Senior PR & Social Creative (Mat Cover)

Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. 

Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP). For more information, visit Ogilvy.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a Senior Creative to join Ogilvy’s PR, social and influence department, serving our biggest clients and delivering stand-out, award winning integrated work.  You need to be a champion of earned first thinking, with the skills and experience to move and evolve ideas across influence, social and other channels.  

The ideal candidate should be a modern, integrated creative with experience working across beauty and health brands – from hair care to skin care – who knows how to make work that appeals as much to TikTok as it does to The Telegraph.

One day you might be coming up with product launch ideas to generate media coverage and conversation, the next you might be sweating the details of a single TikTok before consulting on a shoot or managing talent. As a result, you’re as comfortable using Capcut as you are in the edit suite. You know what’s trending – and how to harness those trends to excite media, fans and influencers.

You’re a confident presenter, great at making ideas look wonderful, used to lots of client contact with a knack for simplifying complex narratives across multiple platforms. 

You’ll work closely with teams from PR, social and influence – with strategists to help craft your idea, account teams to help sell them to clients, and media experts to help generate coverage.

Do we expect you to be on the bleeding edge of every single new trend? It’s a nice to have, but we have tech for that and you’re probably quite busy. What's crucial is that you understand why something trends, why it matters, and how to harness that understanding to breathe life into a client's brand. 

You understand we are an entertainment-first marketing discipline, while still packing the core creative punch of big-agency talent and knowing what makes a compelling story. You understand the dreaded ‘best practice’, but more importantly you understand when to rip it to pieces. 

Your previous experience

• Experience of problem-solving and expertise in how to come to creative solutions; thinking quickly and approaching issues with prefabricated solutions 


• Have experience delivering campaigns for beauty, health and lifestyle clients


• Experience of working with a range of creatives in an agency setting to deliver the highest quality creative work possible


• A strong commitment to delivering award winning creative work 


• An understanding of multi-platform thinking and techniques as well as a desire to create innovative work

Requirements

• Contribute to ideation and develop original, innovative creative concepts that align with strategic objectives.


• An exceptional Senior Creative is always pushing for creative excellence, constantly looking for ways to elevate the work and spot opportunities for braver, more innovative ideas. They are passionate about their craft and are always exploring new techniques and technologies to improve their work.


• Work collaboratively with other departments, including strategy, account management, and production, to deliver successful campaigns. They are great listeners who appreciate all creative input, regardless of where or from whom it originates.


• A portfolio showcasing your creativity and ability to think strategically


• A deep understanding of the latest trends and technologies in the industry


• Willingness to take risks and push creative boundaries


• A passion for developing and nurturing young talent


• A track record of building strong relationships with clients and delivering results.


• Broad knowledge of culture, niche and sub-communities – how different, diverse groups of consumers talk, interact and consume media


• Experience producing clever, low-cost, quick turnaround ideas as well as big brand activations, and long-term creative platforms

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

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.

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.