Account Manager

Account Manager Consumer PR

Department: PR & Influence

Location: London

Contract type: 12 months fixed term contract

Full Time/Part time: Full Time

Reporting into: Business Director

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.

Our mission: We inspire brands and people to impact the world

How we do it: We innovate and operate at the intersection of people and capabilities

What we do: Borderless creativity

The Role:

As an Account Manager, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of clients, developing and executing PR strategies, and building strong relationships with clients and internal teams.

The ideal candidate will be someone who champions diverse thinking and approach, has a passion for creativity and innovation, and is committed to delivering results for clients.

As an experienced Account Manager, you will be responsible for managing budgets, timelines, and deliverables, and ensuring that all projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of client accounts, including developing and executing PR strategies, managing budgets and timelines, and ensuring client satisfaction
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, serving as their day-to-day point of contact and anticipating their needs
• Media relations, selling in to secure coverage for your brands in a broad range of publications
• Develop and deliver presentations and reports to clients, including campaign performance updates, new business proposals, and strategic recommendations
• Take an active role in presenting PR ideas and successes to cross marketing agency team, providing a POV on what works for earned (with the support of senior Ogilvy team)
• Monitor and analyse campaign performance, using data to inform decision-making and optimise campaign effectiveness
• Manage project budgets, ensuring profitability of client accounts
• Stay up to date on industry trends, best practices and emerging technologies, sharing insights and recommendations with clients and internal teams
• Mentor and develop junior team members, providing guidance and support as needed
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures, including timesheets, invoicing, and project management tools

A Bit About You

• Interest and/or experience working in culture
• Interest and/or experience working on alcohol brands is desired
• Proven experience working on campaigns and events with high profile talent, press and influencers
• Strong media contacts and a solid understanding of the UK media landscape – someone that can deliver coverage and successful brand storytelling in a cluttered and noisy space
• Tapped into culture and able to help advise clients on moments, partnerships, and reactive opportunities
• Proven track record of managing complex campaigns, developing strategic plans, and delivering results for clients
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated experience in building consistently productive relationships with clients and internal teams
• Organised, detail-oriented, and have strong project management skills
• Able to think creatively and bring new ideas to the table that will help drive client success
• Experience working with influencers in an earned, paid, and owned capacity is desired
• Demonstrates ability for creative problem solving in approaching 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 – a non-linear thinker
• Experience in a fast-paced agency environment working on both global and local projects is preferred

At Ogilvy UK, we want to make sure that you’re set up to grow and develop in your role and enjoy some of the best times of your working career. Our learning and development team are on hand to provide training for you, to help you excel in every aspect of your role. So, if you think you may not have experience in some aspects of this position, don’t worry, and apply away. We’re here to help you grow and nurture your skills.

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

If this sounds like the right role for you, we’d love to hear from you.

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.

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.