PR ACCOUNT MANAGER - Ogilvy

Our Vision:

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 todays 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 we call this Borderless Creativity.

This is why our teams work fluidly across 5 capabilities Advertising Experience PR Consulting and Health. This allows us to not only operate but also 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.

Our mission: We inspire brands and people to impact the world

How we do it: We innovate and operate at the intersection of people and capabilities

What we do: Borderless creativity

Today Ogilvy is recognized as the worlds leading creative agency. We are also one of the most effective networks globally.

About Memac Ogilvy:

Memac Ogilvy is one of the leading creative networks in MENA with its flagship office in the UAE and a strong local footprint in the GCC and North Africa. It is part of the formidable worldwide WPP & Ogilvy network. Its the only truly integrated comms network with Consulting Advertising Brand & Content PR Experience & Health under 1 P&L and single leadership. Memac Ogilvy is the most integrated modern creative and effective partner for client growth in MENA. We inspire brands and people to impact the world. We deliver on this by combining expert and new capabilities for modern marketing solutions with solid project management expertise for agile and effective delivery as well as a thorough and passionate People agenda.

The agency is the most awarded Middle Eastern agency in Cannes as well as a big winner at the local award show Lynx. It has around 500 staff members.

What were looking for:

We are currently seeking a seasoned PR Account Manager with a strategic mindset and handson approach to work across a key group of clients. This role is a linchpin in a fastpaced constantly evolving environment where your expertise in communication strategy crisis management and stakeholder engagement will drive regional and global awareness campaigns integral to our clients.

To Succeed in This Role You Need To:

Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Public Relations Communications Political Science or a related field.
• Minimum of 57 years of PR account management experience with a preference for candidates who have worked with public financial destination property and retail sectors.
• Demonstrated success in managing complex communication strategies within public financial destination property and retail sectors.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong understanding of both regional and international media landscapes.
• Proven experience in crisis management communications.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fastpaced highprofile work environment.

Personal Attributes:

• High level of political and cultural sensitivity.
• Strategic thinker with exemplary problemsolving capabilities.
• Adaptive with the ability to manage multiple projects within tight deadlines.
• Strong ethical grounding and ability to maintain confidentiality.

Memac Ogilvy inspires brands and people to impact the world. We exist to create iconic culturechanging valuedriven ideas for our clients.

Borderless Creativity is our lifeblood. We operate innovate and create at the intersection of our talented people across advertising disciplines such as strategic thinking and distinctive idea creation through a socialfirst approach alongside our wider Memac Ogilvy family of Advertising Experience Health Consulting and PR. Never have there been more opportunities available to communicate incredible ideas impact culture and influence consumer behavior. Paid advertising is a consistent regular and controllable way of getting a business and brands core message in front of consumers in a way that no other medium can. Creativity is our greatest differentiator as we transcend the status quo and shift culture.

How Well Support You

Memac Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. Well empower you with the tools youll need to succeed. Well give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. Well support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And well provide opportunities for you to do work of which youll be proud with people youll be proud to call your teammates.

Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race color religion or belief sex age national origin citizenship status marital status military/veteran status genetic information sexual orientation gender identity physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.