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Are you a communications professional with the ability to lead complex corporate communications campaigns for some of the world’s most renowned brands? At Burson, we’re looking for an Senior Account Manager to join our Corporate and Public Affairs team. This is your opportunity to work with iconic clients such as Red Sea Global and HCLTech , shaping their reputations, influencing key audiences, and leading creative campaigns that drive results.

As an Senior Account Manager you’ll be at the forefront of client relationships, managing a portfolio of high-profile accounts, delivering strategic counsel, and leading projects that impact business outcomes. With a focus on corporate affairs, you’ll drive both proactive and reactive communications strategies, ensuring clients’ voices are heard across media, industry, and stakeholder landscapes.

You’ll have a hands-on leadership role, guiding teams, fostering creative problem-solving, and mentoring junior colleagues. You’ll also actively contribute to business growth, identifying new opportunities and driving integrated communication solutions for clients.

What you'll do

• Act as a senior day-to-day contact for clients, building trusted relationships through sound judgment, empathy, and clear counsel.

• Lead client conversations during high-stakes situations, offering calm, strategic advice under pressure and guiding them through complex reputation challenges across markets.

• Provide strategic oversight of crisis preparedness and response programmes, including scenario planning, escalation frameworks, and real-time media handling.

• Lead reactive and proactive issues management across fast-moving, high-risk environments – from reputation threats and regulatory scrutiny to activist pressure or internal crises.

• Support clients with media, stakeholder and employee communications during crises, maintaining trust and consistency of messaging

• Oversee and guide press office teams through high-volume and sensitive media landscapes.

• Shape media narratives, protect client reputations, and proactively manage journalist relationships, especially during periods of scrutiny or change.

• Provide clients with a steady stream of proactive, strategic recommendations that demonstrate strong news judgment and business understanding..

Experience that contributes to success

• Significant experience in crisis and corporate communications within an agency environment, ideally working with high-profile or highly regulated brands.

• Proven ability to lead on sensitive, business-critical situations with clarity, confidence, and discretion.

• Strong background in media relations and narrative management, particularly under intense scrutiny.

• Exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills – able to lead teams through challenging situations while maintaining morale and quality.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complexity into clear, actionable messaging.

• Commercially minded, with experience managing budgets, forecasting, and resource planning across complex accounts.

• Comfortable working with data and insights to shape strategy, measure impact, and refine recommendations.

• Experience supporting new business efforts, from identifying opportunities to leading pitches and developing strategic proposals.

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We're in search of a driven professional to take on the role of Account Director in our Healthcare Communications team.

You will play a pivotal role in delivering strategic guidance to our esteemed public relations clientele, overseeing account management, team leadership, and budgeting. The role involves spearheading new business initiatives, from identifying prospects to leading pitches, and nurturing the professional growth of junior team members up to the Consultant level.

Passionate about propelling innovative healthcare products, services, and organisations to new heights of success, you will engage with a varied client portfolio, ranging from leading global healthcare corporations to dynamic startups, all while making a meaningful impact on patient care and the healthcare community. Our client roster boasts prominent names like Lilly, AstraZeneca and Merck..

Joining our team means bringing your expertise to a diverse array of projects, spanning product PR, patient advocacy, corporate communications, and media relations, within stimulating therapeutic fields such as neuroscience, immunology, and cardiometabolic health.

Our team's excellence hasn't gone unnoticed—we've earned accolades from PRWeek, SABRE, and PharmaTimes, and we've been contenders for an agency award at the Communiqué Awards. Join us and be part of a team that's not just winning awards, but also making a real difference in healthcare communications.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide timely and relevant strategic advice to clients informed by broad intelligence-gathering on client, sector and competitors and policy environment
• Project manage and supervise the delivery of all client services across multiple accounts
• Exhibit a willingness to challenge the status quo, innovate, and embrace new ideas to drive the business forward
• Lead regular client meetings and internal account management meetings, reviewing progress and allocating tasks
• Manage account teams, providing direction and support to ensure high-quality client service
• Manage client budgets and adhere to company budget setting and management processes
• Ensure timely and accurate billing to ensure client needs are met within budget
• Project manage activities focused on new business development, including marketing and new business pipeline management
• Demonstrate an active and ever-expanding new business network that can provide significant opportunities for Hanover
• Identify opportunities to cross-sell services between Hanover teams and/or offices
• Provide personal management and mentoring of junior members of the team, up to Consultant level, providing guidance to improve quality of work, overall efficiency and foster a culture of excellence
• Conduct performance reviews and support career progression for team members
• Champion diversity and inclusion within the team and in client work, ensuring a range of perspectives are considered and valued.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Proven track record of experience working in a healthcare / pharmaceutical PR role, ideally within a consultancy or in-house team
• Proven media relations expertise with network of UK or international media connections
• Proficient in both healthcare product and corporate communications
• A willingness to challenge the status quo, innovate, and embrace new ideas to drive the business forward
• Ability to lead teams and drive client accounts
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and persuasively
• Effective time, project and financial management
• Client focused with close attention to detail
• Familiarity with relevant media (print, broadcast and digital) and digital communication channels
• Proactive and experienced in developing new business

BENEFITS:

In addition to a competitive salary, your core benefits package will include:

• An annual performance-related bonus plus additional bonus potential linked to recruitment, new business and long service
• 25 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Private healthcare and dental insurance
• Travel insurance
• A company pension plan, including 5% employer contribution

You’ll also have access to a wide range of opportunities and initiatives, including:

• Flexible working policies, plus eligibility to apply for a sabbatical after 2 years’ service
• Summer Fridays finish (3pm) – early Friday finish the rest of the year (4pm)
• The Hanover Academy, which incorporates training, coaching, mentoring and reverse-mentoring opportunities to support personal development and career progression across all levels, with a generous training budget
• International secondments as well as the opportunity to collaborate with all offices across the AVENIR GLOBAL’s network
• A wellbeing programme, featuring (but not limited to) pre- and post-maternity leave coaching, a working parents’ group, subsidised gym membership
• Our Culture Club, with a robust social calendar all year round and CSR activity

454 – Planning Lead – Client Teams

About WPP Media 

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com. 

