Delivery Manager - Social

Location - London
Contract Type - 12-Month FTC

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 (owner of Madrí beer), Valeo Foods UK (owner of Kettle Chips and Rowse Honey), Argos, Mondelēz International, Unilever, TK Maxx and Pernod Ricard.

In 2023, Ogilvy UK celebrated their 75th anniversary and was the most awarded agency in Europe. Ogilvy is home to the largest influencer marketing practice globally, and hosts the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity, Nudgestock – now in its 12th year.

The Role:

As a Social Delivery Manager you will manage social and integrated projects, reporting into the Operations Director for PR & Influence. You will be responsible for the successful delivery of key client campaigns, initiatives, and projects worldwide across the social and influence business.

We are looking for a skilled professional with experience working across social and influence accounts, with a keen eye for detail and a creative problem-solving mindset. You will understand the internal processes and how to ensure smooth operations, keeping projects on track, and delivering the best creative solution possible for the client. Your ability to balance scope, ambition, time, and budget will be critical, treating the client's resources as if they were your own.

Your strong people skills will foster a diverse and inclusive team culture, while your proactive approach will drive exceptional project delivery. Collaboration is essential, as you facilitate project collaboration, participate in and mediate conversations, and consult with the business and wider specialisms to meet project needs.

Responsibilities:

• Proven track record of successfully delivering social-first projects on time, within budget, and to client satisfaction.
• Working with Editorial workstreams
• Leading delivery and oversight for creative, editorial and production
• Work directly with clients for delivery
• Strong organisational skills to maintain project documentation, schedules, and internal status reports.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks accordingly.
• Strong people skills with the ability to motivate teams and drive project success.
• Proven ability to make sound decisions, solve problems, and provide creative solutions when faced with challenges.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the creative process, strategy, data, media, and production in a social marketing and influence context.
• Strong commercial acumen, including the ability to make informed decisions that contribute to project profitability.
• Demonstrated ability to drive project collaboration and facilitate effective communication among team members.
• Ability to adapt to changing project requirements and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

At Ogilvy UK, we want to make sure that you’re set up to grow and develop in your role and enjoy some of the best times of your working career. Our learning and development team are on hand to provide training for you, to help you excel in every aspect of your role. So, if you think you may not have experience in some aspects of this position, don’t worry, and apply away. We’re here to help you grow and nurture your skills.

How we help you Thrive:

• 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental leave
• We have a flexible working policy with core working hours (10am – 4pm) and have launched our 3.2 Hybrid Working model
• A 1.5:1 matching pension structure
• Wellbeing and Health: Up to £25.00 per month towards physical or online exercise class membership plus Dental cover, Unmind membership, LifeWorks tool and annual eye tests.
• Learning and development budgets plus Enhanced and ongoing wellbeing incentives and activities throughout the year
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
• Life Assurance x4 salary

Inclusion@Ogilvy: To foster an inclusive environment we have our internal groups: Ogilvy Rewired, Roots, Equals, Proud plus Parents and Carers. See here for more information.

Dedicated to our people, we provide additional perks to help support your work-life balance.

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.

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