occur and showing relevance for clients on the ground.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as an Influence Director (ideally 2+ years at this level)
• Strong understanding of influence strategy and experience managing large brands
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to create highly effective and fruitful working relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Solid understanding of the strategic and business context the client is operating in and uses this knowledge to develop solutions and approach tasks in a way that is effective for the client.
• Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to work confidently with other capabilities and crafts in service of finding the best integrated influence creative solution to the client's business problem.
• Interest in culture or sport

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
  
  

 Business Director
Consumer PR 

Department: Consumer PR
Location: London
Contract type: Maternity Cover 12-Month Fixed Term Contract
Full Time/Part time: Full Time - Hybrid Working
Reporting into: Managing Partner

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. The agency 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 Sainsbury’s, Lloyds Banking Group, Madri, Unilever and Mondelēz International. 

Ogilvy’s influencer marketing practice is the largest globally; we are proud to be the most awarded influencer agency for six years running and the recipient of the Cannes Grand Prix for Social & Creator for two consecutive years.  

Ogilvy UK also hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – which is now in its 12th year. James Murphy is the CEO of Ogilvy Group UK, which includes Ogilvy UK and New Commercial Arts (NCA), a boutique creative agency he co-founded in 2020, recently acquired by WPP.


The Role:

As the Business Director on the European and Global FMCG portfolio business within Consumer PR, you will lead client partnership, strategic counsel and integrated delivery across the portfolio, designed to provide the client with fully focused, senior leadership on some of the world’s most iconic FMCG brands.
The role sits at the intersection of earned-first thinking, culture-led marketing, and integrated agency delivery, ensuring that PR, social, influence and advertising work together to create impact at scale across diverse markets. This pivotal role places you at the heart of our operations for large FMCG portfolio, one of the world's most iconic and dynamic brands.

Your remit will span from the initial spark of ideation – identifying trends and innovative opportunities that drive cultural relevance – through the meticulous development of cutting-edge strategies tailored to diverse market nuances and brand objectives. You will lead the charge on defining compelling creative narratives and content frameworks, ensuring brand consistency and breakthrough engagement. Subsequently, you will oversee flawless execution, transforming strategy into impactful activations across various platforms and geographies.

This role demands a holistic leader capable of driving innovation, navigating complex client relationships, and delivering measurable results within a dynamic, multi-market agency environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Client leadership & stakeholder management

• Act as the senior day-to-day client lead for European and Global teams, building trusted, long-term partnerships
• Provide strategic counsel across brand, reputation, partnerships and cultural activation
• Lead complex, multi-market stakeholder management across global, regional and local teams
• Ensure the FMCG Brand has consistent, senior-level leadership fully embedded in the brand business

Global & European strategy development

• Lead the creation of global and European communications toolkits, frameworks and playbooks that balance global brand consistency with local market nuance
• Embed earned-first thinking into all toolkits
• Partner closely with creative and strategy leads to shape culturally relevant, insight-led ideas

Market management & intelligence

• Oversee market engagement across Europe and priority global territories, acting as a central connector between the brands global teams and local markets
• Ensure clients are consistently informed on market trends, cultural shifts, competitor activity and emerging opportunities
• Champion local market insight, ensuring work is adaptable, relevant and executable across diverse regions

Global events & partnerships

• Lead the communications strategy and delivery for global brand moments and events, ensuring alignment across markets
• Play a central role in developing and activating brand partnerships, embedding them seamlessly into toolkits and campaign narratives
• Work with market and agency leads to bring partnerships to life in locally relevant, culturally resonant ways

Team leadership & integration

• Directly manage a London-based team, working alongside creative and strategy leadership
• Foster a collaborative, high-performance team culture grounded in integration and shared ownership

What makes this role different:

• 100% dedicated to the FMCG portfolio, allowing for deep brand immersion and long-term strategic thinking
• Operates at true global scale, balancing global brand stewardship with local market realities
• Deeply partnership-led, with collaborations embedded into brand strategy
• Strong emphasis on earned-first, culture-first marketing, influencing how integrated campaigns are built from the ground up
• Sits within a fully integrated agency model, requiring constant collaboration across discipline
  
