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About the Role

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

Responsibilities

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 campaigns across relevant channels, overseeing delivery, and ensuring quality.
Report on campaign performance against agreed KPIs.
Serve as the first point of escalation for projects, resolving day-to-day problems independently and escalating to senior leadership only when appropriate.
Actively contribute to social & influencer strategy by recommending objectives, targets, and creative concepts.
Confidently present creative solutions and campaign reports to internal and external stakeholders.
Identify and nurture client-appropriate talent opportunities and relationships.
Act as the primary point of contact for clients, managing expectations, providing timely updates, advice, and solutions.
Build long-term client relationships by delivering work that meets agreed objectives and deadlines, and taking responsibility for the quality of all client outputs.
Communicate effectively across internal teams (media, PR, data & insights), proactively sharing updates and coordinating timelines.
Resolve potential blockers before they impact delivery.
Effectively prioritize tasks across all projects, proactively communicating status to senior leadership.
Manage campaign budgets and timelines, ensuring projects are delivered profitably and on schedule.
Proactively communicate workload and capacity to your line director.
Support the growth of junior team members by providing constructive feedback, sharing knowledge, and acting as an informal mentor.

Requirements

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.

Skills

Social media marketing
Influencer marketing
Campaign management
Talent identification and vetting
Contract negotiation
Budget management
Timeline management
Performance reporting
KPI reporting
Strategic planning
Creative concept development
Client relationship management
Stakeholder communication
Problem-solving
Team collaboration
Presentation skills
Mentorship

Location

London

Work Type

Full Time
Flexible Working Model with core working hours: 10am – 4pm

Experience Level

Account Director
Minimum of two years' experience

Benefits

25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
Bupa Healthcare
Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
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

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.
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.
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.

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.