Senior Content Creator, Motion/Visual

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  

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Content Creator to join our Dynamic Content Studio – a close-knit team of creatives working together as a collective to create fresh, bold, distinctive and breakthrough Social content. This unique opportunity offers the chance to work in close collaboration with the strategic and creative teams of Ogilvy, and with some of the best social & content experts in the industry. Your mission: to conceptualize and develop unique and disruptive ideas that are Social at heart and create best-in-class content for Social programs or integrated campaigns. 

What You’ll Do 

• Take the lead in conceptualizing a campaign, assets or other social and digital solutions
• Execute best-in-class Social content by applying never-seen-before treatments and concepts to dynamic assets
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with designers, strategists, copywriters and Client Servicing counterparts. . 
• Be in touch with both the “big picture” and the nitty-gritty details of a project or campaign.
• Establishes visual style and user experiences that will effectively communicate with target and fulfill communication objectives. 
• Responsible for the proper placement, context and meaning of every visual element within a creative assignment.
• Stays current with industry/advertising trends, and applies them strategically. 
• Works daily with the Project Manager to ensure all deliverables and deadlines are met within budget.
• Participates in brainstorms as required.
• Assists in developing concepts and presentation materials for business development projects.
• Ability to work with, creative direct, set the vision and guide motion designers, illustrators and editors to ensure the vision is brought to life
• Collaborates with other creative staff to share learning and experience and to establish initiatives that will improve Content Studio offerings.
• Articulate a clear POV on adapting existing brand guidelines to Social and ideate ways to breathe new life into brands and campaigns in the Social space.
• Stay abreast with global cultural trends and industry updates, and proactively develop timely ideas for relevant brands

What You’ll Need  

• 5 years of relevant professional experience
• Expert knowledge of standard design software (Adobe tools, Mac platform, etc.)
• Creative portfolio demonstrating scope of creative capabilities, with a focus on Social Content
• Strategic and conceptual thinking
• Passion for learning and self-improvement
• Proactive and a self-starter
• Positive attitude
• Demonstrated design skills including motion 
• Experience leading multi-channel work from ideation through execution.
• Experience leading teams and creating independently
• Action oriented with ability to prioritize and drive results.
• Adaptable and able to handle changes in briefs, priorities and edits
• Proven highly versatile creative concepting, design, and art direction skills.  

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.