Account Manager

Account Manager Consumer PR

Department: PR & Influence 

Location: London 

Contact type: 12 months fixed term contract 

Full Time/Part time: Full Time 

Reporting into: Business Director 

The Role: 

As an Account Manager, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of clients, developing and executing PR strategies, and building strong relationships with clients and internal teams.  

The ideal candidate will be someone who champions diverse thinking and approach, has a passion for creativity and innovation, and is committed to delivering results for clients. 

As an experienced Account Manager, you will be responsible for managing budgets, timelines, and deliverables, and ensuring that all projects are delivered on time and within budget. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Manage a portfolio of client accounts, including developing and executing PR strategies, managing budgets and timelines, and ensuring client satisfaction 

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, serving as their day-to-day point of contact and anticipating their needs 

• Media relations, selling in to secure coverage for your brands in a broad range of publications 

• Develop and deliver presentations and reports to clients, including campaign performance updates, new business proposals, and strategic recommendations 

• Take an active role in presenting PR ideas and successes to cross marketing agency team, providing a POV on what works for earned (with the support of senior Ogilvy team) 

• Monitor and analyse campaign performance, using data to inform decision-making and optimise campaign effectiveness 

• Manage project budgets, ensuring profitability of client accounts 

• Stay up to date on industry trends, best practices and emerging technologies, sharing insights and recommendations with clients and internal teams 

• Mentor and develop junior team members, providing guidance and support as needed 

• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures, including timesheets, invoicing, and project management tools 

 

A Bit About You 

• Interest and/or experience working in culture
    
• Proven experience working on campaigns and events with high profile talent, press and influencers  

• Strong media contacts and a solid understanding of the UK media landscape – someone that can deliver coverage and successful brand storytelling in a cluttered and noisy space 

• Tapped into culture and able to help advise clients on moments, partnerships, and reactive opportunities  

• Proven track record of managing complex campaigns, developing strategic plans, and delivering results for clients 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated experience in building consistently productive relationships with clients and internal teams 

• Organised, detail-oriented, and have strong project management skills 

• Able to think creatively and bring new ideas to the table that will help drive client success 

• Experience working with influencers in an earned, paid, and owned capacity is desired   

• Demonstrates ability for creative problem solving in approaching every task – whether that’s identifying a way to improve the internal process or co-creating an inspiring way to sell in the work. Able to consider different angles on a brief – a non-linear thinker  

• Experience in a fast-paced agency environment working on both global and local projects is preferred 

 

How we help you Thrive: 

•  25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day  

• Bupa Healthcare 

• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave 

• We have a Flexible Working Model with core working hours: 10am – 4pm 

• A 1.5:1 Matching Pension Structure 

• 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  

• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme 

• Life Assurance 

If this sounds like the right role for you, we’d love to hear from you.  

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.