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com 

ABOUT WPP & OPENDOOR 

At WPP, we’re constantly reinventing the future of creativity on an ever-broader canvas, bringing together unrivalled talent, resources and skills to provide an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce and technology. 

Over the last decade, we have developed a dedicated global client practice with the mission of accelerating WPP’s impact for our largest clients by bringing them the best of WPP. Each team is custom-built around a client’s specific needs and challenges, providing easy access to the right capabilities. And that’s why we’ve built OpenDoor for Amazon. 

OpenDoor is a unique integration of the best of WPP and Amazon – building on their respective strengths and visions. Whether at WPP or at Amazon, every project is an OpenDoor on new possibilities. Anything and everything can be an opportunity for our people to drive impact – for them to innovate, learn, thrive, and occasionally fail too. 

The unique OpenDoor partnership model is built to deliver next level Productivity, fueled by our industry-leading approach to People, Platforms, and Process. OpenDoor spans across all WPP agencies and disciplines such as media, business consultancy, communications and brand strategy, tech and commerce, public relations, and production. 

OpenDoor’s values are built from Amazon’s own 16 Leadership Principles, and WPP’s core values of Open, Optimistic and Extraordinary. Together, when WPP’s Creative Transformation meets Amazon’s next-level customer centricity, our people come together to challenge and impact what’s done today and build a better future. 

By joining OpenDoor, not only are you joining a cross-function team partnering with one of WPP’s top five global clients, but you are also taking a step to challenge yourself and the world around you every day, working in the most unusual way on some of Earth’s most ambitious opportunities in marketing, tech, media, business, and creativity. 

Role Summary and Impact 

We are searching for a talented and enthusiastic individual to join our OpenDoor team as a Planning Lead. This is a full-time position based in London. The role will report to the Global Client Lead and will manage a team of 5 across EU markets. This role plays a crucial part in supporting WPP's mission to deliver consistency, delivery excellence and best in class service for Amazon in every country across its diverse businesses, including XCM, Prime Video, and RMI. RMI is the reputation management and insight team at Amazon. The RMI marketing division’s mission is to advance Amazon’s reputation by creating persuasive advertising campaigns and empowering the company’s leaders and communicators with strategic insights. Their advertising campaigns aim to improve Amazon’s corporate reputation by raising awareness about positive reputational facts. OpenDoor is RMI’s media partner everywhere in the world except North America and Latin America.   

RESPONSIBILITIES

Media planning:

• Lead the planning output for RMI EMEA, ensuring best practice planning is consistently delivered from the hub and across all locales.
• Drive new solutions and methods within planning responses, including innovation and tech solutions that will deliver reputational growth.
• Display an advanced understanding of media channels, channel ecosystems and planning best practices.
• Work closely with EMEA Strategy Lead to translate strategic approach into planning practices for specific client briefs and pitches.
• Be an expert in a broad set of internal tools, as well as external tools to build a deep understanding of the consumer, the operating landscape, the client’s business and its specific opportunities.  
• Have an expert overview of the media market landscape, trends and maintain media owner relationships.
• Demonstrate strong commercial acumen in planning recommendations to support client objectives and efficient use of budgets.

Effective communication:

• Develop a skilled understanding of commercial practices and of the wider agency.
• Build and maintain client and agency relationships at a senior level, to ensure a comprehensive understanding of stakeholders and client business.
• Oversees team members to discuss current projects, workload and activities prioritises resources accordingly.  

Comms planning and storytelling:

• Oversee and lead multi-market comms strategies with the local comms planning teams, working closely with and managing the Regional Planning Director to champion comms planning excellence, curiosity and supportiveness.
• Expertly shape planning presentations and narratives through compelling storytelling that unifies internal and external teams to drive the client’s business forward.
• Design differentiated communications (content focus, style, presentation etc) for various internal and external audiences.
• Challenge the client and team in innovating and designing new solutions, methods and products to remain competitive and lead the industry
• Independently solve problems, including integrating and questioning data and insights, finding solutions based on knowledge and experience. Promote an analytical approach and problem-solving capability to the team.
• Lead the development and execution of data-driven marketing campaigns across the Amazon business, bridging Amazon and WPP technologies and capabilities as required.
• Utilize WPP Open and other cutting-edge tools to standardize best in class planning, ensure leading organization and track campaign performance / identification of optimization opportunities.
• Collaborate with WPP (media and beyond) and Amazon team members to ensure seamless campaign delivery and achieve outstanding results.
• Define and apply clear metrics to evaluate campaign effectiveness, using insights to optimise future strategies.
• Contribute to a culture of innovation by exploring new technologies and approaches to marketing challenges, and proactively advise stakeholders around comms planning trends and how it impacts their business.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and best practices, particularly in the areas of reputation, e-commerce and digital marketing.

