Our Vision 

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, we call this Borderless Creativity.          

Which is why our teams work fluidly across five capabilities: Advertising, Consulting, Experience, PR and Influence, and Health. This allows us to not only operate but innovate at the intersection of capabilities and talent.  We believe impact and magic lie at this intersection. Ogilvy scales this by seamlessly connecting and accessing the deep and diverse cultural expertise of 132 offices in 83 countries in a way that celebrates our commitment to inclusion.    

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  

About this role: 

The Senior Project Manager (SPM) has day-­to-day responsibility for the smooth and effective running of their projects from client briefing to delivery of all final assets; they will be the glue between the disciplines pulling together the right resources (from multi‐agencies) with the focus on great delivery. To do this they should have great skills in effective project set­up, budget & resource control, project managing and reporting. 

A great Integrated Project Manager can focus on the detail, be on top of all aspects of their projects, whilst being aware of the bigger picture and building a good relationship with their project team, the commercial team and the PMO Lead. 

They should be able to demonstrate first- hand experience in TV/video, offline (KVs & print), digital, social, influencer.

 A bit about you:

• Managing, scheduling, and delivering projects
• Have experience and understanding of working on a global, integrated account.
• Be commercially savvy: Develop a complete understanding of the Unilever’s renumeration & commercia model. At all times the SPM should be aware of the financial status of their projects and forecast (and flag) any resource overspend - with budgets updated and approved accordingly.
• Attend and input into fortnightly financial status meetings.
• The SPM will work closely to build relationships with their project team (account management, creatives, design, strategy, production, and more) and be the hub on their projects.
• Manage schedules and deliver on multiple work streams across all campaign channels to agreed scope, timings, and budget. Ensure that the process is as per the Galapagos working model.
• Scope out all projects and share with PMO lead and account lead for approval.
• At the start of a project, analyse areas that could potentially throw the delivery off‐track, and where possible mitigate against them.
• Be responsible for creating and maintaining project timing plans from pre brief to final delivery - with input from specialist departments (TV, Art Production, digital, influencers, PR, etc). The SPM should also be confident to collaborating with multi‐agency teams. If any part of the schedule slips, the SPM will notify all relevant departments and any change to the final delivery date.
• Develop and maintain a thorough knowledge and understanding of Unilever project tools, process & platforms
• Schedule all meetings relating to projects - ensuring that all relevant Ogilvy and WPP partners attend.
• Ensure all relevant team members have seen and approved work before sharing with client
• Be responsible for raising all the POs on a job unless this falls under the responsibility of specialist departments
• Work closely with resource manager and PMO lead to book resource and keep them informed of all resource requirements.

Being professional 

• Everything communicates – ensure that all documentation, costings, briefs, scopes, and presentations are of the highest possible standard. Maintain good housekeeping!
• Be positive and a force for good within the team – even when faced with difficult problems. Be solutions focused.
• Be a Self‐Starter –our team is enthusiastic, open to change and innovation. We’re looking for someone flexible with approach and eager to get involved.
• Be a champion for the creative – helping push (and when necessary, protect) the creative to enable cut-­through, award-­winning work.
• Recognise and help implement digital opportunities within briefs.
• Know when to delegate upwards and downwards and raise the alarm at the right time, to the right people when issues occur.
• Help to make Ogilvy a great place to work and not least to try and have fun whilst carrying out the above.

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 (including Bupa health assessment and menopause support)
• Enhanced leave policies or parents and carers
• We have a flexible working policy with core working hours between 10am – 4pm. We also operate a 3:2 hybrid working structure
• A 1.5:1 matching pension structure
• Up to £25.00 per month towards physical or online exercise class membership
• Opportunity to sign up for Unmind membership, LifeWorks tool and annual eye tests
• Learning and development budgets plus enhanced and ongoing wellbeing incentives and activities throughout the year
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme 
• Life Assurance x4 salary 
• Inclusion@Ogilvy – our employee networks Ogilvy ReWired, Roots, Equals, PROUD and Parents and Carers. See here for more information 

Dedicated to our people, we provide additional perks to help support your work life balance 

If this sounds like the right role and company 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 everyone who wants to work at Ogilvy. For us, diversity, equity and inclusion is integrated into everything that we do. We believe that for creativity to flourish, everything about how we work must have diversity at its core. Your race, colour, ethnic, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, have no bearing on our hiring decisions, but we encourage everyone to feel free to express their true selves in an environment we are consistently striving to make as inclusive as possible.  

We aim to facilitate an accessible and positive application experience for all candidates. If you require any adjustments from us to support you through the process or expect to require any adjustments to working conditions to be able to best perform in the role, please let us know. We are happy to consider all reasonable adjustments.