Senior Account Director

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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. Ogilvy Health is one of the largest global networks in healthcare communications and provides strategic, integrated communication solutions for our clients, including many of the biggest names in the pharmaceutical industry. We are made up of healthcare communication specialists across the disciplines of medical education and communications; brain sciences; brand promotion; digital and social; strategic planning; public relations and creative/design. We believe we are like no other: we blaze new trails; we encourage a culture of creativity and innovation; we challenge, and we change; and we recognise and reward our team.
About the Role

Are you a curious, creative and committed Account Director or Senior Account Director with promotional healthcare marketing expertise? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy working on exciting global accounts? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

We are currently seeking a talented Senior Account Director to join our team to work on an exciting new client account in the dermatology space. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking for growth and development within their career.

As a Senior Account Director, you will be responsible for working across a range of of brands, each at a different stage in its life cycle.This role will offer you strategic and creative opportunities on how to shape the brands and market. You will also be working on a genuinely global account, providing a huge diversity of work.

We pride ourselves on having excellent project management resources in place and as such, you can rest assured that you will have the support you need to succeed in this role.

We're looking for someone who is brilliant at developing client relationships and who is able to handle lots of opinions and the diversity of thought that comes with this. Working on this new account you will be joining at a pivotal point so this is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is driven and really wants to establish themselves with new clients and stakeholders.

There are several ongoing initiatives within Ogilvy Health outside of client work that you can choose to get involved in including our culture and social team and our various fantastic DEI groups, created to champion diversity in the industry, our agency and our work. You'll discover that we are a very friendly, non-hierarchical, eclectic team, bound together by a desire to do the best work of our lives.
What You'll Need

• You'll bring extensive experience of promotional advertising work within the healthcare space
• You'll have worked on global accounts and understand the challenges and opportunities that come with this
• You're naturally great with clients, offering strategic counsel and guidance, unafraid to challenge where required
• You'll enjoy leading a team and are passionate about uplifting and supporting others around you to succeed
• You hold yourself and others to the highest standards
• You behave ethically and inclusively
• You're generous of spirit - you openly share, learn and collaborate and give credit where due, you embrace change and appreciate others' capabilities and points of view
• If our values of DO the right thing, DO the best work of our lives and Do it together appeal to you then apply today!

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.
Benefits

• 25 days holiday + your birthday off and a paid volunteering day - after 2 years service you can purchase up to an additional 5 days per year
• Enhanced parental leave
• A generous pension scheme - you pay in 4% we pay 6%, following probation contributions are matched up to 10.5% (17.5% in total)
• Choose from either Private Medical Cover (Bupa) OR Dental cover OR a monthly leisure allowance of £45 to spend on your health & wellbeing
• A fantastic Employee Assistance Programme provided by Telus which offers brilliant support, expert advice and specialist counselling
• Help at Hand - quick free access to a remote GP, mental health support, physio or a medical 2nd opinion
• Free 1-2-1 Coaching - online coaching for your professional or personal growth provided by Thrive Partners
• A comprehensive L&D programme

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.