Director, Connections Strategy - New York, United States - Ogilvy

Ogilvy

Verified Company

New York, United States

2 weeks ago

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Ogilvy

New York, New York

Job Posted Date: 04/11/2024

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
We are looking for a Director, Connections Strategy to lead connections for one of our brands.

As Director of Connections Strategy, you will demonstrate an intimate understanding of how the target audience interacts with channels and technology, this pivotal role demands a focus on how to solve business challenges most effectively through an orchestrated system of touchpoints.

What You'll Do

Lead the comms planning journey, establishing a strategic vision on how media informs and inspires creative ideas, and how this translates into effective go to market strategies across paid, owned and earned.
Define and implement structures, frameworks, training sessions and initiatives to ensure a high level of satisfaction among our strategy team, as well as healthy team growth
Inspire, coach, train and challenge a team of passionate and vibrant strategists.
Participate in key integrated pitches and new business initiatives with other leads, to unlock significant revenue opportunities.
Establish vision for consumer insights work & custom research that strategic ideation is grounded in, validating the direction (in partnership with measurement leads)
Partner with client teams on campaign/business briefs to ensure they are crafted through a lens that delivers the necessary information required for successful execution
Lead presentations/discussions with the clients around strategic ideas, sharing the recommended direction and rationale as to why this is the right approach.
Champion the work by having a deep understanding of our clients' businesses.
Measurably expand utilization of digital, analytics and communication strategy creation capabilities within the media strategy team
Continuously survey pulse of client and clientindustry needs to prompt and feed innovative ideas/solutions to internal digital, analytics and human experience creation leads
Build and hone deep and trusting relationships with decisionmakers/influencers at assigned clients to foster new business opportunities and organic growth
Proactively ideate with team and colleagues to produce novel (awardworthy) solutions for clients

What You'll Need

8+ years of experience plus with 5+ years in comms planning/planning/or similar position; global media experience preferred.
B2B experience preferred.
Pitch experience with a proven track record
Experience across all media types (national, local, digital, direct, programmatic, etc.)
Strong relationship management experience
Ability to anticipate and quickly assess changing client needs and adapt resources and strategies accordingly.
Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, organizational, interpersonal and analytical skills
Ability to translate data into viable business solutions to enhance strategies and meet deliverables.
Excellent leadership ability to drive team to deliver results.
Proven ability to think strategically and teaching others to think strategically.
Ability to rally team members around a new solution.
Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, particularly PowerPoint and Excel; Keynote

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.

The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on jobrelated factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. _We offer a competitive benefits package,_

Pay Range
- $75,000—$180,000 USDAt 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 ser