Senior Consultant

Ogilvy; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Bupa Healthcare

Flexible working model

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Ogilvy Consulting in London is seeking a Senior Consultant to join our Marketing Transformation practice. You will own workstreams, shape operating models, and deliver high-impact client outcomes across a digitally led, AI-enabled landscape.

With at least five years in consulting or related fields, you’ll combine strategic depth with practical problem-solving, collaborate across teams, and contribute to proposals while guiding junior colleagues.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in consulting, client-side strategy, marketing transformation or related field.
• Emerging specialist expertise in marketing transformation areas such as operating model design or AI-enabled marketing.
• Strong problem-solving, ability to synthesize data and build actionable recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Owning discrete workstreams within wider marketing transformation projects, with oversight as needed.
• Design and deliver transformation work across operating model design, change management and capability building.
• Collaborate with colleagues across Ogilvy Consulting and the WPP network to solve client challenges.
• Apply consulting methodologies to structure analysis, frame hypotheses, build recommendations and deliverables.
• Lead client interviews, workshops and meetings; maintain momentum across activities.
• Contribute to strategic pitches and identify add-on opportunities within client relationships.
• Keep up-to-date with marketing transformation, AI and operating model developments.

Skills

Consulting experience

Marketing transformation

Change management

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Job description

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy more than 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity—innovating at the intersection of intelligence, imagination and influence, with experts across advertising, sports & entertainment, PR & social, consulting, and health collaborating seamlessly across more than 120 offices spanning 90 countries. Ogilvy was named Network of the Year at the 2026 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC for the fourth consecutive year, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel. For more information, visit Ogilvy.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook.

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

Department: Consulting

Location: London

Contract type: 6-Month FTC

Full Time/Part time: Full time

Reporting into: Consulting Partner

The Role

Ogilvy Consulting is a brand-led growth consultancy, nestled at the heart of the world-leading Ogilvy creative group. We tackle complex and rewarding challenges for some of the world’s most loved businesses and brands, as well as fast-growing scale-ups, and we’re proud to have been named as one of the FT’s UK leading management consultancies for the seventh consecutive year.

It’s an exciting time to be joining Ogilvy Consulting. As we grow, we’re looking for a Senior Consultant to join our MarketingTransformationpractice.

Our Senior Consultants bringaunique blend of creative thinking, strategic depth and analyticalrigour. They are broad thinkers and practical problem-solvers, emerging in a specialist area of marketing transformation while remaining grounded in strong core consulting skills. They help clients understand how marketing organisations, capabilities, ways of working and operating models need to evolve to unlock growth, improve effectiveness and respond to a digitally led, AI-enabled world.

This role requires experience in supporting and delivering marketing transformation work. We work across areas such as organisational design, target operating model definition, change management, capability building, process mapping, employee experience and AI advisory. Senior Consultants play a critical role in translating this thinking into practical workstreams, high-quality deliverables and clear recommendations that clients can act on.

KeyResponsibilities

• Owning discrete workstreams within wider marketing transformation projects, working independently with appropriate oversight and directing junior team members where required.
• Supporting the design and delivery of transformation work across operating model design, organisational design, change management, capability building, process mapping, employee experience and AI-enabled marketing transformation.
• Collaborating with colleagues across the Consulting team and the wider Ogilvy and WPP network to solve high-profile challenges for our clients.
• Applying relevant consulting methodologies to structure analysis, frame hypotheses, build recommendations and create high-quality client deliverables.
• Building trusted working relationships with mid-level client teams, confidently facilitating meetings, leading interviews, capturing key insights and helping maintain momentum across project activities.
• Participating in strategic new business pitches and initiatives, including preparing sections of proposals and identifying add-on opportunities within existing client relationships.
• Keeping abreast of developments in marketing transformation, modern operating models, organizational change, AI and marketing effectiveness, actively contributing to the team’s knowledge base and thought leadership.
• Acting as a role model for your grade, supporting Analysts and Consultants, helping onboard new colleagues and contributing to a positive, inclusive and high-performing project environment.

Skills, Attributes and Attitude

• At least 5 years of experience in consulting, client-side strategy, marketing transformation, organizational change or a related field.
• Emerging specialist expertise in one or more areas of marketing transformation such as operating model design, organizational design, change management, capability building, employee experience, process design or AI-enabled marketing transformation.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesise quantitative and qualitative inputs, identify key trends and develop clear, actionable recommendations.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a high-performing team.
• Understanding of, and interest in, behavioural science and the principles of behaviour change.
• Able to prepare and lead client interviews, workshops and meetings, using active listening to draw out insight, align stakeholders and move teams toward practical outcomes.
• Comfort challenging conventional views and presenting ideas persuasively to gain buy-in from clients and colleagues.
• A strong understanding of modern marketing organisations and how brands, capabilities, technology, data, process and culture come together to drive growth and effectiveness.
• Curiosity about AI and its impact on marketing transformation, with the ability to identify opportunities to use AI tools and methodologies to improve insight, efficiency and project workflows.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the energy, pragmatism and flexibility to thrive in a fast-moving consulting environment.

About Ogilvy Consulting

Ogilvy Consulting is different from other consultancies: we bridge strategy and execution, rigour and creativity. We are nestled at the heart of Ogilvy and the broader WPP network, which means we can bring together consulting, creative, data, technology, media and experience expertise to help clients move from strategy to implementation. We’re also organised differently, with a flat hierarchy designed to provide opportunities for meaningful contributions by team members at all levels. Alongside Marketing Transformation, we work across brand strategy, innovation, sustainability and behavioural science, and all team members have the opportunity to contribute to integrated projects across the Ogilvy Consulting team.

Ogilvy Consulting has adopted a flexible working approach, with the ability to work from home and three days per week expected in the office with the team.

We are a deeply passionate group who enjoy the challenges and rewards of Consulting work in equal measures. We are looking to scale the team with talent who are as ambitious as they are rigorous and innovative – people who see themselves advancing according to merit and are open to seizing the opportunities our fast-moving growth environment offers.

How we help you Thrive:

• 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
• Bupa Healthcare
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
• We have a Flexible Working Model with core working hours: 10am – 4pm
• A 1.5:1 Matching Pension Structure
• 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

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 - 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.

Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.