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
Ogilvy is looking for a highly driven, passionate Account Supervisor with a background in community engagement and/or risk communications. This role will primarily support our continued work with FEMA, with whom Ogilvy has a long-standing client relationship. Our current work centers around the Community Engagement and Risk Communication (CERC) contract, which focuses on growing awareness of, and resilience towards natural disasters in American communities. As the nation continues to come to terms with the long-term effects of climate change, this work is increasingly important.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with a federal agency and a large, integrated team encompassing a network of behavior change, disaster resilience, risk communications, emergency management, community outreach, partnership building, community planning, and engineering experts to engage a broad array of national and local stakeholders around the issues of natural disaster mitigation, climate change adaptation, and capacity building to empower communities to drive resilience. This unique program functions on national, regional, and community levels, and is extremely dynamic with many moving parts.
Our Account Supervisors bring value to our clients by passionately and professionally representing the agency on a day-to-day basis. They are the trusted partner and point of contact for clients partnering with account leadership to deliver operational discipline and delivery excellence, speed to market, resource optimization, and strong management to their business(es). Account Supervisors are efficient operators, who demonstrate strong engagement abilities and government contracting acumen. They are highly organized and accountable leaders, who can build relationships and collaborate with/draw on the expertise of all Ogilvy’s capabilities.
What You’ll Do
- Key day-to-day project contact with clients, creative team, and other agency partners
- Managing client objectives, expectations and timelines and communicating changes/directions to internal team members
- Owning project management, including building teams, developing project schedules, delivering materials on time and within budget, and managing risks
- Researching, writing, and overseeing the development of communications materials, videos, and other creative outputs
- Influencing the efficiency and quality of work and advocating for the agency/client relationship
- Developing and maintaining high levels of team effectiveness (trust, communication, collaboration, productivity, diversity, engagement)
- Participating in the agency’s new business and proposal efforts, as requested by leadership
What You’ll Need
- 5+ years of PR agency or related experience in managing the delivery of great work
- Demonstrated ability delivering programs in public relations, marketing, or communications, with experience in issues management and/or community engagement preferred
- Strong writing capabilities, and the ability to develop impactful messages and materials that appeal to what audiences care about
- Familiarity with or interest in equity-centered approaches to community engagement and program delivery
- Ability to work with and manage sub-contractors and vendor relationships
- Demonstrated capability to get things done on budget and on time; established sense of business & financial acumen
- Interest in and knowledge of climate change, disaster resilience and/or hazard mitigation at the local, state, or federal level a plus
- Experience working with a large government account, including understanding of budgets and contractual obligations a plus
- Professional competency in written and oral Spanish a plus
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.
