Talent Acquisition Executive

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP). For more information, visit Ogilvy.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook.

Talent Acquisition Executive

Team: Talent Acquisition

Location: London

Reporting into: Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

The Opportunity:

As a Talent Acquisition Executive, you will work in our Talent Acquisition team, playing a key role in the largest and most exciting growth area within Ogilvy UK - Social, PR & Influence. A big part of this role will be supporting the organisation by delivering efficient and effective day-to-day support and assistance to our Talent Team across all aspects of the employee life cycle and people projects. You will be a key member of the team, helping us to champion our culture and employee experience. As such, you should have a passion for developing and implementing initiatives to improve the working environment and our employer brand.

A Bit About You:

This role is for you if you want to gain valuable work experience, on-the-job training within a dynamic and ambitious marketing and advertising agency. We’re looking for someone who is positive, passionate, and enjoys working with others. You will act as a resource investigator in using your connections, online research, and industry best practice to propose solutions with a continuous improvement mindset. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career within an organisation that prioritises professional development, values new ideas, and celebrates individual and team achievements.

You will learn and develop skills across a full spectrum of Talent Acquisition, with commonality of communication, listening, analysis, and insights across the areas. We will work with you to help you adapt to challenges and changing priorities whilst being able to work in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements:

• Partner with Senior Talent Acquisition Team across all new hires within Social, PR & Influence
• A proactive and creative approach to hiring, employing innovative sourcing techniques to attract top talent in competitive markets.
• Ideally 1-2 years experience within recruitment
• Proactively build a pipeline of talent to ensure the business has readily accessible talent in the market
• Partner with hiring managers to advise and understand hiring needs
• Be involved in employer branding initiatives across the UK
• Act as a primary point of contact for new employees, managing complex queries appropriately within the department
• Provide information and advice regarding Ogilvy's policies and processes
• A passion or interest to work within creative and marketing

How We Help You Thrive:

• 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
• Bupa Healthcare (now includes Bupa health assessment and menopause support)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental leave
• We have a flexible working policy with core working hours (10am – 4pm) and have launched a 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
• Inclusion@Ogilvy: To foster an inclusive environment we have our internal groups: Ogilvy Rewired, Roots, Equals, Proud plus Parents and Carers.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer. Ogilvy considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. 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.