Skills and Experience 

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values: 

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity. 
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust. 
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise. 
• Significant, senior-level experience leading planning on global clients
• Excellent writing skills, able to communicate ideas clearly and effectively.
• Can confidently answer client questions and liaise with internal teams on best solutions to use.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment whilst maintaining a partnership focus throughout
• Uses critical questioning and maintains a broad perspective when analysing information to gain a deeper understanding of the problem and wider impact.
• Comfortable presenting both directly from platform (OS, Architect etc) and developing a story from data but delivered outside of the platform (Telmar etc).
• Has an understanding of how behaviour change theory and practice influences communications campaigns and the role of company reputation on wider corporate performance.
• Consistently delivers communications to influence and educate all levels of seniority, appropriately judging the demands of the situation.
• Successful delivery of key launches in line with scope, resources and agreed budget.
• Productive and well-prepared for client and network status meetings.
• Adherence to Ways of Working both by clients and internal teams.
• Improves workload management by supporting others in setting priorities and by postponing less relevant work.
• Deliver monthly thought leadership (engaging with internal and third-party stakeholders as required)

BONUS POINTS

• Multi-market experience
• Understanding of B2B channels as well as B2C.
• Successful E2E management of Multi-Market campaigns (brief, RTB, execution and reporting).
• Applies big picture thinking in work and proactively leverages an understanding of the organization and key industry trends.  
• Familiarity with Amazon’s way of working (e.g. narratives over powerpoint) and their leadership principles
• Familiarity with Amazon Ads
• Understanding of Amazon's ecosystem

Life at WPP Media & Benefits 

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.   

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. 
 
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process. 

Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location 

Please read our Privacy Notice (https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy) for more information on how we process the information you provide. 

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About the role:

Anduril is seeking a Senior Manager of Security, EME to join our expanding team in London. This key leadership role oversees security operations across Europe and the Middle East. Reporting to the Head of Security, you will be responsible for establishing, managing, and maturing Anduril's entire security framework – protecting our operations, facilities, personnel, and sensitive information across the EME region. You'll be instrumental in building and scaling our regional security infrastructure, ensuring alignment with our global strategy while expertly navigating diverse local regulatory landscapes.

You will shape and implement comprehensive security programs, including physical and industrial security and counterintelligence measures, in close collaboration with our global Directors. Starting with one direct report, you'll have the exciting opportunity to recruit, build, and grow a high-performing regional security team as Anduril expands. A core part of your role will be identifying and mitigating risks to our personnel, classified programs, proprietary technology, and strategic interests within the complex geopolitical landscape of EME. Your strategic vision will be vital in ensuring our security operations are proactive, scalable, and resilient, directly supporting Anduril's rapid growth and critical mission.

Success in this role demands deep expertise in international security regulations, defense industrial security requirements (including classified information handling), advanced physical security technologies, and effective counterintelligence methodologies. You'll bring proven experience managing complex security operations across multiple jurisdictions, navigating diverse cultural contexts, and building high-performing security teams.

If you're a dynamic leader who excels in complex, high-stakes environments, possess exceptional communication skills, and can blend strategic thinking with hands-on execution to protect critical assets, we want to hear from you. You'll be instrumental in securing our rapidly expanding footprint, safeguarding cutting-edge technology, and fostering trust among employees and partners across EME, all while collaborating closely with our global security leadership.

Senior Manager of Security, EME

• Develop, implement, and manage comprehensive physical security, industrial security, and counterintelligence programs tailored to Anduril's operations across EME, collaborating closely with global functional security directors.
• Translate global security strategies and policies into actionable regional plans, driving consistent application of best practices across EME.
• Oversee the protection of classified and sensitive information, intellectual property, and critical infrastructure in accordance with national, international, and Anduril's global defense security regulations.
• Lead regional security risk assessments, develop mitigation strategies, and respond effectively to security incidents and emergencies, including crisis management and business continuity planning.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with relevant government security agencies, law enforcement, intelligence services, and industry partners across EME.
• Recruit, build, mentor, and lead a growing high-performing regional security team, fostering a culture of security excellence, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable national and international security laws, regulations, and industry standards relevant to defense contractors operating in Europe and the Middle East.
• Provide strategic advice and operational guidance to the Head of Security and regional leadership on security matters affecting regional business objectives, market entry, and growth initiatives.
• Implement and manage security technologies, systems, and procedures to effectively monitor, detect, and respond to threats, ensuring the security of facilities, personnel, and data.
• Manage regional security budgets, resources, and vendor relationships to ensure efficient and effective security operations, coordinating with global functional leads as appropriate.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS.

• Bachelor’s degree in Security Management, International Relations, Business Administration, or a related field; extensive relevant experience may substitute for a degree.
• Minimum of 10-15 years of progressive experience in security leadership roles, with at least 5 years operating at a regional or international level within the defense industry, government, or a highly regulated sector.
• Proven expertise in physical security, industrial security, and counterintelligence methodologies.
• Proven track record of managing and mitigating complex security risks in diverse geopolitical and cultural environments, particularly across Europe and the Middle East.
• Eligible and willing to obtain and maintain UK Developed Vetting (DV) clearance
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to influence stakeholders, build cross-functional relationships, and develop talent.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, capable of strategic thinking and hands-on operational execution in dynamic, high-pressure situations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in a relevant field such as Security Management, International Security, or Cybersecurity.
• Relevant professional certifications (e.g., CPP, CISM, CISSP, PSP).
• Fluency in one or more European or Middle Eastern languages in addition to English.
• Experience working in a rapidly scaling technology company or a defense tech startup environment.
• Direct experience with establishing new security programs and facilities from the ground up in international locations.
• Deep understanding of export controls and international trade compliance related to defense technology.

1756 - Senior Director, Client Teams

ABOUT WPP & OPENDOOR

At WPP, we’re constantly reinventing the future of creativity on an ever-broader canvas, bringing together unrivalled talent, resources and skills to provide an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce and technology.

Over the last decade, we have developed a dedicated global client practice with the mission of accelerating WPP’s impact for our largest clients by bringing them the best of WPP. Each team is custom-built around a client’s specific needs and challenges, providing easy access to the right capabilities. And that’s why we’ve built OpenDoor for Amazon.

OpenDoor is a unique integration of the best of WPP and Amazon – building on their respective strengths and visions. Whether at WPP or at Amazon, every project is an OpenDoor on new possibilities. Anything and everything can be an opportunity for our people to drive impact – for them to innovate, learn, thrive, and occasionally fail too.

