Department: Social & Advertising)

Location: London

Contact type: 12-Month FTC

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 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 the Integrated Business Director (Social-first), you will lead the strategy, delivery, and orchestration of large-scale, integrated campaigns for a consumer tech brand within a collaborative WPP inter-agency model. While social-first in thinking—particularly across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube—this role extends across brand, influence, content, and paid media touchpoints to deliver cohesive, multi-channel campaign ecosystems. 

You will report to the Managing Partner and lead a dedicated team responsible for the strategic ideation, project leadership, and end-to-end delivery of major campaign workstreams. A key part of your remit will be translating brand and campaign strategy into actionable content ecosystems, ensuring ideas are designed for scale and consistency across social, influencer, brand, and wider media channels. 

You will play a central role in shaping the brand’s cultural impact through big, idea-led campaigns, leveraging talent and creator partnerships where relevant, and ensuring all work is culturally resonant, strategically aligned, and platform-native in execution. 

With deep expertise in social media and a strong understanding of integrated campaign delivery, you will develop ideas that move fluidly across channels - connecting social storytelling with broader brand platforms, influencer collaborations, and paid amplification. You will also oversee the creation of campaign toolkits, content playbooks, influencer frameworks, and rollout guidance, enabling effective execution across internal teams, markets, and external partners. 

This role requires a confident, collaborative leader who can navigate complex stakeholder environments, bring clarity to multi-workstream campaigns, and drive both creative ambition and operational discipline. You will be equally comfortable shaping high-level strategic direction and ensuring rigorous execution across fast-moving, high-profile work. 

Ultimately, you will act as the connective force between social thinking, brand strategy, and influence - ensuring ideas are built to scale, travel seamlessly across channels, and deliver meaningful brand impact. 

This role is ideal for someone passionate about social-led thinking, with proven experience delivering large-scale integrated campaigns across multiple channels in fast-paced environments, and a track record of turning cultural insight into standout, cross-platform brand work. 

Key Responsibilities: 

Be the senior client partner – Build and maintain relationships with senior client stakeholders across multiple functions, becoming indispensable to their business. Anticipate their needs, advise with authority, and be their go-to for strategic counsel. 

Be the growth driver – Lead organic growth initiatives, spotting opportunities across disciplines and therapy areas. Develop and implement account plans that deliver sustained revenue growth, leveraging the full Ogilvy network. 

Be the strategic architect – Shape and oversee the strategic direction of accounts, ensuring all work is aligned to client business objectives and market realities. Challenge briefs, push thinking deeper, and ensure strategies are robust and future-focused. 

Be commercially accountable – Own the financial health of your accounts, including forecasting, profitability, and recoverability. Partner with finance and procurement to negotiate contracts, scopes, and rates that protect and grow agency value. 

Be the creative champion – Ensure creative work is bold, relevant, and flawlessly executed. Challenge teams to push beyond “good enough” and deliver work that drives business impact. 

Be the team leader – Inspire, mentor, and develop account teams, ensuring they have clarity of role, access to growth opportunities, and the support to perform at their best. Create a culture of collaboration, accountability and resilience. 

Be the connector – Bring together the right people from across the Ogilvy Group and WPP to solve client challenges. Build and maintain a strong internal and external network to unlock opportunities. 

Be the problem solver – Anticipate risks, manage challenges with confidence, and escalate when needed. Maintain a solutions-first mindset, ensuring momentum is never lost. 

Key Skills: 

· Proven ability to lead large, complex accounts with significant revenue responsibility. 

· Exceptional relationship-building skills at senior client levels, including procurement and C-suite. 

· Strategic thinker with deep understanding of healthcare communications, market dynamics, and regulatory environments. 

· Strong commercial acumen, with experience in contract negotiation and financial management. 

· Creative champion with the ability to inspire bold, impactful work. 

· Skilled leader and mentor, able to develop high-performing teams. 

· Confident communicator, negotiator, and presenter. 

· Resilient, adaptable, and able to thrive in high-pressure situations. 

· Well-networked within the industry and able to leverage connections for client and agency benefit.

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