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  

As Senior Communications Strategist your strategic marketing expertise will be essential to the continuous advancement of our client’s strategy. You are passionate about how consumers interact with channels and technology. This pivotal role demands a focus on how the creative translates across channels.

What You’ll Do

• Lead in putting together comms strategies rooted in brand and business objectives, audience insights, competitive, and cultural landscape.
• Lead in putting together engagement frameworks and go-to-market strategies for fully integrated, full funnel, awareness to demand campaigns.
• Lead in crafting moment-based strategies for brand activations, as well as how messages and tactics work together across a calendar.
• Push client and agency team beyond what’s expected – find the opportunities for bold brand action.
• Feel comfortable starting a client-facing deck from scratch and presenting to clients; this role is very client facing. 
• Oversee and partner on the creation of media-partner briefs together with media team.
• Oversee the creation of channel-based creative and media thought starters for creative teams. 
• Oversee the timely development and execution of plans, campaigns and projects to assure brand growth and relevance, as well as engagement and response. 
• Be passionate for creative.

What You’ll Need 

• 5–7 years in communication/connections/engagement planning
• Media and creative agency experience, ideally 
• Deep understanding of the media landscape—both offline and online 
• Ability to think strategically (not just tactically) 
• Experience using media-based insight tools and openness to learning new tools (Simmons/MRI, eMarketer, AdIntelligence, comScore) 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Experience working on B2B brands or openness to working on B2B.
• Experience working on end to end communications plans across the entire funnel is a plus.
• Ability to “see around corners” by staying on top of emerging trends and developing actionable POVs internally and with clients.
• Ability to work independently on a project or in a team environment. 
• Agile thinker who is highly adept at moving between diverse projects. 
• Provide professional development opportunities, mentoring, and on the job training to those on the team as needed.

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. 

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.