The unique OpenDoor partnership model is built to deliver next level Productivity, fueled by our industry-leading approach to People, Platforms, and Process. OpenDoor spans across all WPP agencies and disciplines such as media, business consultancy, communications and brand strategy, tech and commerce, public relations, and production.

OpenDoor’s values are built from Amazon’s own 16 Leadership Principles, and WPP’s core values of Open, Optimistic and Extraordinary. Together, when WPP’s Creative Transformation meets Amazon’s next-level customer centricity, our people come together to challenge and impact what’s done today and build a better future.

By joining OpenDoor, not only are you joining a cross-function team partnering with one of WPP’s top five global clients, but you are also taking a step to challenge yourself and the world around you every day, working in the most unusual way on some of Earth’s most ambitious opportunities in marketing, tech, media, business, and creativity.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are searching for a talented and enthusiastic individual to join our OpenDoor team as a Senior Client Director. This is a full-time position based in London. This role plays a crucial part in supporting WPP's mission to deliver consistency, delivery excellence and best in class service for Amazon in every country across its diverse businesses, including XCM, Prime Video, and RMI.

Prime Video is Amazon’s entertainment destination for movies, series, documentaries, and live sport. The Prime Video marketing division deliver all communications for the platform, including large tentpole titles such as The Boys and The Rings Of Power, and live sport such as the Premier League and the NBA, as well as largescale brand campaigns. OpenDoor is Prime Video's media partner everywhere in the world except North America and Latin America and makes up a considerable proportion of Amazons global marketing efforts.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

As the voice of the client across the agency, we’re focused on ensuring our clients have their best agency experience during their time with OpenDoor.  

We’re looking for someone who can inspire our client and team to create unrivalled work, help define the ways of working across the agency that deliver the best client experiences and in turn grow our relationship. 

• Understand all the elements of a client’s business and how we can support their growth.
• Have a full understanding of the SOW and understand how OpenDoor can add value through the engagement of specialist services.
• Understand the core client KPIs and always look for opportunities for OpenDoor to support and deliver against them.
• Full knowledge of the overall plan and support the internal teams and client as required in its delivery.
• Ensure teams collaborate and always champion unrivalled work for our clients.
• Have strong commercial knowledge and ensure smooth and accurate financial interactions with the client (PO’s, etc.).
• Have full oversight of all financial elements of the client relationship and work quickly to resolve problems – seeking support to resolve quickly and accurately.
• A strong working relationship with the agency’s commercial team and an appreciation of financial data sensitivity
• Ensure that EU and local teams fully understand what is required of them and guide them to follow all of the necessary processes.
• Accountable for the strategic responses of day-to-day client requests, working with clients, markets and internal teams
• Oversee and quality control the deliverables for our central team and local teams
• Own the day-to-day and where applicable, senior client relationships and look for opportunities to broaden our relationship beyond marketing
• Foster innovative thinking and ideas with particular emphasis on content, digital and technology innovation, and the use of data.
• Demonstrate an understanding of client commercials including the agreed client scope, use of resources and any KPI deliverables
• Act as a change agent by positively provoking our Client and internal teams to deliver the best possible outcomes and showcase great work and helping us to drive transformation across the business
• Drive and ambition to support new business efforts
• Assist in the development and execution of data-driven marketing campaigns across the Amazon business, bridging Amazon and WPP technologies and capabilities as required.
• Utilize WPP Open and other cutting-edge tools to standardize best in class planning, ensure leading organization and track campaign performance / identification of optimization opportunities.
• Collaborate with WPP (media and beyond) and Amazon team members to ensure seamless campaign delivery and achieve outstanding results.
• Contribute to a culture of innovation by exploring new technologies and approaches to marketing challenges.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and best practices, particularly in the areas of e-commerce and digital marketing.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Understand how an agency operates, its positioning and product offerings and how it works with clients, alongside an understanding of how your client’s business, or category, operates. Have the ability to solve problems, sometimes tackling them proactively before they become an issue, creating a feedback loop to ensure no further issues in the future.
• You will know how to harvest insight from data that can be beneficial to a client’s business.
• Successful delivery of key launches in line with scope, resources and agreed budget
• Successful E2E management of Multi-Market campaigns (brief, RTB, execution and reporting)
• Productive and well-prepared client and network status meetings
• Contribute to the growth of global net sales
• Entertainment category experience
• Multi-market experience
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment whilst maintaining a partnership focus throughout

 BONUS POINTS

• Trusted adviser for senior marketers within client organisations, understand how and when to engage core specialisms across OpenDoor collaborate more widely with partner agencies and industry partners, whilst taking responsibility for your client’s overall experience during their time at OpenDoor.
• Have an ability to deliver information and opinions succinctly to garner support, considering, and being sympathetic, to the views of those around you, adapting your communication style accordingly.
• Familiarity with Amazons way of working (e.g. narratives over powerpoint) and their leadership principles
• Familiarity with Amazon Ads
• Understanding of Amazon's ecosystem

BENEFITS OF OPENDOOR

• Unparalleled Access: Gain direct experience working with one of the world's most innovative and influential companies.
• Mentorship & Training: Receive guidance from experienced professionals at both WPP and Amazon.
• Cutting-Edge Technology: Utilize industry-leading tools and platforms, including WPP Open.
• Data-Driven Environment: Develop your analytical skills and contribute to data-driven decision making.
• Global Impact: Be part of a team that is shaping the future of marketing on a global scale.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits 

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.   

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. 
 
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process. 

Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location 

Please read our Privacy Notice (https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy) for more information on how we process the information you provide. 

