Corporate PR Account Executive

Ogilvy UK; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marketing agency in London seeks an Executive for their Corporate PR team. The role involves creating media materials, managing small projects, and developing relationships with key journalists. Candidates should demonstrate strong collaborative skills and the ability to provide administrative support. The position offers a flexible working model and numerous wellbeing incentives for employees.

Benefits

25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day

Flexible Working Model

Up to £25.00 monthly for exercise class membership

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills to draft press releases and thought leadership articles.
• Ability to manage small projects while supporting larger ones.
• Experience in administrative support tasks like scheduling and budget tracking.

Responsibilities

• Partner with account managers and leaders for operational excellence.
• Create media materials and develop relationships with journalists.
• Maintain constant contact with clients to ensure timely delivery.

Skills

Building strong collaborative relationships

Creating written media materials

Project management skills

Basic business analysis

Job description

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.

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.

About this role:

As an Executive at Ogilvy, you are learning the core skills of managing and making that will form the basis of your future career. You will partner daily with account managers and account leaders to learn about the agency business (operational and delivery excellence, efficiency and speed to market) as well as the client’s business and competitor context, and will take on responsibility on retainer accounts and smaller projects with the support of more experienced colleagues. As an Executive on the Corporate PR team, you will also be responsible for creating media materials, including drafting press releases and thought leadership content, as well as developing relationships with journalists in order to secure coverage for your clients, in both the national and trade press.

A bit about you:

• Building strong collaborative relationships with junior level clients
• Providing administrative support, including status reports, meeting scheduling, budget tracking, competitor reviews
• Creating written media materials eg. press releases, thought leadership articles, executive profiling pitches
• Developing relationships with key media contacts at the national, broadcast, and trade press to deliver on client objectives
• Attending weekly calls and maintaining constant contact with clients via email and phone to ensure all work is delivered on time, to a high standard
• Working with and learning about the agency Capabilities– CE, PR, Advertising, Social and Influence, Consulting and B2B
• Beginning to ‘manage the making’ of communications assets and understand Ogilvy’s process and the overall production landscape
• Managing small projects and supporting more senior colleagues on larger projects
• Assisting with project management/workflow system data entry and reporting
• Basic analyses of client’s business results and competitive landscapes
• Working to anticipate upcoming needs and hurdles and providing ideas to mitigate
• Staying on top of your projects and their finance, including recognising scope change and knowing when to escalate
• Assisting with the onboarding of new team members
• Establishing and building relationships internally with other mega businesses as well as with colleagues in Strategy, Programme Management, Creative, etc.
• 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
• We have a Flexible Working Model with core working hours: 10am – 4pm
• 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

Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and we’re committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming environment for everyone who wants to work at Ogilvy. We believe that for creativity to flourish, everything about how we work must have diversity at its core.