Social Account Director

Social Account Director

Department: Social & Content 
Location: London
Contact type: 12-month Fixed Term Contract 
Full Time/Part time: Full Time
Reporting into: Client Partner 

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. The agency specialises in bringing together brand advertising, customer experience marketing, PR, influence and consulting, all fuelled by Behavioural Science. 
 
Ogilvy’s Influencer marketing practice is the largest globally; we are proud to be the most awarded influencer agency for six years running and the recipient of the Cannes Grand Prix for Social & Creator for two consecutive years.   

Ogilvy UK also hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – which is now in its 12th year. James Murphy is the CEO of Ogilvy Group UK, which includes Ogilvy UK and New Commercial Arts (NCA), a boutique creative agency he co-founded in 2020, recently acquired by WPP.   

About this role: 

Social and content has never been more important for clients. Showing up authentically, with intention, across social platforms helps brands connect with their audiences. It helps them to sell and serve better. 

This role provides the opportunity to work on a really exciting client within the technology sphere. You will have the opportunity to manage key campaigns across the year that will involve working with our strategy, creative and production team to deliver best in class campaigns and content.  

This role is perfect for someone that has a wide knowledge of social, specifically organic social. They will have experience managing content and campaigns that build brand advocacy as well having an understanding of how to create hard working assets that drive to purchase. The ideal candidate will know how to effectively lead an account, steering processes and ways of working internally, with agency partners and with our clients. 

The ideal candidate will have their finger on the pulse across all things social – from what’s trending that could be a good opportunity for a brand to leverage, through to a thorough understanding of how data, strategy, community management feed into the success of a brands social media presence. 

Whilst the candidate will have a passion for delivering best in class social campaigns, they will also be required to lead in other areas of the marketing mix, and the idea candidate will have some integrated experience. 

A bit about you:

We are flexible on whether you have come from an agency of client background, but we think the following are really important for this role: 

• Organised and autonomous; you’ll be responsible for motivating the team to do great work, whilst anticipating any areas that may hinder the success of the campaign 

• Whilst you will work with a Account Manager to support with budgets and timings, you will also be well averse in taking this on and have an excellent understanding of processes and what it takes to deliver social campaigns on budget and on time 

• Financially savvy; you’ll need to work with the rest of the agency team to deliver proposals that are within the client’s budgets and ensure successful delivery 

• You will be an excellent communicator; providing clear succinct guidance to the internal teams as well as being able to present the work to clients 

• You’ll be someone that loves to get stuck into a task, and collaborate with the client and agency teams, and make stuff happen! 

• Experience within the retail sector is not essential but would be helpful 

More about your role at Ogilvy:

As a Social Account Director you lead large, more complex projects, armed with your experience and proven ability to think and do. You are able to problem solve and create highly effective and fruitful working relationships with clients and colleagues, collaborating with other Capabilities and Crafts instinctively.  

You may also have a solid understanding of strategy and always ensure that you and the team are working towards strategic objectives.  

• Has a relationship with mid-level clients that  is one of trusted partner, based on proven track record of delivery.