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Who we are

The role

The day-to-day

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Own the annual budget and multi-year long-range plan across all business units, domains and geographie

• Build and maintain a rolling 12-month forecast updated monthly, with full P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and capital plan integration

• Design scenario models (bull / base / bear) that stress-test revenue against contract win rates, programme timelines and geopolitical variables

• Lead the monthly financial review cycle — packaging actuals vs forecast vs budget with clear variance analysis and management commentary

• Own overhead cost tracking and cross-functional cost allocation models, ensuring programme margins are correctly stated

IPO Readiness & Investor Reporting

• Build the financial model underpinning Helsing's IPO equity story — revenue quality, gross margin trajectory, EBITDA bridge, cash burn and path to profitability

• Develop and maintain the investor KPI dashboard: ARR, NRR, contract backlog, revenue per employee and gross margin by product line and domain

• Prepare investor reporting, board packs and capital markets materials to the standard expected by institutional investors

Capital & Strategic Finance

• Build and own the capital allocation framework — how Helsing decides which programmes, markets and M&A targets to invest in

• Model CAPEX vs OPEX trade-offs for major investment decisions including facility expansion, owned hardware platforms and data centre infrastructure

• Analyse and propose capital optimisation levers including lease vs own, build vs buy, and government grant or subsidised financing opportunities (EIB, export credit agencies, national defence industrial funds)

• Support the CFO on term sheet analysis, financing structures and debt covenant modelling

• Own working capital management — programme billing milestones, payment terms with governments and primes, and cash flow optimisation

Business Partnering & Decision Support

• Translate operational plans into financial outcomes as a direct partner to the VP Business Finance and CEO

• Build financial models for major business decisions: new market entry, domain expansion, pricing strategy and headcount investment cases

• Analyse defence contract economics across contract types — cost-plus, T&M, fixed-price, IDIQ — and ensure bidding and revenue recognition reflect the correct financial treatment under IFRS 15

• Partner with the M&A team on financial due diligence for acquisition targets and post-close integration financial modelling

Systems, Data & AI-First Finance

• Lead the selection and implementation of Helsing's FP&A tooling — from planning platform (Anaplan, Pigment, Cube, or equivalent) to management reporting stack

• Build AI-powered forecasting models that draw on contract backlog data, programme burn rates and external defence budget signals

• Design the finance data architecture — ensuring planning data is clean, auditable and connected to the ERP

• Develop and deploy AI agents for automated variance analysis, forecast generation and board reporting — reducing manual effort and increasing analytical depth

• Define and own the single source of truth for all financial KPIs across the organisation

You should apply if you

• Have built an FP&A function from scratch — no inherited team, no legacy tools, no established process — and can demonstrate the planning infrastructure, reporting architecture and team you created

• Have operated successfully in a high-growth, venture-backed or recently listed technology environment and understand the financial complexity of scaling across multiple geographies and contract types

• Can build three-statement integrated financial models from first principles and model complex defence contract structures (cost-plus, T&M, fixed-price, milestone billing) under IFRS 15

• Have selected and implemented modern FP&A tooling and take an AI-first approach to forecasting, variance analysis and reporting — you do not accept manual processes where automation can deliver greater analytical depth

• Communicate the financial narrative clearly and concisely to non-financial audiences, including a Board with deep capital markets and valuation expertise

• Are business-fluent in English and able to operate across Helsing's multi-jurisdiction footprint

Note: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points.

Nice to Have

• Experience in defence, aerospace, deep tech or dual-use technology — including programme accounting, government procurement cycles and the financial complexity of classified programmes

• IPO experience — either as a member of an IPO team, a CFO's direct report through a listing, or in an investment banking or private equity context advising on IPO transactions

• Deep knowledge of IFRS 16 (leases) and the treatment of government grants and R&D expenditure

• Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or MBA; CFA is an advantage for the investor relations component

• Proficiency in SQL, Python or R for financial data analysis

• Working proficiency in German or French

Join Helsing and work with world-leading experts in their fields 

• Helsing’s work is important. You’ll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns

• The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world

• Our work frequently takes us right up to the state of the art in technical innovation, be it reinforcement learning, distributed systems, generative AI, or deployment infrastructure. The defence industry is entering the most exciting phase of the technological development curve. Advances in our field of world are not incremental: Helsing is part of, and often leading, historic leaps forward

• In our domain, success is a matter of order-of-magnitude improvements and novel capabilities. This means we take bets, aim high, and focus on big opportunities. Despite being a relatively young company, Helsing has already been selected for multiple significant government contracts

• We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual engineers are trusted (and encouraged) to practise responsible autonomy and critical thinking, and to focus on outcomes, not conformity. At Helsing you will have a say in how we (and you!) work, the opportunity to engage on what does and doesn’t work, and to take ownership of aspects of our culture that you care deeply about

What we offer

• A focus on outcomes, not time-tracking

• Competitive compensation and VSOP options

• Relocation support

• Social and education allowances

• Regular company events and all-hands to bring together employees as one team across Europe

Helsing is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or gender identity. Please do not submit personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, data concerning your health, or data concerning your sexual orientation.

1360 - Implementational Planning Manager - Client Teams

About WPP Media 

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com. 

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com 

ABOUT WPP & OPENDOOR

At WPP, we’re constantly reinventing the future of creativity on an ever-broader canvas, bringing together unrivalled talent, resources and skills to provide an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce and technology.

Over the last decade, we have developed a dedicated global client practice with the mission of accelerating WPP’s impact for our largest clients by bringing them the best of WPP. Each team is custom-built around a client’s specific needs and challenges, providing easy access to the right capabilities. And that’s why we’ve built OpenDoor for Amazon.

OpenDoor is a unique integration of the best of WPP and Amazon – building on their respective strengths and visions. Whether at WPP or at Amazon, every project is an OpenDoor on new possibilities. Anything and everything can be an opportunity for our people to drive impact – for them to innovate, learn, thrive, and occasionally fail too.

