Uptree

Placement details

Apprenticeship programme: Digital Marketer

Ogilvy has been producing iconic, culture-changing marketing campaigns since the day its founder David Ogilvy opened up shop in 1948. Today, Ogilvy is an award-winning integrated creative network that makes brands matter for Fortune Global 500 companies as well as local businesses across 132 offices in 83 countries. The company creates experiences, design and communications that shape every aspect of a brand’s needs through six core capabilities: Brand Strategy, Advertising, Customer Engagement and Commerce, PR and Influence, Digital Transformation, and Partnerships. In addition, Ogilvy has a number of specialist teams covering Social Media, Management Consulting, Islamic Marketing, Behavioural Insights and Data expertise.

JOB DESCRIPTION

“All roads lead to the work.” A very simple idea at the heart of our agency.

Our work is the product of what we come together to do, it defines how we work together and ultimately what we are judged on. It is what drives the close partnerships we have with our clients and delivers the value we bring to their businesses.

We work for some of the most famous brands in the world. From global super brands - BP, Barclays, Phillips and Unilever to some of the UK’s most popular names - Boots, British Airways, Vodafone, Heineken and Bassett’s.

The role of Account Management is intrinsic to everything we do. It creates the conditions in which great work can thrive and requires creativity, entrepreneurship, flexibility, relentless curiosity and care for every detail.

 

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO DO:

You’ll spend time working across different, diverse pieces of business within Ogilvy, initially learning the craft of Account Management across different capabilities; advertising, PR, customer engagement and along the way you’ll have the opportunity to experience other crafts like strategy, project management and production. Everyone gets stuck straight into their placements and you’ll receive lots of practical training from the day you start. Each account works differently so the roles and responsibilities vary but if you’re willing to learn and self-motivated the opportunities are yours for the taking. It will be hard work and just when you think you’ve got to grips with everything, it’s time to move onto the next challenge with a different client! At the end of the 2 years, you’ll come away with new skills, an official Digital Marketing certification and have some invaluable career experience from a top global agency under your belt.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Creative Champion

• Finding great examples of creativity from inside and outside the agency/industry and using these examples in the development of briefs, presentation stimulus and competitive reviews

• Ensuring every creative presentation is a success; the team are prepared, the work is ready to present and is looking great and the meeting runs smoothly.

Delivery Expert

• Working with Project Management to ensure the entire process runs smoothly, managing central filing, timings and status reports.

• Where required, managing and tracking usage requirements for your account, working with clients, agency usage manager and Head of Art Buying. Financial Controller

• Setting up and maintaining a budget tracker for every project, ensuring job numbers are opened, estimates approved and POs received.

• Working with your account lead and project manager to develop supplementary estimates for out of scope projects.

Strategic Partner

• Share market updates and competitor activity and proactively update both your client and account team on new news.

• Working with planning to help bring briefs to life, consolidate research findings and conduct post-campaign analysis.

Business Driver

• Supporting your Account Manager on key projects and, when ready, taking ownership of specific parts of those projects.

• Day to day support of the Account Team organizing meetings, diaries and presentation materials, taking clear notes and writing up meeting minutes. Leader

• Main point of contact for the Agency and Client teams when any assets or account updates are required.

• Ensuring meetings are well-prepared and minutes are circulated quickly with clear actions, timings and responsibilities.

SKILLS

Detail-oriented with the ability to multi-task

Good communication skills Basic knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Self-motivated, curious and energetic

Enjoy being part of a strong team and working together

Good team player; approachable, proactive

Excellent attention to detail

A commitment to learn and develop within the agency

Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel

THINGS TO CONSIDER

Please list ALL qualifications you currently hold (or are awaiting results for) accurately and comprehensively, including subject name and level as appears on certification. If - after being offered a position - you are found to have deliberately omitted or inaccurately listed qualifications that make you ineligible for the apprenticeship (e.g. previous training in the same modules) you will be in breach of your contract with Creative Pioneers 2 and we reserve the right to either re-advertise the role or offer to an alternative candidate. About the employer Ogilvy is a world-class, multi-awarded creative agency, based in London, with a basic belief: We Make Brands Matter.