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Account Executive, Community Engagement + Communications

Denver, United States

About Ogilvy  

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.

About the Role 

Ogilvy is looking for a highly driven, organized, and passionate Account Executive with an interest in community engagement and/or risk communications. This role will primarily support our continued work with FEMA on the Community Engagement and Risk Communication (CERC) contract. 

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a federal agency and a large, dynamic team encompassing a network of behavior change, disaster resilience, risk communications, emergency management, community outreach, partnership building, community planning, and engineering experts. This unique program functions on national, regional, and community levels to engage, equip and empower a broad array of national and local stakeholders around the issues of natural disaster mitigation, climate change adaptation, and capacity building to empower communities to drive resilience.

This full-time position works collaboratively with colleagues in Washington, D.C., and 10 regional offices nationwide to accomplish significant results in the areas of raising understanding of local vulnerabilities and driving action to strengthen communities. Potential stakeholder audiences include Federal officials, State and local officials, community planners, emergency managers, professional groups, businesses, and local residents.

What You’ll Do

  • Work integrally with all internal team members in the development and delivery of great work
  • Support the management and execution of community engagement projects, including coordination of the content, location, attendees, and format in direct consultation with local jurisdictions, states, and federal agencies
  • Support the development and coordination of localized strategic communication plans and content related to community resilience for local, state, and tribal governments
  • Perform research
  • Support the development and management of existing and new partnerships with local influencers; consumer, nonprofit, and business organizations; and professional organizations
  • Assist in preparation of a variety of written materials, including community profiles, engagement reports, communications plans, partnership agreements, locally tailored outreach tools, and materials, and reports
  • Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to identify opportunities for more creative and comprehensive outreach and communication materials that visually describe engagement processes
  • Collaborate with the internal project team in the development of staffing and scoping requirements for numerous projects

 What You’ll Need

  • 1-2 years of related, full-time client facing industry experience managing “the making” or delivery of great work
  • Knowledge of or interest in climate change resilience and/or hazard mitigation at the local, state, or federal level
  • Familiarity with or interest in equity-centered approaches to community engagement and program delivery
  • Ability to think strategically about issues and message development
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to perform research and analysis
  • Organized and detail oriented
  • Dependable and collaborative team member, willing to take on new challenges

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.

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The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click here for more details.

Pay Range
$45,000$90,000 USD

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.

If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please do not hesitate to let your recruiter know.

 

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