  

Key Leadership Competencies:

• Proven experience in global and/or European leadership roles, ideally within FMCG or large-scale consumer brands
• Exceptional stakeholder managementskills — this role is heavily relationship-driven and requires confidence navigating complexity
• Strong understanding of how global brands operate across markets, with sensitivity to cultural and market nuance
• Demonstrated experience working in integrated agency environmentsacross PR, advertising, social and influence
• A passion for culture-led, earned-first marketingand its role in driving brand relevance and business impact
• Commercially astute, strategically minded and comfortable operating at senior client level
• A genuine interest in — and affinity for — the drinks brands and the wider FMCG landscape

• Communication & Collaboration: Defines and communicates the overarching vision for the Influence practice. Develops communication strategies that align the department with agency leadership and fosters a culture of open dialogue and mentorship for senior leaders.
• Organisation & Resource Management: Architects the department's operational structure to support profitability and growth. Oversees P&L, leads resource forecasting, and ensures the practice is structured to handle complex, large-scale business needs.
• Responsibility & Accountability: Holds ultimate accountability for the entire department's commercial and creative performance. Empowers directors to lead their teams while maintaining transparent, high-level communication with executive leadership on business progress and challenges.
• Problem Solving & Decision Making: Acts as the final point of authority on the most critical business issues. Makes high-stakes decisions that protect the agency's commercial interests and mentors directors in strategic problem-solving.
• Growth & Development: Champions and funds a departmental learning culture. Defines the long-term talent strategy, creates career pathways for all levels, and builds a best-in-class team through senior hiring and mentorship.
• Ogilvy Values & Behaviours: Acts as the ultimate custodian of the agency's values within the department. Embeds these values into the practice's core processes, from recruitment and client management to performance recognition.
  
  
  

Skills for Your Growth to Client Partner:
To support your progression, you will be expected to develop capabilities in the following areas:

• C-Suite Partnership & Business Acumen: Transition from a practice leader to a C-suite strategic advisor. Develop a deep, holistic understanding of the client's entire business model, competitive landscape, and financial drivers to become an indispensable partner to their most senior leaders.
• Integrated Solution Leadership: Evolve from leading a single capability to orchestrating the agency's full suite of services. Master the art of integrating diverse crafts—from brand advertising and PR to consulting and data—to solve the client's most complex business problems.
• Enterprise Commercial Strategy: Shift focus from departmental P&L management to owning the entire client commercial relationship. Drive enterprise-level growth by identifying strategic opportunities across the client's organization and negotiating large-scale, multi-year partnerships.
• Relationship as the Core Product: Move from a role where the craft is the primary product to one where the strategic client relationship itself is the core deliverable. Your success will be measured by your ability to build unwavering trust and long-term loyalty at the highest levels.
  
  

Personal Qualities:

• Extensive and proven experience in a senior leadership role (e.g., Senior Account Director or Business Director) within a top-tier agency.

• Strategic yet pragmatic
• Culturally curious and globally minded
• Confident, collaborative and calm under pressure
• Energised by complexity, scale and partnership-driven work

• Demonstrated track record of P&L ownership and delivering significant, year-on-year business growth.
• Proven success in leading and winning multi-million-pound new business pitches.
• Exceptional leadership skills with experience in shaping departmental culture and developing senior talent.
• Strategic visionary with the ability to anticipate market trends and define a clear, forward-looking path for the business.
• Outstanding commercial acumen and sophisticated negotiation skills.

How we help you Thrive:

• 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
• Bupa Healthcare
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
• 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.
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Assurance

• Our ambition is to attract the very best diverse talent to Ogilvy, and to be the employer of choice in the UK. We want everyone to feel welcome when they join us, and once they’re here, for them to want to stay with us, grow their career, and to feel they belong with us. 