The unique OpenDoor partnership model is built to deliver next level Productivity, fueled by our industry-leading approach to People, Platforms, and Process. OpenDoor spans across all WPP agencies and disciplines such as media, business consultancy, communications and brand strategy, tech and commerce, public relations, and production.

OpenDoor’s values are built from Amazon’s own 16 Leadership Principles, and WPP’s core values of Open, Optimistic and Extraordinary. Together, when WPP’s Creative Transformation meets Amazon’s next-level customer centricity, our people come together to challenge and impact what’s done today and build a better future.

By joining OpenDoor, not only are you joining a cross-function team partnering with one of WPP’s top five global clients, but you are also taking a step to challenge yourself and the world around you every day, working in the most unusual way on some of Earth’s most ambitious opportunities in marketing, tech, media, business, and creativity.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are searching for a talented and enthusiastic individual to join our OpenDoor team as a Planning Manager. This is a Full-time position based in London. This role plays a crucial part in supporting WPP's mission to deliver consistency, delivery excellence and best in class service for Amazon in every country across its diverse businesses, including XCM, Prime Video, and RMI.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Media planning:

• Develop an in-depth understanding of media channels including where, when and how to use them based on the client brief.
• Have a skilled knowledge of industry media planning tools and be able to train other team members.
• Have a skilled understanding of industry best practices and planning theory.
• Develop a fundamental knowledge of OpenDoor Purchase Journey thinking and Provocative Planning Philosophy.

Campaign management:

• Ownership of campaign activity including briefing teams, collating response, managing client’s deliverables, and ensuring accuracy across all workstreams.
• Work closely with the planning and activation teams to ensure the day-to-day account is run efficiently and effectively.
• Be able to bring in specialist teams where needed to work on briefs and client questions.
• Ensure financial management processes are always excellent and met in a timely manner.

Effective communication:

• Become a trusted main day-to-day contact for junior clients, learning their business and ways of working. Ensuring that all requests & queries are answered with accuracy and in a timely manner.
• Support in managing Planning Executives to ensure they are on track with daily tasks, mentor and challenge them with new projects to develop their career.
• Start to develop a proactive problem-solving mindset but know when to flag any issues or concerns with Planning Director.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Develops breadth and depth of industry understanding. Becomes confident using tools, technology, techniques and systems and is able to train others.
• Comfortable presenting both directly from platform (OS, Architect etc) and developing a story from data but delivered outside of platform (Telmar etc).
• Can confidently answer client questions and liaise with internal teams on best solutions to use.
• Delivers accurate reports with value-added insights and actionable findings to improve campaign performance. 
• Be accountable for the ongoing management of campaign budgets.  E.g finance reconciliations

BONUS POINTS

• Teaches others the importance of accuracy and thoroughness so that sufficiently detailed information is logged correctly.

BENEFITS OF OPENDOOR

• Unparalleled Access: Gain direct experience working with one of the world's most innovative and influential companies.
• Mentorship & Training: Receive guidance from experienced professionals at both WPP and Amazon.
• Cutting-Edge Technology: Utilize industry-leading tools and platforms, including WPP Open.
• Data-Driven Environment: Develop your analytical skills and contribute to data-driven decision making.
• Global Impact: Be part of a team that is shaping the future of marketing on a global scale.

Role Overview 

The Recruitment Coordinator sits within Teneo’s Global Management Consulting & Economic Consulting team and plays a key role in supporting Talent Acquisition across the business. This role will directly support the Consulting team's two Talent Acquisition Partners in London and New York, and will closely with recruiters and hiring managers to deliver a high‑quality, consistent candidate experience. 

Acting as a primary point of contact for candidates, the Recruitment Coordinator is responsible for interview coordination, recruitment administration and maintaining accurate data within our applicant tracking system, Greenhouse. While based in London, the role supports hiring activity across the Globe. 

Key Responsibilities 

Candidate Experience & Coordination 

• Coordinate high‑volume interview scheduling, both virtual and in‑person, across multiple time zones 

• Act as a primary point of contact for candidates from initial outreach through to final decision 

• Ensure a consistently positive and professional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process 

Recruitment Operations 

• Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date candidate records within Greenhouse 

• Collect, track and manage interview feedback, partnering with recruiters on next steps 

• Post roles internally and externally across LinkedIn, diversity partnerships and university career platforms 

• Administer candidate assessments via TestGorilla 

Reporting & Process Improvement 

• Produce weekly recruitment reports covering open positions and active searches 

• Support pipeline development using LinkedIn Recruiter, Greenhouse and other sourcing tools 

• Collaborate with recruiters and hiring managers to improve recruitment processes and workflows 

• Conduct industry and market research, sharing insights and emerging trends with the wider recruiting team 

Ad‑hoc Support 

• Assist with recruitment projects and initiatives as required 

Basic Qualifications 

• 1+ years’ experience in recruitment coordination, HR, or a fast‑paced administrative role, including interview scheduling at volume 

• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities 

• Clear, professional written and verbal communication skills 

• Experience using an applicant tracking system 

• Ability to work on a hybrid basis, with a minimum of three days per week in the London office 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience using Greenhouse and/or LinkedIn Recruiter or similar recruitment tools 

• Exposure to professional services, consulting, agency or corporate recruitment environments 

• Experience supporting global or cross‑regional recruitment activity 

• Demonstrated interest in recruitment best practice and delivering a high‑quality candidate experience 

What We Offer 

New joiners are supported through structured induction programmes, with continuous learning embedded into life at Teneo. Development and knowledge‑sharing are core to our culture, supported by a dedicated Learning team and access to over 100 e‑learning modules via our internal knowledge platform. 

You will work on high‑profile, career‑defining projects within a collaborative, high‑performance environment where your contribution makes a tangible impact. 

