Strategic Account Director, Public Campaigns

Ogilvy; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global opportunities – Access career

16 weeks paid parental leave – Gender‑

Job summary

Ogilvy is seeking an Account Director to lead an integrated, film-led campaign portfolio across Australia. You’ll work closely with the account lead to understand client challenges, deliver campaigns from brief to launch, and build strong partnerships with stakeholders.

The role focuses on awareness and behavior-change campaigns, turning complex issues into engaging communications that resonate across Australia. You’ll partner with Strategy Lead to translate client strategy into high-impact work.

Responsibilities

• Build an open, honest and trusting relationship with the client, the account management team, creative department and all other internal business units.
• Manage the Client’s expectations by ensuring they are always kept in the loop in terms of work in progress, recognising issues early and pre-empting them.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the organisational structure, culture and politics of the client’s business.
• Contribute to the development of business and marketing plans based on a thorough understanding of the market and consumer.
• Understanding of the trends and influences within the client’s market, including competitor activity.
• Lead a mixed-discipline agency team in developing and delivering the highest standard creative product for a client or clients.
• Make the idea culture a reality within the team by creating an environment of trust, confidence, enthusiasm and excitement both internally and with the client.
• Responsible for the development of short-term (12 months – 2 years) communications strategies based on the client’s business plan and vision.
• Responsible for the work produced and seeks out opportunities to grow the relationship with the client.
• Implement new ways of working that allow the company to deliver quality work faster and cheaper.
• Write strategies and briefs that inspire great work.
• Work with the team to ensure that the creative briefing process is brought to life and that meetings are a source of inspiration.
• Ensure the continuous progression of work by building strong relationships with all core disciplines – media, production, planning and creative.
• Ability to attend research debriefs and contribute to subsequent discussions.
• Understanding of the WPP AUNZ group and our offering across all business units.
• Manage agency team members, including delegation, coaching, feedback and the completion of appraisals, identifying potential, managing workload and setting priorities.

Job description

Ogilvy is seeking an Account Director to lead an integrated, film-led campaign portfolio across Australia. You’ll work closely with the account lead to understand client challenges, deliver campaigns from brief to launch, and build strong partnerships with stakeholders.

The role focuses on awareness and behavior-change campaigns, turning complex issues into engaging communications that resonate across Australia. You’ll partner with Strategy Lead to translate client strategy into high-impact work.