About Ogilvy

Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry.

About the Role

We are seeking a Strategy Director to be a key member of our FEMA team. The next several years will see significant growthin how our teamand FEMA work to strategically elevate the importance of resilience, equip and empower communities and build a truly customer-centric program. The successful candidate will be the strategic heartbeat of these efforts while working across internal teams to build on efforts already underway and plan, create and manage new ones.

This person must have the ability tothink and act on both the micro and macro level, joining the dots betweenenterprise-levelstrategic vision and daily, tactical outputs.This will involvedevelopinga deep relationship with existing strategy experts in Ogilvy andacross theWPP network to help bring the best value to our client at all times.

Most of all, the Director will be a leader and strategic partner; someone who is able to lead teams or play a supporting role, to meet client needs. This may include developing strategy, managing important initiatives, aligning projects across workstreams and collaborating with key subject matter experts and strategic workstream leads.

What You'll Do

• Develop role as strategic client partner and advisor across ongoing organizational and program initiatives
• Create and direct innovative and thoughtful strategic solutions to complex communications challenges on behalf of clients
• Consult with clients on a range of strategic initiatives, including positioning, analytics, internal engagement, and comms strategy
• Build upon a deepening knowledge of the organization, regions, and clients to deliver strategies that continually evolve client programs
• Collaborate with clients, internal teams, and partners to build and execute on strategic recommendations that will ultimately be brought to market across multiple channels
• Collaborate with creative teams to shape creative expression and execution
• Collaborate with project management to ensure that initiatives have appropriate resources for development, and are ultimately delivered on time and on budget
• Inspire and mentor junior team members

What You'll Need

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in strategic communications, ideally a mix of marketing, communications, or advertising agency work as well as in organizations are purpose-driven
• Brand strategy/planning experience
• A strategic thinker with the ability to instill confidence in clients and across internal teams
• Must be an excellent verbal and written communicator, comfortable preparing proposals, presentations and speaking in front of groups
• Passion for social good with strong understanding of leading brand-based thinking and constructs
• Strong attention to detail
• Creative problem solver

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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