Account Manager at Ogilvy UK | England, GB | Rezi

Account Manager at Ogilvy UK

Account Manager

Ogilvy UK · England, GB

1 months ago

Account Manager

Ogilvy UK · England, GB

2 months ago
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About the Role

This is an opportunity to take on an integral Account Management role on the team, working across both the global and local teams to deliver best in class integrated campaigns. You will be responsible for managing campaign development and execution alongside the planning, creative and delivery management teams based in London, providing creative and strategic support to our sister agencies in key markets across Europe and developing close relationships with our central and local client and agency teams. This role is for an established and highly organised Account Manager, who is comfortable working at both a global and local level simultaneously.

Responsibilities

  • Global network co-ordination and stewardship across key markets (UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, BENELUX, Mexico and more).
  • Setting up a monthly meeting for global market knowledge share.
  • Developing strong working relationships with peers across the network to ensure timely local information provision.
  • Serving as the go-to person for global knowledge sharing by providing speedy, pro-active, and reliable service.
  • Providing basic level strategic and creative market guidance.
  • Supporting the Account Director and Client Partner in managing the delivery of larger integrated projects.
  • Taking ownership of own workstreams within larger projects.
  • Owning smaller projects with oversight from the Client Partner.
  • Setting up and ensuring all materials are ready for key presentations.
  • Circulating contact reports following meetings.
  • Managing weekly status meetings, leading report updates, and consolidating actions for client and agency teams.
  • Monitoring industry news and competitor updates, sharing key updates with client and agency teams.
  • Updating induction presentations and supporting onboarding of new joiners.

Requirements

  • Established and highly organised Account Manager.
  • Comfortable working at both a global and local level simultaneously.
  • Some production experience in delivering fully integrated campaigns.
  • Ideally, some understanding of the structures and processes needed of global and EMEA teams (client and agency side).
  • Ability to take ownership of smaller projects.
  • Ability to work with a team to assign specific deliverables across projects (e.g., digital & print), leading this internally and with the client team.
  • Responsibility for the output of your team.
  • Flexibility and adaptability.
  • Ability to juggle multiple projects while maintaining sharp attention to detail.
  • Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
  • Recognition of the need to build specific relationships and 1:1 conversations with junior-level clients.
  • Collaborative mindset.
  • People person, liaising with multiple internal and external teams.
  • Quick-thinking to problem-solve throughout the course of any campaign.
  • Ability to assist and manage client requests, knowing when to escalate to a senior team member.
  • Team player, energetic, driven, and positive attitude.
  • Excellent listening skills.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Keynote.
  • Comfort with adopting and mastering new technology tools.
  • Internationally curious.
  • Strategically motivated with passion and ambition for creative work.
  • Confident communicator with excellent account management and organisational skills.
  • Ability to coordinate and balance multiple projects and processes.
  • Interest in clients and their business.
  • A point of view on the work.
  • A feel for the design of presentation materials.

Skills

  • Production experience in delivering fully integrated campaigns
  • Understanding of global and EMEA team structures and processes
  • Project ownership and delegation
  • Client relationship management
  • Collaboration
  • Problem-solving
  • Communication (verbal and written)
  • MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote proficiency
  • Adaptability
  • Attention to detail
  • Teamwork
  • Energy
  • Drive
  • Positive attitude
  • Listening skills
  • Strategic thinking
  • Organisational skills

Location

  • London

Work Type

  • 12-Month FTC
  • Full Time

Experience Level

  • Established Account Manager

Benefits

  • 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
  • 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 Company

  • Ogilvy UK has been creating iconic ideas that deliver impact at scale for clients ever since David Ogilvy founded the company in 1948.
  • Ogilvy UK specialises in bringing together brand advertising, customer experience marketing, PR, influence and consulting, all fuelled by Behavioural Science.
  • Our world-class award-winning creative campaigns deliver solutions for clients including Molson Coors (owner of Madrí beer), Valeo Foods UK (owner of Kettle Chips and Rowse Honey), Argos, Mondelēz International, Unilever, TK Maxx and Pernod Ricard.
  • In 2023, Ogilvy UK celebrated their 75th anniversary and was the most awarded agency in Europe.
  • Ogilvy is home to the largest influencer marketing practice globally and hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – now in its 12th year.

Equal Opportunity

  • We are an equal opportunity employer and we’re committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming environment for everyone who wants to work at Ogilvy.
  • For us, diversity, equity and inclusion is integrated into everything that we do.
  • We believe that for creativity to flourish, everything about how we work must have diversity at its core.
  • Your race, colour, ethnic, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, have no bearing on our hiring decisions, but we encourage everyone to feel free to express their true selves in an environment we are consistently striving to make as inclusive as possible.
  • We aim to facilitate an accessible and positive application experience for all candidates.
  • If you require any adjustments from us to support you through the process or expect to require any adjustments to working conditions to be able to best perform in the role, please let us know.
  • We are happy to consider all reasonable adjustments.
  • If you live with a disability and you would like to take advantage of our offer of a guaranteed interview under the Disability Confident Scheme, please ensure you fill out our voluntary Equal Opportunities Questionnaire when applying.