Account Executive

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.

Business area: PR & Influence

Team: Consumer PR

Location: London

Contract type: Permanent

Reporting into: Account Director or Business Director

Client: Google

Our Vision

Our vision is to inspire brands and people to impact the world. To create big ideas that make a significant contribution to the planet, society, and the bottom line. We believe in today’s world this is the best way for our clients to achieve sustainable growth.

We achieve this by breaking down the barriers that restrict talent and ideas, we call this Borderless Creativity.

Which is why our teams work fluidly across 5 capabilities: Advertising, Growth and Innovation, Experience, PR and I, and Health. This allows us to not only operate but innovate at the intersection of capabilities and talent. We believe impact and magic lies at this intersection. Ogilvy scales this by seamlessly connecting and accessing the deep cultural expertise of 132 offices in 83 countries.

About this role:

As an Executive at Ogilvy, you are learning the core skills of managing and making that will form the basis of your future career. You will partner daily with account managers and account leaders to learn about the agency business (operational and delivery excellence, efficiency and speed to market) as well as the client’s business and competitor context. You will also have responsibility on the account retainers and projects with the support of more experienced colleagues.

As an experienced Executive on the Consumer PR team – working across Google’s consumer and corporate communications – you will be responsible for creating media materials, developing relationships with journalists in order to secure coverage in the national, business, technology, consumer lifestyle and B2B press, as well as helping deliver campaign work including liaising with talent/influencers and planning and managing events.

You will also share responsibility for daily media monitoring and reporting duties. You will bring a can-do attitude combined with a strong desire to learn and grow, and your passion for the work shines through. You will exhibit strong potential to develop relationships with clients and colleagues based on mutual respect and partnership.

Key requirements:

1. 1-2+ years of PR experience, ideally within the consumer or B2B tech sector
2. An interest in consumer tech or consumer PR, with the role spanning both consumer and corporate responsibilities
3. Media relations experience, ideally with a network of relevant journalists across the technology and lifestyle press
4. Experience with reporting processes and daily media monitoring
5. The ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Key responsibilities:

1. Building strong collaborative relationships with clients
2. Providing administrative support, including status reports, meeting scheduling, budget tracking, competitor reviews
3. Responsibility for daily media monitoring and reporting, in a client-facing role, ensuring daily reports are delivered on-time and to a consistently high standard
4. Creating written client and external-facing materials e.g. media pitches, briefing notes, media audits, media lists
5. Developing relationships with key media contacts at the national, broadcast, business and consumer press to pitch and secure coverage and deliver on client objectives
6. Helping manage a fast-paced press inbox and fielding inbound media inquiries
7. Providing support for event planning and delivery as part of campaigns
8. Attending client calls and maintaining constant contact with clients via email and phone to ensure all work is delivered on time, to a high standard
9. Working with and learning about the agency capabilities – CE, PR, Advertising, Social and Influence, Consulting and B2B
10. Managing projects and supporting more senior colleagues on larger projects
11. Basic analyses of client’s business results and competitive landscapes
12. Working to anticipate upcoming needs and hurdles and providing ideas to mitigate
13. Assisting with the onboarding of new team members
14. Establishing and building relationships internally with other mega businesses as well as with colleagues in Strategy, Programme Management, Creative, etc.

At Ogilvy UK, we want to make sure that you’re set up to grow and develop in your role and enjoy some of the best times of your working career. Our learning and development team are on hand to provide training for you, to help you excel in every aspect of your role. So, if you think you may not have experience in some aspects of this position, don’t worry, and apply away. We’re here to help you grow and nurture your skills.

How we help you Thrive:

1. 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
2. Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental leave
3. We have a flexible working policy with core working hours (10am – 4pm) and have launched our 3.2 Hybrid Working model
4. Wellbeing and Health: Up to £25.00 per month towards physical or online exercise class membership plus Dental cover, Unmind membership, LifeWorks tool and annual eye tests.
5. Learning and development budgets plus Enhanced and ongoing wellbeing incentives and activities throughout the year
6. Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
7. Life Assurance x4 salary
8. : To foster an inclusive environment we have our internal groups: Ogilvy Rewired, Roots, Equals, Proud plus Parents and Carers.

Dedicated to our people, we provide additional perks to help support your work-life balance.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer. Ogilvy considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Applicants from the United States can learn more about their rights by viewing the federal “Know Your Rights” and Pay Transparency posters by clicking here.

If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please contact us at 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.

#J-18808-Ljbffr