Strategy Director

Washington, DC, United States

David Ogilvy famously said: "If each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants." We're looking for the 'giants' who will help us be better, think bigger and go farther to increase growth and impact for our clients, our culture and our communities.

For nearly two decades, Ogilvy has been at the forefront of social change—advancing personal and public health and safety through innovative communication initiatives. We have developed numerous social change campaigns to successfully raise awareness, educate and prompt action regarding some of today’s largest and most complex issues, ranging from homeland security to income taxes, emergency preparedness to heart disease, violence prevention to substance abuse—the list is extensive.We take great pride in deploying solutions that improve and save lives.

Ogilvy has a long-standing relationship with FEMA and is currently working to help build a country more resilient to natural disasters. As we continue to understand and adapt to the near- and long-term effects of climate change, this work is of ever-increasing importance.

About the Role

We are seeking a Strategy Director to be a key member of our FEMAteam. The next several years will see significant growthin how our teamand FEMA work to strategically elevate the importance of resilience, equip and empower communities and build a truly customer-centric program. The successful candidate will be the strategic heartbeat of these efforts while working across internal teams to build on efforts already underway and plan, create and manage new ones.

This person must have the ability tothink and act on both the micro and macro level, joining the dots betweenenterprise-levelstrategic vision and daily, tactical outputs.This will involvedevelopinga deep relationship with existing strategy experts in Ogilvy andacross theWPP network to help bring the best value to our client at all times.

Most of all, the Director will be a leader and strategic partner; someone who is able to lead teams or play a supporting role, to meet client needs. This may include developing strategy, managing important initiatives, aligning projects across workstreams and collaborating with key subject matter experts and strategic workstream leads.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities include leading strategy-focused client engagements, forming and growing trusted client relationships, creating high-impact strategic content, and maintaining client profitability. Serve as engagement manager across multiple clients and initiatives. It is essential for the candidate to be an inclusive leader, demonstrating a high degree of cultural and emotional intelligence that leads to effective collaboration across many different working styles and perspectives. Must be able to empower others and create a genuine sense of team cohesion to drive the strategic agenda forward.

Develop role as strategic client partner and advisor across ongoing organizational and program initiatives

Create and direct innovative and thoughtful strategic solutions to complex communications challenges on behalf of clients

Consult with clients on a range of strategic initiatives, including positioning, analytics, internal engagement, and comms strategy

Build upon a deepening knowledge of the organization, regions, and clients to deliver strategies that continually evolve client programs

Collaborate with clients, internal teams, and partners to build and execute on strategic recommendations that will ultimately be brought to market across multiple channels

Collaborate with creative teams to shape creative expression and execution

Collaborate with project management to ensure that initiatives have appropriate resources for development, and are ultimately delivered on time and on budget

Inspire and mentor junior team members

Qualifications

Minimum 10 years experience professional experience in strategic communications, ideally a mix of marketing, communications, or advertising agency work as well as in organizations are purpose-driven.

A strategic thinker with the ability to instill confidence in clients and across internal teams

Must be an excellent verbal and written communicator, comfortable preparing proposals, presentations and speaking in front of groups

Passion for social good with strong understanding of leading brand-based thinking and constructs

Strong attention to detail

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

$140,000 — $180,000 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 teamswithpurpose. 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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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