In Ogilvy UK we lead a huge part of The Coca Cola Company’s Advertising and Experience work including Coke x Olympics, Jack & Coke, Sprite, Fanta and more.
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As a Strategy Director, you will take the lead on measuring effectiveness across TCCC and act as a partner to the Managing Partner, helping them to build Ogilvy London into a global centre of excellence.
You will play a pivotal role in leading the development of strategic plans tailored to meet each client's distinct objectives and needs. You'll stay at the forefront of the latest trends, insights, and best practices in the realm of strategy development while advocating for diversity of thought and championing inclusive approaches. Collaborating closely with clients, you'll gain a deep understanding of their businesses, target audiences, and brand values, translating this knowledge into compelling campaigns that resonate with their customers and drive tangible outcomes.
Beyond strategizing influential and innovative campaigns for high-profile clients, rooted in culture and deserving of attention, you'll contribute your insights to shape the agency's creative output. Your recommendations and inventive solutions will pave the way for clients to amplify trends and topics effectively.
As a mentor and leader, you'll guide and support junior team members in their professional growth, fostering an environment of collaboration and agility. Your ability to lead, inspire, and collaborate with others will be integral to thriving in this ever-evolving industry.
Key Responsibilities/The Do’s:
* Lead the development of bespoke strategic plans that align with clients' unique goals, incorporating the latest trends and best practices.
* Collaborate closely with clients to grasp their business, target audience, and brand ethos, and formulate campaigns that resonate and yield results.
* Conduct in-depth research and analysis to pinpoint emerging trends, influencers, and topics that can enhance compelling content and campaigns.
* Partner with internal teams—creative, account, and media—to ensure campaign integration aligns with overall brand strategy.
* Emerge as a thought leader both within the agency and the industry at large, sharing insights, trends, and best practices with teams and clients.
* Contribute to new business pitches and proposals, infusing creative and strategic ideas to differentiate Ogilvy.
* Offer mentorship and guidance to junior team members, cultivating their skills and fostering career growth.
* Stay updated on the latest trends, technologies, and tools in influence and social marketing, applying this knowledge to enhance campaign performance.
* Develop influential and innovative social strategies for high-profile clients, deeply rooted in culture and deserving of attention.
* Provide strategic counsel and inspiration across a range of consumer brands.
* Collaborate with planners, creatives, and creators to collaboratively address challenges and deliver exceptional work.
* Recognise opportunities for clients to harness and amplify trends and topics.
* Enhance the agency's creative output through insightful recommendations and inventive problem-solving.
Requirements/Experience We Value:
* Very strong integrated creative strategy thinker – who isn’t intimidated by a fast timeline and loves a good debate with creative and client leadership.
* Strategic leadership across both Brand and Experience campaigns for high profile consumer work.
* Experience at creating non-traditional culture-led strategies and partnerships for consumer brands e.g. across music/fashion/sport.
* Very strong at creative development – one of your top skills is in that first and second creative review spotting the big idea– and you’ll help other strategists hone this.
* Nurturing and patient, but clear and demanding. You’ll be the kind of person who wants to get the best and gives clear direction and feedback to achieve it.
* Exude charisma and dynamism, both in presenting, winning client confidence and through being a connector within the agency and network.
* Data literate and able to understand client’s business results and issues, as well as being well practiced in leading an effectiveness culture and building new models.
* Experience working on a major global FMCG like TCCC or similar an advantage.
How we help you Thrive:
* 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day.
* Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave.
* We have a Flexible Working Model with core working hours: 10am – 4pm.
* Wellbeing and Health: Up to £25.00 per month towards physical or online exercise class membership, Unmind membership, LifeWorks tool and annual eye tests and development budgets and Wellbeing incentives and activities throughout the year.
* Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme.
* Life Assurance.
At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.
We believe in building powerful teams with purpose. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities – and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.
Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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