Consultant

Department: Behavioural Science

Location: London

Contact type: Permanent Full Time

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, Valeo Foods UK, Argos, Mondelēz International, Unilever, TK Maxx and Pernod Ricard.

The Role: Within our Behavioural Science practice, we research and apply the latest thinking in cognitive psychology, social psychology, and behavioural economics – bringing together behavioural science and creativity to solve some of the world's most interesting and important challenges with the world's most influential organisations. We believe in the power of counter-intuitive thinking, daring to be trivial, and the idea that the opposite of a good idea can also be a good idea. Whether designing the next generation of healthy snacks, empowering men to call out misogyny, or leading global sustainability initiatives, we create effective interventions, communications, and experiences for clients across the public, private, and third sectors. We work across all sectors and categories including healthcare, technology, financial services, manufacturing, automotive and retail.

A bit about you: Our Consultants typically have four-to-six years of experience in consulting, behavioural science, or client-side strategy roles and have relevant degrees. They bring unique blends of creative thinking, strategic depth, and analytical skills, but most of all, they have decided that they want to work in a team that brings business and brand strategy together with creativity and executability.

As a Consultant within the Behavioural Science practice, you will have a detailed knowledge of, and passion for, behavioural science. You will have strong credentials in cognitive psychology, social psychology and/or behavioural economics, combined with the proven ability to practically apply this knowledge to find innovative ways of solving problems. You will be hyper curious about people, their behaviours and ultimately why they make the choices that they do.

As a successful Behavioural Science Consultant, you will:

• Have a fluent knowledge of behavioural science and key concepts and theories.
• Be capable of interpreting research from a range of quantitative and qualitative sources and techniques.
• Be a confident, engaging and inspiring presenter capable of translating academic insights into a broader business context.
• Be capable of building strong external and internal client relationships and offering constructive challenge when required.
• Be a champion of creative ideas and creative approaches to research.
• Always seek to help others, create a positive working environment and provide constructive feedback that fosters high quality output.
• Have AI experience and capability, integrated into your workflow.

Responsibilities:

• Project delivery: Under the guidance of Directors, Consultants are responsible for driving medium complexity/scale projects and supporting large scale/complexity projects.
• Leading the delivery of primary and secondary research ensuring appropriate detail and scientific rigour curated to the needs of the client.
• Distilling research into strategic and creative opportunities.
• Developing ideation workshops, taking a lead role in workshop facilitation, and developing behavioural interventions.
• Championing creativity, with responsibility for nurturing the creative output of your projects.
• Managing day-to-day client communications, solidifying the relationship, and leading client meetings.
• Managing project timelines, budgets and setting expectations with both delivery teams and clients.
• Maintaining the Ogilvy Consulting standard of excellence in consulting, rigour and creativity.

Business Development:

• Proactively participating in growth conversations with existing and prospective clients.
• Drafting new business proposals for Director sign off.
• Contributing to agency pitches.
• Contributing to thought leadership and events.

Experience:

• An undergraduate degree is a minimum requirement and a Masters or beyond is certainly beneficial.
• Ideally 4-6 years of experience in a consultancy, client strategy position or equivalent strategic role in professional services.

Skills and Attributes:

• Knowledge of behaviour change principles, heuristics and biases and fundamentals of psychology and behavioural economics.
• Abreast of industry trends and innovations with a good understanding of the broader applications of behavioural science.
• Qualitative and quantitative research skills.
• Strong business acumen and critical thinking skills.
• Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to take initiative and to work independently and within a team.
• Excellent organization and time management skills with the ability to multi-task.
• Strong work ethic with superior attention to detail.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint.

How we help you Thrive:

• 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
• Bupa Healthcare
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
• Flexible Working Model with core working hours: 10am – 4pm
• A 1.5:1 Matching Pension Structure
• Wellbeing and Health benefits
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Assurance

We are an equal opportunity employer and we’re committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming environment for everyone who wants to work at Ogilvy.