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.
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.
There are several ongoing initiatives within Ogilvy Health that you can choose to get involved in including our fantastic Employee Resource Groups groups and social team, created to champion greater cultural and ethnic diversity in the industry, our agency and our work.
About the Role
We are searching for a Strategy Director with a passion for health and a knack for capturing hearts and minds. We believe in the power of compelling narratives and innovative campaigns to spark real change in the healthcare landscape. This is a fantastic opportunity for a senior strategist to lead the strategic direction on a range of high-profile client accounts.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the charge in developing innovative strategies that transform complex health issues into engaging narratives.
- Uncover the human stories behind the data and translate them into campaigns that resonate with diverse audiences.
- Collaborate with our creative and account teams to build captivating experiences that drive awareness, change behaviors, and ultimately, improve lives.
- Become a trusted advisor to our clients, helping them navigate the ever-evolving healthcare landscape and achieve their goals.
- Foster a culture of curiosity, empathy, and creativity within our team.
What You’ll Need
We'll look for significant experience working in a healthcare advertising, medical communications, or related agency environment with a proven track record of leading strategic planning for pharmaceutical or biotech clients. You're someone with a deep understanding of strategic planning methodologies and the ability to translate scientific data and market insights into actionable communication strategies.
A good understanding of the healthcare landscape/pharma industry and key stakeholders, together with a scientific foundation would be helpful for this role.
Leadership & collaboration are your strength and you'll have experience leading and mentoring teams. Your strong collaboration skills are required to work effectively with internal teams (creative, account, medical) and external partners (clients, KOLs).
- Curiosity: A constant hunger to learn, explore, and ask "why?"
- Empathy: The ability to understand and connect with diverse audiences.
- Decisiveness: Confidence in making tough calls based on data and insights.
- Adaptability: Agility to adjust strategies in response to changing dynamics.
- Leadership: The ability to inspire, motivate, and empower a team.
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 @ Hand by Unum - 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 Learning & Development 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.
What We Do
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. We build 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. We are proud to currently rank as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying our ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities.
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