Social Business Director
Global & European FMCG Drinks Portfolio

Department: PR & Influence / Social & Content
Location: London
Contract type: Fixed-Term (12 months)
Full Time/Part time: Full Time
Reporting into: Managing Partner / Client Partner

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 Sainsbury’s, Argos, Mondelēz International, Unilever, TK Maxx and Pernod Ricard.

In 2023, Ogilvy UK celebrated their 75th anniversary and was the most awarded agency in Europe. Ogilvy is home to the largest influencer marketing practice globally, and hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – now in its 12th year.

The Role:

As a Social Business Director on the European and Global drinks portfolio business within Social, you will lead client partnership, strategic counsel and integrated delivery across the portfolio, designed to provide the client with fully focused, senior leadership on some of the world’s most iconic FMCG brands.

The role sits at the intersection of Social-first thinking, culture-led marketing, and integrated agency delivery, ensuring that PR, social, influence and advertising work together to create impact at scale across diverse markets

This pivotal role places you at the heart of our operations for large drinks portfolio, one of the world's most iconic and dynamic brands. As a key leader within WPP Open X, our bespoke, fully integrated agency solution dedicated exclusively to this FMCG Brand.

Your remit will span from the initial spark of ideation – identifying trends and innovative opportunities that drive cultural relevance – through the meticulous development of cutting-edge strategies tailored to diverse market nuances and brand objectives. You will lead the charge on defining compelling creative narratives and content frameworks, ensuring brand consistency and breakthrough engagement. Subsequently, you will oversee flawless execution, transforming strategy into impactful activations across various platforms and geographies.

This role demands a holistic leader capable of driving innovation, navigating complex client relationships, and delivering measurable results within a dynamic, multi-market agency environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Social & Campaign Leadership: Lead large, complex social-first projects and manage key campaigns for an exciting tech client portfolio, from ideation through to execution.
• Strategic Counsel: Provide senior-level strategic guidance to clients, confidently holding your own in strategic conversations and ensuring all work aligns with strategic objectives.
• Integrated Team Management: Lead and motivate an integrated team, including an Account Manager, Community Manager, and Creatives, to deliver best-in-class social content and campaigns.
• Content & Performance Oversight: Oversee the delivery of social content and ensure it is performing effectively on an ongoing basis by leveraging insights from the research and data team.
• Client & Stakeholder Management: Build trusted partner relationships with senior-level clients, manage multi-level stakeholders in complex organisations, and act as a key point of escalation.
• Commercial Acumen: Take responsibility for the commercials of all projects, managing profitability, resource requirements, and growth opportunities. Ensure proposals are delivered within budget and manage client expectations on costs.
• Process & Delivery: Steer processes and ways of working internally and with partners, ensuring social campaigns are delivered on budget and on time in a Social-First environment.
• Creative Excellence: Collaborate with creative teams to inspire, spot, and push for creative genius, ensuring the best social creative solution is delivered for the client's business problem.

Key Leadership Competencies:

• Social & Digital Expertise: Possess strong skills in paid and organic social, with experience across a wide variety of clients and projects from small, response-driven workstreams to larger, complex social experiences across multiple platforms.
• Strategic & Non-Linear Thinker: Understand the strategic and business context the client is operating in and use this knowledge to develop effective solutions. Demonstrate creative problem-solving and consider different angles on a brief.
• Relationship Builder: A strong relationship builder who can make friends, influence people, and maintain strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to protect the work and activate new opportunities.
• Leadership & Accountability: An organised and autonomous leader who takes responsibility for large projects, motivating the team while holding them and yourself accountable for the work and the process.
• Excellent Communicator: Provide clear, succinct guidance to internal teams and confidently present work to clients, acting as a champion for the social craft.
• Financially Savvy: Possess good commercial acumen, with a strong understanding of how to manage resource requirements, ensure profitability, and drive growth.
  
