About Ogilvy
Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP). For more information, visit Ogilvy.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook.
Aspiring to grow brands, drive impacts for our clients and inspire our people, T&A Ogilvy has constantly pushed our creativity and mindset to transform from a leading PR agency to the best creative innovation partner and a borderless creative playground for our talents, so everyone can #GrowWithUs.
About the Role
The Account Executive (PR)’s role is to support Business Lead team to deliver service to our clients’ brands and businesses, and drive growth for T&A Ogilvy:
- Performs day-to-day account work which may include drafting a wide range of written content, coordinating events, maintaining client and influencers’ contact, managing projects performed with and by others
- Manage client expectations, earning clients’ respect, trust and confidence
- Develop and manage projects/programs, including implementation plans, evaluation mechanisms, staffing plans, budgets, and timelines
- Develop presentations for clients relative to project management and program status
- Keep team(s) appropriately informed and involved in projects; ensure projects run smoothly, and help team members feel empowered, respected, and educated
- Identify and secure assistance with emerging account problems. Understands and manages billing and activity reporting processes
- Manages time for optimum productivity and maximum billability
- Manage media relation
What You’ll Need
This person should be qualified:
- At least 1 – 2 years working experience (past experience working for a Global Agency/ PR Agency is highly preferable)
- Experience in managing projects relating to IMC/Social/KOL/TVC Production
- Be able to work directly with clients; be aware of tight timeline/ deadline; cautious, meticulous
- Skillful project management, able to manage multiple parties to complete tasks and deliver quality outcomes for projects
- Strong communication skill (presentation, negotiation)
- Sharp problem-solving skill, able to come up with a fruitful solution for daily tasks
- Has a good sense of art: able to brief, judge and give constructive feedback for creative teams in order to deliver high quality visual/creative for projects
- Possesses a high degree of English competency
- Familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Background from RMIT/ FTU is 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.
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At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.
We believe in building powerful teams with purpose. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities – and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.
Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please do not hesitate to let your recruiter know.
What We Do
Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. We build on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. We are proud to currently rank as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying our ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities.
