Influence Account Director

Department:   PR & Influence

Location:  London (Sea Containers)

Contract type:   Fixed-Term 

Full Time/Part time:   Full Time

Reporting into:   Influence Client Partner

About Ogilvy:   

Our vision is to inspire brands and people to impact the world. To create big ideas that make a significant contribution to the planet, society, and the bottom line. We believe in today’s world this is the best way for our clients to achieve sustainable growth. We achieve this by breaking down the barriers that restrict talent and ideas.   

Which is why our teams work fluidly across 5 capabilities: Advertising, Consulting, Experience, PR & Influencer, and Health. This allows us to not only operate but innovate at the intersection of capabilities and talent. We believe impact and magic lies at this intersection. Ogilvy scales this by seamlessly connecting and accessing the deep cultural expertise of 132 offices in 83 countries.   

The result is multifaceted ideas for our clients that drive impact and are born from the intersection of platform x culture x technology.   

We call this Borderless Creativity.   

Ogilvy was ranked the number one UK agency at D&AD and was the only UK agency to win a Glass Lions at Cannes. Ogilvy was also nominated network of the year in Cannes Lions, Campaign, Effie Awards EMEA, London International Awards, The One Show and WARC Rankings.    

Ogilvy UK’s PR practice won large agency of the year at the PR Week awards. And our Consulting practice was in the Forbes 2022 list of best management consultancy firms.   

The Role:  

As an Influence Account Director at our company, you will play a crucial role in leading some of the most exciting and challenging projects in the industry. You will be armed with your experience and proven ability to think and do, enabling you to tackle complex problems with ease.  

At our company, we pride ourselves on delivering strategic and impactful influence campaigns that align with our clients' objectives. As the Influence Account Director, you will bring a solid understanding of influence strategy, always ensuring that you and the team are working towards strategic objectives. Your experience managing large multi-market campaigns will be invaluable in delivering campaigns that make a real difference to our clients.  

In addition to your day-to-day responsibilities, you will provide senior counsel to clients, advising on industry developments as they occur and showing relevance for clients on the ground. You will stay up-to-date with cultural/social trends and customers’ views and attitudes. You will also assist in the development of and participation in promoting our influencer offering across the business, including writing thought leadership and attending industry events.  

At our company, we believe in continuous learning and development. As the Influence Account Director, you will have the opportunity to lead on additional projects, such as new business pitches, market reviews, and competitive trends. You will be at the forefront of the industry, working with a team of experts to deliver innovative and effective influence campaigns.  

Key Responsibilities:  

• Lead the day-to-day running of influencer campaigns and supporting managers and executives, from identification, creative, implementation, and reporting.  
• Design and define industry-leading Influencer strategy: recommend objectives, targets, action plan, calendar, and budget.  
• Align and collaborate with media, PR, social, brand activation, digital, and all other stakeholders – internal and external – to deliver best-in-class campaigns for our clients.  

• Nurture client-appropriate talent opportunities and relationships to help deliver the influencer program for clients.  
• Lead and deliver creative and sell content solutions to internal stakeholders and clients.  
• Oversee day-to-day activations and provide oversight and counsel for junior support teams.  
• Provide senior council to clients, advising on industry developments as they occur and showing relevance for clients on the ground.  
• Stay up-to-date with cultural/social trends and customers' views and attitudes.  
• Assist in the development of and participate in promoting our influencer offering across the business, including writing thought leadership and attending industry events.  
• Lead additional projects as required – such as new business pitches, market reviews, and competitive trends.  
• Proven ability to lead and inspire a team and be a role model to your line reports, who seek you out as a source of advice and guidance.  
• Ability to build trusted relationships with mid-level clients based on a proven track record of delivery.  
• Strong communication skills and the ability to provide senior council to clients, advising on industry developments as they occur and showing relevance for clients on the ground.  

Requirements:  

• Proven experience as an Influence Account Director or a similar role.  
• Strong understanding of influence strategy and experience managing large multi-market campaigns.  
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to create highly effective and fruitful working relationships with clients and colleagues.  
• Ability to confidently lead influence conversations and problem-solve in the moment as required and act as a point of escalation for junior clients.  
• Solid understanding of the strategic and business context the client is operating in and uses this knowledge to develop solutions and approach tasks in a way that is effective for the client.  
• Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to work confidently with other capabilities and crafts in service of finding the best integrated influence creative solution to the client's business problem.  
• Ability to demonstrate creative problem-solving in how they approach every task – whether that's identifying a way to improve the internal process or co-creating an inspiring way to sell in the work. Able to consider different angles on a brief.  

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 anyone who wants to work at Ogilvy. We believe that for creativity to flourish, everything about how we work must have diversity at its core. Your race, colour, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status have no bearing on our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know and we will do everything we can to accommodate.