  

Skills for Your Growth to Client Partner:
To support your progression, you will be expected to develop capabilities in the following areas:

• C-Suite Partnership & Business Acumen: Transition from a practice leader to a C-suite strategic advisor. Develop a deep, holistic understanding of the client's entire business model, competitive landscape, and financial drivers to become an indispensable partner to their most senior leaders.
• Integrated Solution Leadership: Evolve from leading a single capability to orchestrating the agency's full suite of services. Master the art of integrating diverse crafts—from brand advertising and PR to consulting and data—to solve the client's most complex business problems.
• Enterprise Commercial Strategy: Shift focus from departmental P&L management to owning the entire client commercial relationship. Drive enterprise-level growth by identifying strategic opportunities across the client's organization and negotiating large-scale, multi-year partnerships.
• Relationship as the Core Product: Move from a role where the craft is the primary product to one where the strategic client relationship itself is the core deliverable. Your success will be measured by your ability to build unwavering trust and long-term loyalty at the highest levels.
  
  

Personal Qualities:

• Someone that loves to get stuck into a task, and collaborate with the client and agency teams to make stuff happen!
• You know how to execute with digital, social, platform-first thinking and how the brand needs to behave within these environments to drive engagement.
• Demonstrated track record of P&L ownership and delivering significant, year-on-year business growth.
• Proven success in leading and winning multi-million-pound new business pitches.
• Understand the importance of brand metrics and how to orientate the operation in service of driving them and delivering business success.
• Know how to have fun and how to build a culture that is happy to work hard in an enjoyable environment.
• Exceptional leadership skills with experience in shaping departmental culture and developing senior talent.
• Strategic visionary with the ability to anticipate market trends and define a clear, forward-looking path for the business.

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

 Account Director - Consumer PR 

Department: Consumer PR & Influence 
Location: London 
Contract type: Fixed-Term (12 months) 
Full Time/Part time: Full Time 
Reporting into: Client Partner  
 
 

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. The agency specialises in bringing together brand advertising, customer experience marketing, PR, influence and consulting, all fueled by Behavioural Science. Our world-class award-winning creative campaigns deliver solutions for clients including Sainsbury’s, Lloyds Banking Group, Madri, Unilever and Mondelēz International. 

Ogilvy’s influencer marketing practice is the largest globally and the agency also hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – which is now in its 12th year. James Murphy is the CEO of Ogilvy Group UK, which includes Ogilvy UK and New Commercial Arts (NCA), a boutique creative agency he co-founded in 2020, recently acquired by WPP.  
 
  

The Role:  

As Account Director, you'll champion "earned first" thinking to create impactful, culturally relevant consumer PR campaigns. You'll lead a team, build strong client relationships, and drive innovative strategies that generate buzz and deliver measurable results. This role is fun and energetic, offering great opportunities to learn and develop with a variety of complex but rewarding clients. You will be responsible for fostering a positive and collaborative work environment within the account management team, encouraging open communication and constructive feedback. You will manage relationships with third-party vendors, to ensure the agency delivers high-quality work that meets client expectations. You will also act as a liaison between the client and the agency's internal teams, providing clear communication and direction to ensure all parties are aligned on project goals and timelines. You can see opportunity in risk and you’re not afraid to be brave and challenge your clients to want to achieve a better result for all. 
  
 

Key Responsibilities:  

• Inspire & Lead: Mentor a team to develop and execute breakthrough, "earned first" PR & Influence campaigns. 

• Client Partnership: Build trusted advisor relationships with clients, understanding their business and anticipating their needs. Guide them across media and social communications. 

• Creative Strategy: Collaborate with creative teams to develop compelling narratives and assets that resonate with target audiences. 

• Data-Driven Optimization: Monitor campaign performance, leveraging data and analytics to optimize results and demonstrate ROI. 

• Innovation & Trends: Stay ahead of industry trends, identifying new opportunities and approaches to enhance campaign effectiveness. 

• Budget Management: Manage client budgets effectively, ensuring campaigns are delivered on time and within budget. 

• New Business: Support new business efforts, participating in pitches and developing compelling proposals. 

