Global New Business Executive

Department:  New Business 

Location: London 

Contact type:  Permanent  

Full Time/Part time:  Full Time 

Reporting into:  Global Business Development Director 

About Ogilvy:    

Our vision is to inspire brands and people to impact the world. To create big ideas that make a significant contribution to the planet, society, and the bottom line. We believe in today’s world this is the best way for our clients to achieve sustainable growth. We achieve this by breaking down the barriers that restrict talent and ideas.    

Which is why our teams work fluidly across 5 capabilities: Advertising, Consulting, Experience, PR & Influencer, and Health. This allows us to not only operate but innovate at the intersection of capabilities and talent. We believe impact and magic lies at this intersection. Ogilvy scales this by seamlessly connecting and accessing the deep cultural expertise of 132 offices in 83 countries.   

The result is multifaceted ideas for our clients that drive impact and are born from the intersection of platform x culture x technology.   

We call this Borderless Creativity.   

Ogilvy was ranked the number one UK agency at D&AD and was the only UK agency to win a Glass Lions at Cannes. Ogilvy was also nominated network of the year in Cannes Lions, Campaign, Effie Awards EMEA, London International Awards, The One Show and WARC Rankings.     

In 2022, Ogilvy was the most creatively awarded agency globally – including the most awarded agency at the Clio Awards, DMA Awards, Influencer Marketing Awards, London International Awards and The One Show.   

Ogilvy UK’s PR practice won large agency of the year at the PR Week awards. And our Consulting practice was in the Forbes 2022 list of best management consultancy firms.   

The Role:  

We are seeking an Executive to join the Global New Business team in London. You will help us craft the Ogilvy story as we pursue new opportunities with prospective clients. And you will help support the team as we build and scale pitching best practices, attract new clients, and drive sustainable growth. You’ll work alongside the leadership team and subject matter experts, as well as discipline leads to achieve our ambition.  

New Business as a craft is very well respected - all agencies say this, here it’s true and as such you’ll be in contact with and accountable to senior level execs and the C-suite. We want a New Biz Exec who feels confident around these stakeholders and managing sometimes complex relationships. Everyone in the department is expected to be a real ambassador for Ogilvy. 

Team Structure: 

You will report to the Global Business Development Director, also based in London, but work closely with new business leads and teams across all our markets. There is also a Global New Business Director in New York that you will get to work with regularly.  

We are a small global team but cover multiple capabilities and specialisms within Ogilvy, and as such there’s a clear line of reporting as well as opportunity for progression. The department is hard-working, highly professional and fun too.   

Ogilvy believes the key to your career success and the growth of the agency is building roles around our team, focusing your role and development around what you love doing. 

Main Responsibilities  

• Implement, drive and maintain global new business statues, reporting and targets under the Business Development Director’s supervision. This is within Ogilvy globally and for WPP.  
• Support the global new business team with the development, project management and delivery of well-crafted RFI/RFP responses. 
• Drive updates of global credentials and case studies across all our capabilities, with the support of local new business teams 
• Maintain global New Business files and inventory. 
• Drive the implementation of the Sugar CRM system (our new business database). Gather the data for new business reporting, both internally/globally as this is how we report new business into WPP via Sugar CRM – chasing where necessary markets to keep this up to date.  
• Work with the global new business team to execute global growth plans 
• Own the updates of our global external profiles such as Adforum, ensuring Ogilvy is being represented in the best possible way 
• Respond to network requests on case studies, RFI support etc. Internally be the main point of contact for global new business 
• Work with the global new business directors on all aspects of the pitch process – wherever the heat is! 
• Build relationships across the business, ensuring the New Business team is deemed professional, a beacon for New Business best practice and the beating heart of the agency  
• Pull together internal decks for meetings talking about new business and our pipeline 
• Be accountable for relevant admin: raising POs, booking meeting rooms, booking catering etc.  

The Candidate 

• The role is extremely varied – no two days are ever the same – but each day is always busy!  The candidate needs to be resourceful and work both quickly and accurately to meet deadlines. 
• The candidate must be a natural communicator who can work with people at all levels of the agency and must be comfortable communicating with senior level staff. The candidate will be able to motivate others to produce work quickly, liaising with all departments - from production, client services and creative - to turn around work quickly accurately and to budget. You should be curious and sociable and, most importantly, excited by creativity.  
• The ideal candidate needs to be energetic, organised, flexible and motivated and must have the ability to self-start and be pro-active.  Good written and verbal communication skills are essential as credentials and communications are tailored to meet the individual opportunity. Accuracy and engagement are key.  
• The candidate must be able to deal with working to conflicting deadlines and must be able to juggle several projects. The Global New Business Executive needs to have lots of energy, a great sense of humour and remain calm under pressure and reports directly to the Global Business Development Director. 
• As a New Business Department, we need to maintain and embody the energy of the agency, be approachable and be the ultimate team of problem solvers. This opportunity offers a chance to contribute to the success of a full-service global agency, where your work can truly make an impact. We can’t wait for you to join us on this exciting journey. 

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  

Our ambition is to attract the very best diverse talent to Ogilvy, and to be the employer of choice in the UK. We want everyone to feel welcome when they join us, and once they’re here, for them to want to stay with us, grow their career, and to feel they belong with us.   

We are an equal opportunity employer and we’re committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming environment for anyone who wants to work at Ogilvy. We believe that for creativity to flourish, everything about how we work must have diversity at its core. Your race, colour, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status have no bearing on our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know and we will do everything we can to accommodate.