Freelance Account Director (Immediate Availability)

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  

With 7+yrs related industry (consulting, digital, agency) experience, you have a solid foundation of managing clients and developing senior level client relationships. You’re driven by our mission to make our clients’ brands matter, and fundamentally believe that creativity has the power to change fortunes. You are becoming a trusted advisor to clients, which means you have a track record of delivering consistently to a high standard while striking the right balance between protecting client and agency interests. Clients discuss business issues with you looking for your advice. You’re adept at leading the quartet and leveraging your relationships with internal and external stakeholders to overcome any obstacles for your project.

What You’ll Do 

• Make our clients’ brands matter by bringing together the best mix of Ogilvy capabilities to solve business problems.
• Facilitate and lead best-in-class modern marketing work that delivers business success for clients and builds agency reputation.
• Become a trusted advisor to the clients to build client satisfaction and intimacy which opens up new growth opportunities for the agency.
• Independently lead integrated accounts of up to $1M.
• Be able to successfully lead medium-sized new business proposals or pitches (up to $1M), and work with Team Leads on larger pitches (>$1M).
• Responsible for margin growth/protection along with the PMO -
including joint ownership of locally agreed targets. 

What You’ll Need  

• Understanding of what makes great work and what it takes to make it happen.
• Ability to stream briefs into the right workflow based on past experience and a strong understanding of integrated marketing communications principles.
• A solid understanding of all capabilities (e.g. strategy, social, CXT, PR&I, creative) to be able to facilitate the best work throughout the whole process.
• A good understanding of modern marketing capabilities (e.g. data analytics, CX, martech etc.) and have experience in integrating it into every applicable project.
• Relationship-building with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate project outcomes.
• Ability to think ahead from both technical expertise (of project management and production) and relationships to smooth problem-solving.
• Having the EQ to facilitate multiple specialists, personalities and opinions.
• Building the foundation of a trusted client advisor, you are able to listen to client needs without agenda and give them the best advice that strikes the right balance of protecting client and agency interests.
• Start dealing with senior clients and lay the foundations for senior client relationships.
• Work with the PMO to ensure smooth, timely delivery, as well as margin growth/protection on projects.
• Manage at least 1 direct report to impart client service skills and groom them in their growth and promotion. You indirectly manage several supporting team members from different capabilities for each project as you are client lead.
• Keep up to speed with industry trends and Ogilvy IP (the MBM OS, Big Ideal, Fusion & DAVE) by being curious and well-read.

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.