Senior Strategist

About Ogilvy 

Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry.

About the Role

The Senior Strategist leverages industry knowledge to provide key insights and strategic recommendations for positioning a client's business/products. They will collaborate with the client and internal stakeholders to develop positioning and messaging strategies and are responsible for providing input throughout the creative development process to ensure all client deliverables are "on strategy". The Senior Strategist helps define key performance indicators and measurement for programs Ogilvy delivers to ensure that strategies and tactics deliver against client goals and objectives and provide expected returns.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the strategy & brand vision internally and externally  


• Develop clear and inspiring creative briefs and an extensive point of view for new business and current clients 


• Work with Group Strategy Director in brief development, new business pitches and department initiatives 


• Partner with Creatives to concept, explore and push the work 


• Design and conduct qualitative and quantitative research via focus groups, brainstorming sessions and one-on-one interviews 


• Can design for effectiveness and implement measurement strategies  


• Collaborate across disciplines and hierarchies 

What You’ll Need

• 5+ years’ strategy experience in a creative advertising agency preferred


• Ability to manage scenarios where on the spot, critical thinking is necessary


• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills


• Proactive mindset; cares about the details and follows through 


• Well informed on cultural and social trends relevant to clients


• Is current on industry, customer and competitor information and integrates those insights into strategic recommendations  

How We’ll Support You

Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.