Corporate PR Account Executive

OGILVY; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global marketing agency in London is hiring a Corporate PR Account Executive to manage client accounts, draft media materials, and develop relationships with journalists. The ideal candidate should have a strong desire to learn and grow in a collaborative environment. This full-time role offers benefits such as healthcare, flexible working, and generous annual leave.

Benefits

25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day

Bupa Healthcare

Flexible Working Model

Pension Matching

Wellbeing allowances

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Building strong collaborative relationships with junior level clients.
• Providing administrative support, including scheduling and budget tracking.
• Creating written media materials such as press releases.

Responsibilities

• Learn core skills of managing and delivering work.
• Draft press releases and develop media relationships.
• Support senior colleagues on larger projects.

Skills

Collaborative relationships

Administrative support

Media materials creation

Client communication

Project management

Job description

Overview

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since its founding. It operates across advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP).

Corporate PR Account Executive

Business area: PR & Influence

Team: Corporate PR

Location: London

Full Time/Part time: Full Time

Reporting into: Account Director

Our Vision

Ogilvy UK creates iconic ideas that deliver impact at scale, bringing together brand advertising, customer experience marketing, PR, influence and consulting, fueled by Behavioural Science. Our world-class campaigns deliver solutions for clients including Sainsbury’s, Argos, Mondelēz International, Unilever, TK Maxx and Pernod Ricard. In 2023, Ogilvy UK celebrated its 75th anniversary and was the most awarded agency in Europe. Ogilvy hosts Nudgestock, the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity.

About this role:

As an Executive at Ogilvy you will learn the core skills of managing and delivering work, partner daily with account managers and account leaders to understand the agency business and client context, and take on responsibility on retainer accounts and smaller projects with support from more experienced colleagues. You will also be responsible for creating media materials, including drafting press releases and thought leadership content, and developing relationships with journalists to secure coverage in national and trade press. You bring a can-do attitude and a strong desire to learn and grow, with potential to develop relationships with clients and colleagues based on mutual respect and partnership.

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 e.g. 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 contact with clients to ensure 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 understanding Ogilvy’s process and 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
• Anticipating upcoming needs and hurdles and providing ideas to mitigate
• Staying on top of projects and their finance, including recognizing scope changes and when to escalate
• Assisting with onboarding of new team members
• Establishing and building relationships internally with other megabusinesses and with colleagues in Strategy, Programme Management, Creative, etc.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
• Bupa Healthcare
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
• Flexible Working Model with core hours 10am – 4pm
• 1.5:1 Pension Matching
• Wellbeing and Health: allowances for fitness memberships, wellbeing tools, eye tests and development budgets
• 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 self-expression.

We believe in building powerful teams with purpose and we are committed to fairness and equity. Our mission is to leave a positive impact on the world while supporting the communities we serve, central to our Borderless Creativity.

Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect where everyone belongs and has equal opportunities to progress in their careers.

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