Senior Strategist - Philippines

About Ogilvy  

Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP). For more information, visit Ogilvy.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook.

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  

The role must have the capability to independently deliver the Ogilvy strategy, specifically developing brand communication strategies and customer engagement strategies in the perspective of individual needs and behaviours from short-term campaigns to large ongoing programs.

The important position within the exploration and definition of the value exchange in the engagement through a variety of methods, including market trends/gap analysis, segmentation, personas, customer journeys, content mapping, program architecture, data capture strategies, scoring models, etc.

The ability to work with the colleagues from various disciplines and departments is essential. Familiarity with cross-channel strategies, including offline channels (TV, Radio, Print, OOH), search, online advertising, websites, CRM, social media, and mobile, is also important.

What You’ll Do 

Client Management

• Has the capability to face clients directly on communication requirement discussion.
• Supervise and suggest to the key client briefs, projects and requests, including the refinement of the above.
• Present and pitch our services to potential clients smoothly.
• Identify and support to develop new business opportunities

Strategy

• Independently complete the strategic services to current clients and on new business pitches
• Strong working capability in development of customer engagement plans that integrate appropriate digital and outbound media including email, direct mail, social media, websites and traditional advertising
• Build acquisition, cross sell, retention, and loyalty programs across a variety of engagements and industries
• Suggest and optimize tactics for customer engagement programs
• Develop and present strategic recommendations 
• Conduct Qualitative and Quantitative research plans

 Creative Leadership

• Passionate about good ideas, nurtures the ideas of other’s;
• Demonstrate enthusiasm for the creative industry in general and bring curiosity and creativity to daily work;
• Have the aspiration, talent and patience to help generate “Big Ideas” with legs, ideas that are effective and sell for the brand.
• Understand the importance and integrity of the creative product;
• Give good direction and feedback; contributes ideas;

 Leadership & People Management

• • Develop working relationship with Strategist/Analyst to ensure the smooth implementation of campaigns or projects
  • Keep proactive and energetic working attitude, and always be positive
  • Assist Director/Associate Director to manage and motive the team members to allow them to achieve maximum potential

What You’ll Need  

• Bachelor’s Degree 
• Familiarity with cross-channel strategies, including offline channels (TV, Radio, Print, OOH), search, online advertising, websites, CRM, social media, and mobile

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. 

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 - 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.

Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please contact us at accommodations@ogilvy.com. Please note that this contact is only for candidates who are requesting accommodation. Emails for other purposes, including application status requests, will not receive a response.