Benefits  

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience 

• 28 days’ annual leave 

• Discretionary bonus 

• Annual salary review 

• Pension with 5 percent company contribution 

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave (subject to length of service) 

• Private medical insurance 

• Group income protection 

• Life assurance 

• Cycle‑to‑work scheme 

• Season ticket loans 

• Flexible working, with laptop and phone provided 

• Regular social, cultural and charitable activities 

About Teneo 

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients worldwide to do great things for a better future. 

Drawing on our global team and extensive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services on a standalone or fully integrated basis to help clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of Fortune 100 and FTSE 100 organisations, as well as other corporations, financial institutions and public sector bodies. 

Our advisory services span strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organisational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I. 

Teneo has more than 1,500 employees across 40+ offices globally. 

Diversity and Inclusion 

Teneo is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We consider all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other status protected by applicable law. 

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
   

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

Stripe is looking for a Public Policy and Government Relations professional to lead our efforts to further deepen and develop our presence, government engagement and policy program in the United Kingdom, and to be a key member of our International Public Policy and Government Relations team. 

Stripe is building the economic infrastructure that makes it easier for entrepreneurs and companies all over the world to grow their businesses. We work on some of the hardest technical, business, and regulatory problems around and in this role you will deal with a diverse set of matters that straddle financial services, technology and economic policy in order to identify and advocate for policies that increase the GDP of the Internet. 

You will help to actively shape the Public Policy function globally as we continue to develop it over the coming years and work for a growing company in a fast paced environment, while collaborating with numerous functional teams across our organization. The role will help us navigate our growth in the UK—one of our largest markets globally—and advocate for the right policy and legislative environment to do so. The position will be based in London and report to the Head of International Public Policy and Government Relations.

If you are up for the challenge, we would love to hear from you!

What you’ll do

We are looking for a kind, smart, humble and experienced government relations professional that has a track-record within the UK. The ideal person will have a deep understanding of the public policy and regulatory environment, policy-making process and cultural nuances in the UK combined with exceptional advocacy skills, business acumen and product interest. This is going to be a policy-entrepreneur, a great collaborator and someone that will wear many hats. An ability to see through the noise, prioritize, communicate what matters to Stripe and execute on a plan of action will be important. 

Responsibilities

• Work together with our Public Policy and Government Relations Team across the globe as well as Stripe’s EMEA GTM, Product and Legal teams to strategically develop, pursue and execute policy and advocacy objectives as part of Stripe’s global policy priorities.
• Influence legislative and wider public policy agendas, gather intelligence and report on developments and propose and execute activities to engage with relevant institutions in the UK. 
• Plan, develop and execute policy initiatives and advocacy campaigns that advance Stripe’s policy goals and those of our users. 
• Develop and maintain relationships with public policy and government relations representatives across the financial services and technology community, and serve as a representative of Stripe on trade groups or other industry bodies.
• Directly engage senior policymakers and regulators, to educate them about Stripe’s business, vision of the digital economy and the future of payments, and contribution to the markets where we operate. 
• Help colleagues across Stripe understand potential policy developments, their implications for our business and products, and Stripe’s strategy.

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• At least 8+ years of experience working in a public policy or similar government position, or similar experience at a public policy firm, world class in-house government relations organization or public institution with a focus on the UK market
• Strong industry knowledge and business acumen — an understanding of internet technologies and the financial services and payments industry
• A track record of excellent judgment, capable of making smart decisions in the face of ambiguity and imperfect information and learning from them
• A terrific communicator and writer, fluent in English and adept at working with lawyers, regulators, engineers, business teams, and colleagues to make complex concepts clear and understandable
• Passionate about Stripe’s mission of helping online businesses grow and thrive
• Empathy, humility, and some comedy

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working in a high-growth, rapidly scaling environment
• Industry experience working in technology, payments, merchant or financial services
• Expertise in one or more policy themes with regional and global relevance to Stripe (e.g. open banking, interbank payments, digital currencies, alternative payment methods, technology regulation).
• Familiarity with the broader EMEA market
• Experience engaging with the Government, other policymakers and financial regulators in the UK
• Knowledge of the business landscape and experience with relevant business associations in the UK
• Globally-minded and interested: While the focus will be on the UK and the wider EMEA region, given Stripe’s global presence, projects will inevitably become broader than that and the person will have to translate and explain what’s happening in the region to a global audience within Stripe

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

 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. 

Senior Medical Writer - Ogilvy Health (London or Manchester)

Are you a scientific storyteller with a passion for transforming complex medical insights into compelling narratives? Do you thrive in a dynamic agency environment, shaping global health communications for some of the most innovative treatments?

Ogilvy Health is looking for a talented and experienced Senior Medical Writer to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to become a cornerstone of our medical education and communications efforts, working on high impact projects that truly make a difference. We work on a hybrid basis and we're open to candidates based in either our vibrant London or thriving Manchester campuses

About the Role

This role is a chance to immerse yourself in strategically important accounts, working across diverse project types within an integrated MedEd and brand communications team. You’ll be responsible for developing and delivering scientifically rigorous and engaging content, influencing healthcare professionals and advancing medical understanding.

You’ll play a pivotal role in a fast paced environment, creating a broad spectrum of materials – from high level scientific concepts for global congresses to patient education resources. 

What You'll Bring

We're looking for an exceptional individual who can seamlessly blend scientific expertise with creative communication.