• Crisis Management: Develop and implement crisis management plans to protect client reputation. 

• Inclusivity: Champion inclusiveness, diversity, and equity in all aspects of work. 

Requirements: 

• Extensive experience in consumer PR and influence, with a proven track record of driving successful campaigns. 

• Share and use media knowledge to guide clients on what you believe is the best for their brand 

• Deep understanding of consumer behavior and ability to develop creative strategies that resonate with target audiences. 

• Demonstrated ability to think "earned first" and create campaigns that generate organic buzz. 

• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.  

• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. 

• Data-driven mindset and analytical skills. 

• Knowledge of industry trends and best practices. 

• Experience in crisis management. 

• Champion inclusiveness, diversity, and equity in all aspects of work. 

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  
    

About the Role

Are you a People champion with a passion for fostering an inclusive and dynamic workplace? Do you thrive on making a real impact on employee experience within a fast-paced environment? Are you excited about championing diversity and inclusivity at every turn? If so, then read on – we have the perfect opportunity for you!

Ogilvy UK are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced People Advisor to join our brilliant People Team on a 12-month Fixed-Term Contract.

 As a People Advisor, you'll be a vital part of our team, providing crucial HR advice and support across our organisation. You'll play a critical role in developing and retaining top talent, ensuring our employees have the resources and support they need to excel.

You'll partner closely with our People Business Partners, helping to shape and implement HR strategies, policies, and programs that champion a positive, equitable, and inclusive culture. This is your chance to guide business leaders on a spectrum of HR issues, including employee relations, performance management, and talent development, all while contributing significantly to our ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert HR advice and support to all employees across the organization, ensuring inclusivity and equity in all interactions.
• Partner with business leaders to identify talent development needs and design and implement strategies to support employee growth and development.
• Act as a key point of contact for all employee relations matters, ensuring all concerns are addressed with respect and empathy.
• Lead and support the performance management process, ensuring employees receive regular feedback and support to achieve their goals.
• Develop and deliver training programs on HR policies and procedures, ensuring all employees have a clear understanding of their rights and responsibilities.
• Support the recruitment and selection process, ensuring all candidates are evaluated fairly and without bias.
• Maintain accurate HR records and ensure all data is managed in accordance with relevant legislation and best practice.
• Participate in employee engagement initiatives, ensuring all employees have a voice and that their feedback is valued and acted upon.
• Stay up-to-date with relevant legislation and industry best practices, proactively recommending changes to policies and procedures to ensure ongoing compliance and alignment.

What You'll Bring:

• 3+ years of experience in a similar HR Advisor or HR Generalist role, preferably in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Strong knowledge of HR best practices and relevant legislation, including labour laws and equal employment opportunity regulations.
• Demonstrated experience in employee relations, performance management, and talent development.
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a flexible and adaptable approach to work.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Proven problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyse complex situations and develop effective solutions.
• A genuine passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a deep commitment to promoting these values in the workplace.

Why Join Ogilvy UK?

• Be part of a world-renowned creative agency where your work makes a real difference.
• An exciting opportunity to grow your HR career in a dynamic and supportive environment.
• Work alongside a knowledgeable and truly collaborative People team.
• Contribute to a culture that values creativity, innovation, and diverse perspectives.
• Make a tangible impact on employee experience and organisational success.
  
  

How We Help You Thrive

We believe in supporting our people to do their best work and live their best lives.

•  25 days annual leave plus the option to buy up to 5 extra days leave + 1 volunteer day
• Bupa Healthcare
• Enhanced family friendly policies, including, adoption and shared parental leave
• Menopause support
• We have a Flexible Working Model with core working hours: 10am – 4pm
• A generous pension scheme - you pay in 4% we pay 6%, following probation contributions are matched up to 10.5% (17.5% in total
• A fantastic Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provided by Telus which offers brilliant support, expert advice and specialist counselling
• Help @ Hand - quick free access to a remote GP, mental health support, physio or a medical 2nd opinion