Consulting Analyst

Business area: Consulting 

Team: Ogilvy Consulting

Location: London, Sea Containers House, with flexible working policy

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract 

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 Sainsbury’s, 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.

About the role:

Ogilvy Consulting is the Business Transformation, Brand Strategy and Innovation consultancy within the Ogilvy Group. We help clients including Nestlé, Facebook, HSBC and LEGO answer tough questions about how to grow through business transformation, brand strategy and innovation platforms. We are now in our seventh year in the UK and EMEA and have just been named a Financial Times UK leading Management Consultancy for the fifth consecutive year.   

It’s an exciting time to be joining Ogilvy Consulting. We’re growing and we’re looking for a Consulting Analyst to work across our diverse set of projects and practices.  

Our Consulting Analysts have one-to-three years of experience in consulting or client-side strategy roles or have recently earned a relevant degree. They bring a curiosity and passion to everything they do as well as a unique blend of creative thinking, strategic depth, and analytical skills. Most of all, they have decided that while consulting is a path they want to pursue, they want to do it in a place that brings business, marketing and brand transformation together with creativity and execution. Our Consulting Analysts begin as generalists and work across projects in Brand & Marketing Strategy, Business Transformation, Sustainability and Behavioural Science. Over your time as an Analyst, you’ll have the exposure across our practices to begin thinking about where you will specialise as you evolve and advance through your career.   

Our Consulting Analysts bring a curiosity and passion for brand, business and marketing strategy along with behavioural science and sustainability. They demonstrate a blend of strategic, analytical, creative and human-centric mindsets with a strong grasp of data analytics. They have developed a degree of specialisation and/or strong interest across a few of the following disciplines: Brand research and analysis, customer segmentation, system 1 research design and facilitation, brand valuation, business and brand opportunity assessment, business and brand mission, vision, purpose and positioning, brand architecture and identity, brand experience, product and service design, organisational design, AI, advisory, culture and change management, employee branding, foresight, rends and innovation. They are significant contributors to the business, brand, marketing and innovation strategies that we deliver to clients.  

Ogilvy Consulting believes in the power of brands and people to transform businesses, drive growth and create financial and societal value. Moving beyond traditional methodologies, we seek to build breakthrough brands, businesses and marketing approaches that live and grow in the modern world, reflecting current cultural narratives, leveraging growth insights, and operating in a digitally led way with humans and businesses.  

Ogilvy Consulting is different from other consultancies. We are nestled in the heart of a world-leading creative agency and pride ourselves on bridging strategy and execution. We’re also organized differently, with a flat hierarchy designed to provide opportunities for big contributions by team members of all levels.   

Key responsibilities for the role: 

• Conducting data gathering and analytics   

• Using AI tools to perform desk research & analysing industry and competitor trends 

• Qualitative and quantitative analysis, distillation and key point extraction  

• Designing, conducting and analysing market research  

• Participating in growth conversations with existing and prospective clients  

• Supporting in the development of business and brand growth strategies and solutions  

• Taking ownership of client deliverables and presentations with a strong visual clarity and strategic rigor  

• Development of and participation in client workshops  

• Contributing to and managing new business proposals and pitches  

• Conducting competitor analyses that deliver unique insights  

• Representing and maintaining the Ogilvy Consulting standard of excellence through a combination of ‘intelligence and imagination’ 

• Contributing to thought leadership 

• Actively contributing to the unique culture of Ogilvy Consulting and monthly team meetings  
• Encouraging collaboration across Ogilvy and WPP  

Skills and Attributes:   

• 1-3 years of experience in a consultancy, client strategy position or equivalent strategic role in professional services specialising in brand or business transformation, psychology or behavioural science 

• A strong grasp of and comfort with data 

• A fascination with understanding people and working with them internally and externally to solve problems creatively 

• Adept at framing problems, developing solution hypotheses, and identifying creative paths to growth  

• Able to draw critical human and cultural insights from data and observation  

• Strong business, marketing and brand acumen and critical thinking skills  

• Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal  

• Ability to take initiative and to work independently and within a team  

• Excellent organisation and time management skills with the ability to multi-task, especially in high-pressure situations  

• Strong work ethic with superior attention to detail  

• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint, Keynote a plus , as well as fan eagerness to learn and use AI-powered platforms 
• A curiosity and energy that allows you to adopt a can-do attitude to every challenge and initiative 

At Ogilvy Consulting 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  

Ogilvy Consulting has adopted flexible working approach, with the ability to work from home and at least 3-4 days in the office with the team as required.