Consumer PR - Business Director

Ogilvy
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Communications, PR & CommunitySkills: ["Leadership","Stakeholder management","Strategic thinking","Commercial acumen","Negotiation","Communication","Collaboration"]

Lead senior client partnership and strategic counsel for an FMCG portfolio, bringing earned-first and culture-led thinking to integrated, multi-market delivery. Own global and European communications toolkits, oversee market intelligence, and drive communications for global brand moments, events, and partnerships. Directly manage a London-based team, ensuring consistent executive-level leadership, measurable impact, and seamless collaboration across PR, social, influence, and advertising.

Loading

Loading job details...

Preparing the role view and application actions.

FursaFursa
Ogilvy
Ogilvy
5 hours ago

Consumer PR - Business Director

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI
Last checked: 3 hours agoStatus: Live
Reposted: similar role first listed 5 months ago

Job Summary

Lead senior client partnership and strategic counsel for an FMCG portfolio, bringing earned-first and culture-led thinking to integrated, multi-market delivery. Own global and European communications toolkits, oversee market intelligence, and drive communications for global brand moments, events, and partnerships. Directly manage a London-based team, ensuring consistent executive-level leadership, measurable impact, and seamless collaboration across PR, social, influence, and advertising.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · 12 months
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Serve as the senior day-to-day client lead for European and global teams, building trusted long-term partnerships.
  • •Provide strategic counsel across brand, reputation, partnerships, and cultural activation; ensure consistent senior leadership embedded in the brand business.
  • •Lead creation of global and European communications toolkits, frameworks, and playbooks that balance global consistency with local market nuance.
  • •Oversee market engagement across Europe and priority global territories, championing market intelligence to keep clients informed and work executable across regions.
  • •Lead communications strategy and delivery for global brand moments and events; play a central role in activating brand partnerships and directly manage a London-based team.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Annual LeaveHealth InsurancePaid LeavePensionFlexible WorkingLife AssuranceExercise MembershipEye TestsCycle To

Key Requirements

  • •Proven experience in a senior leadership role (e.g., Senior Account Director or Business Director) within a top-tier agency.
  • •Extensive experience leading global and/or European teams, ideally within FMCG or large-scale consumer brands.
  • •Strong stakeholder management skills, comfortable operating at senior client level and navigating complexity.
  • •Demonstrated success delivering integrated work across PR, advertising, social, and influence environments.
  • •Track record of P&L ownership and year-on-year business growth, including leading and winning multi-million-pound pitches.
Experience:FMCGConsumer brandsIntegrated agency environmentsPRAdvertisingSocial mediaInfluence
Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementStrategic thinkingCommercial acumenNegotiationCommunicationCollaboration
Languages:English

Company Brief

Ogilvy
Global advertising, marketing, and public relations agency offering brand strategy, creative services, digital marketing, media planning, and customer experience solutions for multinational clients across industries.
Industry: Advertising Media Groups
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 1948
WebsiteLinkedIn