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Group Creative Director, Public Relations, Social & Influence

New York, New York

Ogilvy Health is focused on driving superior outcomes in the ever-changing healthcare environment, an increasingly complex and evolving marketplace. We inspire brands and people to impact the world by keeping our audiences’ health and wellness needs at the center of every touchpoint. Ogilvy Health delivers insight, creativity, innovation, and engagement solutions for all healthcare stakeholders, patients, and consumers across the healthcare continuum. Through borderless creativity—operating, innovating, and creating at the intersection of Ogilvy’s capabilities and global talent—Ogilvy Health brings forth world-class creative solutions for its clients.

Over the past year alone, the Ogilvy network has been recognized with the following:

  • Global Agency Network of the Year (Ad Age)
  • Global Agency of the Year (Adweek)
  • One of the “Best Places to Work” for LGBTQ+ equality (Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index)
  • Most Effective Agency Network (Effie Worldwide)
  • Agency Network of the Year (Clio Awards)
  • Network of the Year (One Show)
  • Global Network of the Year (LIA Awards)
  • Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader
  • Most Awarded Agency (Influencer Marketing Awards)
  • …and Ogilvy was the first agency network to secure the top rankings on both WARC’s Creative 100 and Effective 100 in consecutive years

For more information on us, visit OgilvyHealth.com, or follow Ogilvy Health on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, and Threads.

About The Role

We are looking for a dynamic, flexible, and experienced Group Creative Director to champion modern creativity, uniting earned, social and influence, within health. This role goes beyond the standard adaptation of marketing and advertising campaigns for PR and social use. It is about conceiving and executing groundbreaking creative ideas that are inherently designed to generate attention, conversation, and advocacy offline and online. You will lead a team of talented creatives, inspiring them to think beyond paid media and embrace the power of authentic engagement to build brand love and drive health outcomes.

What You’ll Do

  • Visionary Leadership: Define and champion the agency's "earned first " creative philosophy, ensuring it is integrated into all relevant client strategies and creative development processes.
  • Creative Direction & Excellence: Lead the development and execution of innovative, high-impact culture-first creative campaigns and concepts that are strategically sound, socially relevant, and designed for channel-specific organic amplification offline and online.
  • Team Leadership & Mentorship: Manage, mentor, and inspire a team of earned creatives (copywriters, art directors, content creators, community managers) to push creative boundaries and deliver exceptional work. Foster a collaborative and innovative team environment.
  • Strategic Partnership: Collaborate closely with strategy, account, social and influence, and media teams to ensure creative concepts are aligned with client objectives, audience insights, and omnichannel best practices.
  • New Business Development: Drive new business pitches, showcasing the agency's expertise in earned, social and influence-led creativity, championing a nimbler and trend-forward approach to creative, and helping to secure new clients.
  • Client Relationship Management: Present and defend creative concepts to clients, building strong relationships and acting as a trusted advisor on earned social strategies.
  • Trend Spotting & Innovation: Stay at the forefront of trends, creators, emerging platforms, and best practices in earned and social media. Proactively identify new opportunities for clients and the agency.
  • Campaign Strategy & Development: Oversee the development of dynamic campaigns from concept to creation, including an understanding of diverse content formats optimized for social platforms, short-form video, long-form video, activation moments, interactive content, influencer collaborations, and community-driven initiatives.
  • Performance & Optimization: Work with analytics teams to understand the performance of campaigns, identify insights, and optimize creative for maximum earned impact.
  • Brand Stewardship: Ensure all creative work adheres to brand guidelines and regulatory requirements within the highly regulated healthcare industry.

 What You’ll Need

  • 10 years of progressive experience in creative roles within a PR, social, advertising or marketing agency, with at least 3-5 years specifically focused in Healthcare
  • Proven track record of developing and executing highly successful "earned first" campaigns that generated significant organic impact. 
  • Strong understanding of both the healthcare industry and the creator economy, the regulations (e.g., FDA, HIPAA, FTC), and the unique challenges and opportunities of communicating this information.
  • Exceptional leadership and team management skills, with a passion for mentoring and developing creative talent.
  • Deep expertise across earned media (traditional media and creator brands) and major and emerging social media platforms (TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Reddit, YouTube, etc.) and a keen understanding of their audience behaviors.
  • Proficiency in various content creation tools and platforms (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, video editing software).
  • Excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate creative vision and strategy effectively to clients and internal teams.
  • Strategic thinker with a strong analytical mindset, able to translate data and insights into actionable creative solutions.
  • A proactive, curious, and innovative spirit, constantly seeking new ways to engage audiences and drive impact.

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.

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The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click here for more details.

Pay Range

$125,000 - $295,000 USD

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 – 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.

Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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

 

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