Consulting Director (Brand & Sustainability)

Department: Ogilvy Consulting, Brand & Sustainability

Location: London

Contract type: Permanent

Full Time/Part time: Full Time

Reporting into: Consulting Principal

About Ogilvy:

Ogilvy UK has been creating iconic ideas that deliver impact at scale for clients ever since David Ogilvy founded the company in 1948. Ogilvy UK specialises in bringing together brand advertising, customer experience marketing, PR, influence and consulting, all fuelled by Behavioural Science. Our world-class award-winning creative campaigns deliver solutions for clients including Molson Coors (owner of Madrí beer), Valeo Foods UK (owner of Kettle Chips and Rowse Honey), Argos, Mondelēz International, Unilever, TK Maxx and Pernod Ricard.

In 2023, Ogilvy UK celebrated their 75th anniversary and was the most awarded agency in Europe. Ogilvy is home to the largest influencer marketing practice globally and hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – now in its 12th year.

The Role:

We are searching for an exceptional individual who is highly skilled and passionate to join our team as a Consulting Director, Brand & Sustainability strategy.

The Consulting Director, Brand & Sustainability strategy will bring a unique blend of creative thinking, strategic depth, and analytical rigour. The ideal candidate will possess a mix of marketing and sustainability strategy skills. They will demonstrate proven expertise in delivering brand transformations, from unearthing insights in consumer research, to creating distinctive positioning statements, brand houses and messaging frameworks. In addition, experience in brand architecture, visual identity, creative activation, and broader marketing innovation is desirable.

Within sustainability, they should demonstrate a track record of integrating ESG strategies and sustainability initiatives into go-to-market strategies, identifying the material environmental and social challenges for brands to lead on and verifying their potential sustainability claims for communications. Behaviour change is a key component of Ogilvy Consulting’s approach, and alongside colleagues in our behavioural science centre of excellence they will create strategies with real world and environmental impact on a diverse range of sustainability challenges. They will be a sustainability, brand and business advisor to clients, and a specialist expert on sustainability within the team.

Ogilvy Consulting believes in the power of brands to transform businesses, change behaviour, drive growth and create financial value. We create compelling and captivating brands – revitalising existing and designing new ones from scratch. Moving beyond traditional methodologies, we seek to build breakthrough brands that live and grow in the modern world, reflecting current cultural narratives, leveraging growth insights, and operating in a digitally led way. And in the 21st Century we don’t believe this can be done without sustainability as a core component. We cover all aspects of brand strategy, brand creation, brand innovation, brand transformation, brand comms and the marketing strategies to support them.

Ogilvy Consulting is different from other consultancies. We are nestled in the heart of a world-leading creative agency and pride ourselves on bridging strategy and execution. We’re also organised differently, with a flat hierarchy designed to provide opportunities for big contributions by team members of all levels. Our core offerings are Business, Marketing and Brand Transformation, with key expertise in Behavioural Science and Sustainability.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Managing the day-to-day project engagement; you will own and lead projects and workstreams and act largely independently with your project teams. You apply the right methodologies and have an agile mindset, taking ownership of client deliverables and timelines.
2. Managing client relationships strategically, commercially and operationally.
3. Participation or leadership in strategic new business pitches and initiatives.
4. Ensuring Ogilvy Consulting has an impact in client meetings and presentations, internally and externally.
5. Participating in all aspects of methodology and work, including a mastering of quantitative research as well as creative thinking and developing strategic recommendations.
6. Managing the financial and budgetary aspects of your client projects.
7. Keeping abreast of innovations in your area(s) of expertise, actively contributing to the knowledge base and developing thought leadership.
8. Acting as a role model; you are regularly sought out after for views by peers and the wider team.
9. Contributing to a positive, diverse working environment that fosters high-quality output and coaching others on the value of collaborative working.

Requirements:

1. At least 8 years of strategy consulting experience with a major firm, specialising in brand and marketing strategy, brand positioning architecture or brand innovation.
2. A passion for and experience in sustainability and building sustainability driven strategies and communications.
3. Experience integrating sustainability strategies and initiatives into brand marketing and comms, from go-to-market strategies to behaviour change campaigns.
4. Understanding of green claims guidance and environmental regulation relevant to client operations.
5. Formal sustainability training, either academic or through a provider like Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership.
6. Able to develop breakthrough brand strategies, positioning and innovations through a deep understanding of our clients’ business.
7. Challenging conventional views and presenting ideas persuasively to gain buy-in.
8. Able to draw critical human and cultural insights from data and observation.
9. Able to translate strategic thinking to creative and innovative brand and marketing solutions.
10. A command of modern marketing principles and understanding of how to build powerful brands in today’s world.
11. Strong business acumen and critical thinking skills.
12. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
13. A curiosity and energy that runs through everything you turn your hand to and motivates others around you.

If you are driven by the opportunity to make a significant impact, combining behavioural science insights with strategic thinking and creativity, we invite you to join our team. Together, we will tackle the world’s most pressing challenges and inspire positive change.

How we help you Thrive:

1. 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
2. Bupa Healthcare
3. Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
4. We have a Flexible Working Model with core working hours: 10am – 4pm
5. A 1.5:1 Matching Pension Structure
6. Wellbeing and Health: Up to £25.00 per month towards physical or online exercise class membership, Unmind membership, LifeWorks tool and annual eye tests and development budgets and Wellbeing incentives and activities throughout the year
7. Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme
8. Life Assurance

Our ambition is to attract the very best diverse talent to Ogilvy, and to be the employer of choice in the UK. We want everyone to feel welcome when they join us, and once they’re here, for them to want to stay with us, grow their career, and to feel they belong with us.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we’re committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming environment for everyone who wants to work at Ogilvy. For us, diversity, equity and inclusion is integrated into everything that we do. We believe that for creativity to flourish, everything about how we work must have diversity at its core. Your race, colour, ethnic, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, have no bearing on our hiring decisions, but we encourage everyone to feel free to express their true selves in an environment we are consistently striving to make as inclusive as possible.

We aim to facilitate an accessible and positive application experience for all candidates. If you require any adjustments from us to support you through the process or expect to require any adjustments to working conditions to be able to best perform in the role, please let us know. We are happy to consider all reasonable adjustments.

If you live with a disability and you would like to take advantage of our offer of a guaranteed interview under the Disability Confident Scheme, please ensure you fill out our voluntary Equal Opportunities Questionnaire when applying.

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