Ogilvy & Mather
Sr. Social Content Creator, Copy
Ogilvy & Mather, New York, NY
About Ogilvy
Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity - innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP). For more information, visit Ogilvy.com , and follow us on LinkedIn , X , Instagram , and Facebook.
About the Role
We are looking for a hybrid Sr. Creative/Maker/Content Creator to join our content hub - a close-knit team of creatives working together as a collective to create fresh, bold, distinctive and breakthrough social content. This unique opportunity offers the chance to work in close collaboration with the strategic and creative teams of Ogilvy, and with some of the best social & content experts in the industry. Your mission: to conceptualize and develop unique and disruptive ideas that are Social at heart and create best-in-class content for social programs or integrated campaigns.
You are:
The ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate the ability to write compelling copy in a manner that's tailored to audiences, Social platforms and culturally relevant moments. The writer should be able to effortlessly flex the tone of voice for various brands across different verticals. The candidate will collaborate closely with Art Directors, designers and strategists to ensure ideas are developed from concept through to execution while staying on brief. The writer must be confident and persuasive in presenting and selling concepts to internal teams, senior company leaders and clients. This is a position for a seasoned, driven, results oriented, and highly creative individual with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, manage deadlines, and produce highly effective creative.
This is a special role that will be embedded in a cohesive team with the social first talent from an array of agencies within a client team.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS
Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We'll empower you with the tools you'll need to succeed. We'll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We'll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we'll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you'll be proud, with people you'll be proud to call your teammates.
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. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities - 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.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please do not hesitate to let your recruiter know.
Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity - innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP). For more information, visit Ogilvy.com , and follow us on LinkedIn , X , Instagram , and Facebook.
About the Role
We are looking for a hybrid Sr. Creative/Maker/Content Creator to join our content hub - a close-knit team of creatives working together as a collective to create fresh, bold, distinctive and breakthrough social content. This unique opportunity offers the chance to work in close collaboration with the strategic and creative teams of Ogilvy, and with some of the best social & content experts in the industry. Your mission: to conceptualize and develop unique and disruptive ideas that are Social at heart and create best-in-class content for social programs or integrated campaigns.
You are:
- Ambitious and hungry - ready to take on a huge challenge.
- In love with your work and passionate about your craft.
- You have the ability to work on a broad range of creative tactics.
- A new wave creative: dreamer, doer, maker.
- Crazy enough to think you can change the industry.
- You can work independently and provide thought starters for the designers.
- A team player.
The ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate the ability to write compelling copy in a manner that's tailored to audiences, Social platforms and culturally relevant moments. The writer should be able to effortlessly flex the tone of voice for various brands across different verticals. The candidate will collaborate closely with Art Directors, designers and strategists to ensure ideas are developed from concept through to execution while staying on brief. The writer must be confident and persuasive in presenting and selling concepts to internal teams, senior company leaders and clients. This is a position for a seasoned, driven, results oriented, and highly creative individual with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, manage deadlines, and produce highly effective creative.
This is a special role that will be embedded in a cohesive team with the social first talent from an array of agencies within a client team.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Collaborates with the team to develop, and present creative concepts for clients and new business to help build brands on Social
- Attends and captures content at photoshoots and events
- Works closely with art directors and designers to ensure copy tone and style are consistent with visual tone, style, and brand guidelines
- Writes, shoots, edits, and produces content owned across multiple channels
- Must be able to understand business objectives and audience demographics to be able to successfully land the messaging
- Responsible for translating creative direction and copy points from creative briefs into engaging and effective concepts
- Proof-reads and vets copy before to ensure consistency in tone, grammar and messaging before assets are handed over to be published
- Stays abreast with global cultural trends and industry updates, and proactively develop timely ideas for relevant
- Ideates individually and collaboratively on innovative content ideas designed to meet long-term goals for both social media engagement and overall audience growth
- Identifies user and community generated content that should be reposted, gain permissions, and re-edit audio tracks as needed
QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum 5 years of relevant copywriting and content creation experience in the social space
- Strategic and conceptual thinking
- Ability to lead scrappy content creation
- Passion for learning and self-improvement
- Proactive and a self-starter
- Positive attitude and ability to work under tight deadlines
- Adaptable and able to handle changes in briefs, priorities and edits
- True passion for food & beverage vertical
Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We'll empower you with the tools you'll need to succeed. We'll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We'll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we'll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you'll be proud, with people you'll be proud to call your teammates.
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. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities - 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.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please do not hesitate to let your recruiter know.