Head of Consumer PR

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Head of Consumer PR, Ogilvy PR

Context

Ogilvy UK continues to thrive. Over the past 3 years we've seen our business outgrow the market with much of our success coming from our PR and Influence business. In 2024/25 and on we want to capitalize on that by continuing to build on and grow our consumer PR offer.

Ogilvy PR has always been at the forefront of consumer PR and as the consumer landscape continues to evolve we want to bring into our business an experienced, well-connected, passionate consumer PR expert. Someone who gets it, loves it, is passionate about creativity and can help our clients keep pace with the best and most innovative ways to reach consumers.

PR is one of five Ogilvy UK businesses so, leading the Consumer PR practice connects you into a team of super smart people working in Ogilvy One, Health, Advertising and Consulting. As well as leading an earned first team of PR professionals, you'll also be working on integrated through-the-line campaigns like our award winning Have A Word for the Mayor of London and Turn Your Back for Dove.

The role and what we need from you

A true practitioner and ambassador for consumer PR, you will have a wealth of knowledge about what brands are doing and what great looks like in this space. We'll be looking to you to bring connections, ideas, excitement and knowledge to light a fire in our consumer space, helping us to keep our existing, long-term client relationships fresh and working hard for us, while bringing in new, big brands that will continue to drive our growth.

1. An exceptional consumer PR practitioner. You create meaningful industry leading earned first campaigns and ideas - often bringing together social, influence and PR in the best possible way.
2. An exceptional leader. You are an inclusive leader who is an advocate for your team, you champion diverse talent and an inclusive culture, you lead by example and are an exceptional role model. You practice and encourage empathy in your team
3. A pitch winner and a client grower
4. Commercial acumen and demonstrable experience driving growth and winning pitches
5. Media expert. Whether its audience targeting or measurement best practice, you'll know what's what across all the media landscape. You'll be comfortable working with strategists and creatives to craft ideas that use media and publishing platforms well, and you'll be our agency voice when we talk to other agency partners about what to put on a plan
6. Driving our reputation in consumer PR, internally, externally, and internationally. You will be comfortable and credible in shaping and sharing and agency POV. You will already have an established voice (we will help you develop and hone that) and have a point of view in PR that others seek out. Whether it is internally across our global network or the industry press in the UK, you will be in the spotlight for agency angle on the latest trends and hot takes on all things consumer
7. Integrating with Influence, Social and Corporate Reputation. Ogilvy is the home of Borderless Creativity and integration comes naturally to us all. This role will mean constant collaboration with specialists in advertising, behavioral science, experience, and marketing science but most of all it will mean working closely with our incredible corporate reputation, influence and social teams in the UK, EMEA and globally. PR, social and Influence have huge cross-over and with your skills and those of our experts, we can be the agency others aspire to be in all fields.

About you

We are open minded as to your background. You don't need to have worked in a big network agency but you will be comfortable running a big team, driving growth with exceptional commercial acumen and navigating complex client and stakeholder relationships. You will bring some great experience with both big and disruptive brands and some of those would ideally be multi-national clients. You should be comfortable operating at the highest levels with C-suite clients, giving counsel and advice when required. You'll bring the outside in with fresh ideas, contacts and an entrepreneurial approach to giving Ogilvy consumer PR a new chapter of its journey.

Here's some characteristics we'll be looking for:

• This is first because it is the most important. We want people who radiate energy about the work and the impact they can have on it.
• Our values are - Do the Right Thing, Do the Best Work of Our Lives, Do it Together. If all of those speak to you, you'll love it here.
• We want to hear about how you have succeeded with team-mates, clients, creators etc as much if not more so than what you have achieved alone.
• PR is a space of constant change, experimentation is a huge part of how we get better and we'd love you to be bold about innovating and trying new things.
• Entrepreneurial spirit. You will be at your best when spotting new opportunities and be relentless in making them happen.
• Of course, you will want to make work which makes your clients famous and alongside that, make the Ogilvy UK brand famous too.
• Cultural intelligence and inclusivity. You are culturally intelligent, actively build an inclusive culture and are supportive, inspiring and equitable in both the way you work and in the work that you produce.

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

Our ambition is to attract the very best diverse talent to Ogilvy, and to be the employer of choice in the UK. We want everyone to feel welcome when they join us, and once they're here, for them to want to stay with us, grow their career, and to feel they belong with us.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we're committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming environment for anyone who wants to work at Ogilvy . We believe that for creativity to flourish, everything about how we work must have diversity at its core. Your race, colour, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status have no bearing on our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know and we will do everything we can to accommodate.

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.