• A Life Sciences background: Providing you with a robust scientific foundation.
• Significant Medical Communications Agency Experience: With a proven track record of at least several years within the industry.
• Broad Therapeutic Area Acumen: A deep understanding of disease specifics, treatment options, patient pathways, drug mechanisms of action, and complex scientific data across multiple areas.
• Pharmaceutical Industry Insight: Comprehensive knowledge of the drug development process in both pre- and post-launch environments.
• Content Delivery Excellence: A consistent ability to produce scientifically accurate content that consistently meets client objectives, budgets, and timelines.
• High-Science Storytelling: Experience crafting sophisticated scientific content on disease states, unmet needs, and clinical data, often collaborating with top-tier Key Opinion Leaders for presentations at major scientific congresses.
• Collaborative Spirit: A history of successfully working with a variety of external clinical experts.
• Research Prowess: Proficiency in conducting thorough literature searches using various databases (e.g., familiarity with PubMed MeSH search terms and tools like PubReMiner).
• Regulatory Savvy: Strong knowledge of and adherence to key ethical and regulatory guidelines, including ABPI guidelines.
• Statistical Understanding: A working knowledge of statistical analyses to interpret and communicate data effectively.
• Not essential by any means but please do flag if you have experience within immunology, dermatology or neuroscience.

Our Culture and Benefits

At Ogilvy Health, we believe in the power of 'making brands matter' for health. You'll be part of a global network renowned for creativity and strategic thinking, where your work will have a tangible impact on healthcare. 

Join a friendly, non-hierarchical, and eclectic team united by a shared commitment to doing the best work of our lives (it's one of our values!). Beyond client work, you'll have opportunities to engage with our vibrant culture and social teams, and contribute to our fantastic DEI initiatives, championing diversity across our agency and industry.

We offer a flexible working hybrid model: A minimum of 2 days in the office (all-agency anchor days) and 3 days working remotely from wherever you work best.

• 25 days holiday + your birthday off and a paid volunteering day - you can also purchase up to an additional 5 days per year
• Enhanced parental leave 
• A generous pension scheme - you pay in 4% we pay 6%, following probation contributions are matched up to 10.5% (17.5% in total)
• Choose from either Private Medical Cover (Bupa from day one) OR Dental cover OR a monthly leisure allowance of £45 to spend on your health & wellbeing 
• A fantastic Employee Assistance Programme provided by Telus which offers brilliant support, expert advice and specialist counselling
• Help at Hand - quick free access to a remote GP, mental health support, physio or a medical 2nd opinion
• Free 1-2-1 Coaching - online coaching for your professional or personal growth provided by Thrive Partners
• A comprehensive Learning & Development programme 

 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  
    

 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 

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

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 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 

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

 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 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
  
  

About The Role 

Join our creative team as a Midweight Designer! We're looking for someone with a strong foundation in design. Whether your passion lies in Data Visualisation, making complex health data accessible and beautiful, or in Designing for Motion, where you'll build visual narratives through storyboarding and asset creation for dynamic animation and social content – we have a place for your unique talent.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work across our entire client portfolio, from pharma giants to innovative health tech startups, translating intricate health and scientific data into engaging and accessible visual experiences. You'll be instrumental in shaping how we communicate critical information, making a real difference in healthcare.

What You’ll Do 

• Concept & Create: Work closely with strategists, medical writers, art directors, and account teams to conceptualise and develop innovative visual solutions for diverse healthcare campaigns and projects.
• Visual Storytelling: Develop visual narratives that simplify complex information, making it digestible and memorable for various audiences, from healthcare professionals to patients and the public.
• Transform Data into Design: Embrace our strong design philosophy in the communication of scientific data and information and help evolve it.
• Brand Guardianship: Ensure all data visualisations align with client brand guidelines and Ogilvy's high creative standards, maintaining consistency and quality across all outputs.
• Tool Proficiency: Utilise a range of design software (Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and potentially After Effects/Figma) to bring your designs to life.
• Research & Innovation: Stay abreast of the latest trends in data visualisation, design, and healthcare communications, bringing fresh ideas and innovative approaches to the team.
• Collaborate & Present: Actively participate in brainstorming sessions, present your design concepts internally and to clients, and iterate based on feedback.

What You'll Need 

• Experience: Professional design experience, with a strong portfolio demonstrating a clear specialisation and passion for data visualisation and information design. Experience within a creative agency, healthcare, or a data-heavy industry is highly advantageous.
• Visual Acumen: An exceptional eye for detail, typography, colour, and layout, with a proven ability to create clean, modern, and effective visual communications.
• Technical Proficiency: Expert-level command of Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop are essential). Familiarity with motion graphics (After Effects) or interactive design tools (Figma) is a plus.
• Conceptual Thinking: Ability to understand complex briefs, distil key information, and develop creative concepts that effectively communicate the message.
• Problem-Solving: A natural curiosity and ability to approach data challenges with a creative and analytical mindset.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of articulating design choices and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Adaptability: Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, work efficiently under pressure, and adapt to evolving client needs and deadlines.
• Passion for Health: A genuine interest in the healthcare sector and a desire to contribute to meaningful communications that impact health outcomes.

Benefits & Culture 

At Ogilvy Health, you'll be part of a non-hierarchical, eclectic team united by a shared commitment to doing the best work of our lives (its one of our values!). Beyond client work, you'll have opportunities to engage with our vibrant culture and social teams, and contribute to our fantastic DEI initiatives, championing diversity across our agency and industry.

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, including:

• 25 days annual leave, with the option to purchase up to an extra 5 days per year, plus your birthday off and a paid volunteering day
• Generous enhanced parental leave policies
• A robust pension scheme (up to 17.5% total contributions after probation)
• Choice of Private Medical Cover (Bupa from day one), Dental cover, or a monthly £45 leisure allowance for your health & wellbeing
• A fantastic Employee Assistance Programme (Telus) offering support, advice, and specialist counselling
• Help at Hand: quick, free access to a remote GP, mental health support, physio, or a medical second opinion
• Free 1-2-1 Coaching through Thrive Partners for professional or personal growth
• A comprehensive Learning & Development programme to support your career trajectory

 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
   

 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
   

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

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

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

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. 

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