Account Director

Department: Unilever – The Beauty Collective

Location: London

Contract type: 12-Month FTC

Full Time/Part time: Full Time

Reporting into: Business Director

About Ogilvy: 

Ogilvy UK has been creating iconic ideas that deliver impact at scale for clients ever since David Ogilvy founded the company in 1948. Ogilvy UK specialises in bringing together brand advertising, customer experience marketing, PR, influence and consulting, all fuelled by Behavioural Science. Our world-class award-winning creative campaigns deliver solutions for clients including Molson Coors (owner of Madrí beer), Valeo Foods UK (owner of Kettle Chips and Rowse Honey), Argos, Mondelēz International, Unilever, TK Maxx and Pernod Ricard.  

In 2023, Ogilvy UK celebrated their 75th anniversary and was the most awarded agency in Europe. Ogilvy is home to the largest influencer marketing practice globally and hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – now in its 12th year. 

The Role:

As an Account Director at Ogilvy, you are leading large Global 360 projects with ease and forging strong relationships with the Unilever Brand Managers and Brand Directors. You can create momentum within the team to deliver high quality work and identify opportunities to drive growth.  

You are always thinking one step ahead beyond the short term, identifying potential opportunities and next steps needed, flagging risks, and coming up with solutions for how the team can fulfil or overcome them.  You are focused on driving world class creativity within the team, to create great work that’s effective for your clients’ business.  You are supporting the junior account team to help them learn and grow and giving them an opportunity to step up and lead elements of the projects with you.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Being the day-to-day manager of your specific projects, the client’s first port of call.  
• Develop, maintain and extend client relationships, become your client’s partner.
• Develop a deep understanding of the client’s business. Understand their pressures, products, goals and motivations, both on a project and business level.  
• Manage client expectations in relation to project objectives, timelines, and budgets. Be upfront, clear and honest always.  
• Lead the delivery of cross functional integrated solutions by partnering with Ogilvy and WPP’s capability experts across PR, Social, Influencer and Media. 
• Champion exacting standards for agency work, prioritising meticulous attention to detail and precision in representation.  
• Cultivate an environment that encourages the exploration of creative boundaries and visionary thinking.  
• Adopt an open and adaptable mindset towards industry trends, ensuring our approach remains relevant and fresh.  
• Foster a creative atmosphere that aligns the client's perspective with the agency's profitability objectives.  
• Promote diversity and inclusivity to nurture a creative environment that embraces a spectrum of perspectives.  
• Stay abreast of the latest developments in creativity, marketing, and industry trends.  
• Keep up to date with the latest social media platform developments, trends, and emerging formats, effectively leveraging this knowledge to drive campaign success.  
• Facilitate collaboration and inclusiveness by valuing and integrating diverse viewpoints from team members.  
• Provide strategic counsel to clients, aligning their goals with effective campaign strategies.  
• Collaborate in crafting presentations that compellingly showcase the agency's capabilities and expertise.  
• Act as a brand ambassador, embodying and propagating agency values and culture.  
• Optimise operational efficiency by refining processes and workflows for superior outcomes.  
• Work closely with your PM team to oversee project timings and ensure projects are delivered on time and in full (OTIF).  
• Build strong working relationships with creative, planning and the wider account team.  
• Help to drive the culture of the agency – become integral to its identity.  
• Escalate to senior management when support is required.  

Qualifications and Experience: 

• 1-2 Years experience at Account Director level. 
• Proven track record in successfully overseeing integrated marketing campaigns across diverse platforms and channels.  
• Demonstrated ability to manage project execution from strategic inception to flawless implementation, ensuring seamless integration.  
• Effective collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure the success of integrated campaigns.  
• Experience in adapting global consistency to suit local nuances.  
• Proficiency in harnessing digital tools for integrated campaign orchestration and targeted audience engagement.  
• Ability to leverage data analytics to inform the development of integrated strategies.  
• Track record in budget management and achieving cost-effective project delivery.  
• Experience navigating the intricacies of integrated campaigns for global brands.  
• Exceptional interpersonal skills for conveying the value of integrated campaigns.  
• Keen eye for identifying integration opportunities across diverse marketing channels.  
• Proven capability to adapt integrated strategies based on performance insights.  
• Skill in crafting and delivering engaging presentations for clients.  
• Familiarity with emerging trends in integrated marketing.  
• Ability to manage multiple integrated projects with unwavering attention to detail.  
• Strategic alignment of integrated campaigns with overarching brand objectives.  

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