Department: Ogilvy One
Location: London
Contact type: 12-Month FTC
Full Time/Part time: Full Time
Reporting into: Creative 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.
Responsibilities:We’re looking for a Junior creative team to help us create next-level customer comms for some of the UK’s most famous organisations. The varity of accounts and creative opportunity is huge, whilst also having a primary focus on a household name, who has ambitions to become one our leading clients.Junior Creatives are the powerhouse of the creative department. Prolific and exciting, taking every single brief by the horns and finding the opportunities in everything. Reporting into the Creative Director, and working with senior creatives, you will be responsible for putting powerful and effective creative ideas on the table every day.You’ll also be expected to lean into pitches, proactive work, and bringing killer wildcard ideas to the table for Ogilvy clients around the world.
Requirements
First and foremost, you’ll be a pair of top-notch creative humans.You’ll be a proven, talented, and experienced creative team, with an endless stream of original, impactful ideas in customer-focussed channels.You’ll be obsessed with your individual crafts of copywriting and art direction. And you’ll be proud to pass your knowledge on to the more junior members of the team.It’d be helpful if you have an interest or experience in the CRM sector, though this is not 100% necessary as we can quickly get you up to speed. Another nice to have would be a background in direct and customer comms and understand the power of owned channels to drive trust and truth.
Requirements:
- Bring fresh, modern, and innovative ideas that land with customers, and in wider culture, across owned channels, social platforms and beyond.
- Able to think social with a social first mindset.
- Bring a natural curiosity for the many ways customers interact with brands.
- Creativity, flair, and critical thinking with a hands-on approach.
- Collaborate with senior creatives and creative leadership to bring ideas to life from concept to execution.
- Create “built for the platform ideas” not just a one-size-fits-all approach. Have an ability to think channel-first to create and produce content that’s right for its medium.
- Keen to produce clever, low-cost, quick turnaround ideas as well as big brand activations.
- Beautiful eye for detail, in creating content that hits at the heart, mind and soul of a viewer, no matter what platform.
- Able to get ideas across to any audience
- Be just as happy thinking of the big idea as crafting attention-grabbing headlines and charming body copy.
How we help you Thrive:
- 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
- Bupa Healthcare
- Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental leave
- Flexible working policy with core working hours (10am – 4pm) and a 3.2 Hybrid Working model
- A 1.5:1 matching pension structure
- Up to £25.00 per month towards physical or online exercise class membership plus Dental cover, Unmind membership, LifeWorks tool and annual eye tests.
- Learning and development budgets plus Enhanced and ongoing wellbeing incentives and activities throughout the year
- Grassroots Networks
- Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
- Life Assurance
- Inclusion@Ogilvy: To foster an inclusive environment we have our internal groups: Ogilvy Rewired, Roots, Equals, Proud plus Parents and Carers. See here for more information
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.