Project Director

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Department: Experience
Location: London
Contract type: 12-Months Fixed-term (Maternity Cover)
Full Time/Part time: Full time
Reporting into: PMO Lead
About Ogilvy:
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.
Which is why our teams work fluidly across 5 capabilities: Advertising, Consulting, Experience, PR & Influencer, 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.
The result is multifaceted ideas for our clients that drive impact and are born from the intersection of platform x culture x technology.
We call this Borderless Creativity.
Ogilvy was ranked the number one UK agency at D&AD and was the only UK agency to win a Glass Lions at Cannes. Ogilvy was also nominated network of the year in Cannes Lions, Campaign, Effie Awards EMEA, London International Awards, The One Show and WARC Rankings.
In 2022, Ogilvy was the most creatively awarded agency globally - including the most awarded agency at the Clio Awards, DMA Awards, Influencer Marketing Awards, London International Awards and The One Show.
Ogilvy UK's PR practice won large agency of the year at the PR Week awards. And our Consulting practice was in the Forbes 2022 list of best management consultancy firms.
The Role:
This is a global client - The Coca Cola Company, which WPP won in 2022 globally and the biggest account in the advertising industry. WPP created a new team called Open X to manage all the different brands for the TCCC Company - brands such as Sprite, Fanta, Smartwater, Jack and Coke etc to name a few.
This role is to manage integrated global projects on the TCCC account, mainly for Sprite. Reporting into the PMO Lead, you will have direct management responsibilities for your projects, and dotted line responsibilities for the advertising & content teams.
The Project Director has day-to-day responsibility for the smooth and effective running of their assigned projects from client briefing to delivery of all final outputs; they will be the glue between the disciplines, pulling together the right resources and approach (from within Ogilvy Experience as well as connecting to the multi-discipline teams across the global network) with a focus on great delivery.
Able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the strategic nature of each assigned project and apply this to the project needs - discussing approach with the account management team articulating the ask to the wider business and capturing that need in workplans and client conversations.
Great skills in effective project set-up, project planning, budget and resource control, project managing, reporting and process optimization.
Detail obsessed, be on top of all aspects of their projects, comfortable with workload volume flexing, whilst being aware of the bigger picture and building a good relationship with their project team and PM lead.
Able to demonstrate first-hand experience of working in a global/local environment with a broad knowledge of disciplines (from strategy to execution).
Client facing - happy to have open conversations with our clients around briefing, commercials, deliverables etc. Partnering with the client and their specialist teams to delivery great work.
Commercially savvy - be comfortable with all levels of commercial conversations covering scoping, budget planning and prioritization, scope negotiation, revenue reporting, resource planning and forecasting, interaction with the client scope tool and empowering client services team with the right data to have commercial conversations.
Ensure our projects are efficient - driving performance to ensure we reach contribution margin targets, having flexibility to think outside of the box and ensuring delivery, resource allocation, standard of creative output is as it should be. Putting the right processes and tools in place to drive efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
Experience with managing, scheduling, and delivering projects on a global, integrated account.
The PD will work closely to build relationships with their team (consultants, project managers, producers, account management, creatives) and be the hub on their projects.
Manage multiple work streams, with a focus on the creative output, but working on projects that will connect to the wider agency (brand identify, communications, experience, PR) to agreed scope, timings, and budget.
At the start of a project, analyse areas that could potentially throw the delivery off-track, and where possible mitigate against them.
Be responsible for creating and maintaining project timing plans from pre-brief to final delivery - with input from specialist departments.
The PD should also be confident to collaborating with multi-agency teams. If any part of the schedule slips, the PD will notify all relevant departments and any change to the final delivery date.
Develop and maintain a thorough knowledge and understanding of Ogilvy and client project tools and platforms. Be comfortable using digital workflow tools, communication tools (such as Teams, SharePoint, Smartsheet etc.)
Be responsible for raising all the POs on a job unless this falls under the responsibility of specialist departments.
Work closely with the Ogilvy Resource Team to book resource and keep them informed of all resource requirements.
The PD should be aware of the financial status of their projects and forecast (and flag) any issues. Comfortable with voicing over commercial issues etc. during fortnightly financial status meetingswhere necessary.
Being professional
Everything communicates - ensure that all documentation, costings, briefs, scopes, and presentations are of the highest possible standard and as per client mandates. Maintain good housekeeping!
Be positive and a force for good within the team - even when faced with difficult problems. Be solutions focused.
Be a Self-Starter - this is a new way-of-working so our team needs to be enthusiastic, open to change and innovation, flexible with approach and eager to get involved. Share ideas, share innovations and process optimisation ideas.
Be a champion for the output - helping push (and when necessary, protect) the right conditions to give space to the thinking.
Know when to delegate upwards and downwards and raise the alarm at the right time, to the right people when issues occur.
Help to make Ogilvy a great place to work and not least to try and have fun whilst carrying out the above. Be a team player.
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
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.
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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