Senior Strategist at Ogilvy in New York City, NY

About Ogilvy Ogilvy, part of WPP, 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 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. About the Role Senior Social Strategists develop the social strategy on a robust (insert sector) account developing strategic approaches for achieving maximum impact of the overarching brand story. Senior Social Strategists have a strong understanding of social platforms, taking an active role in all aspects of a social project – identifying brands’ issues, running the competitive benchmark, forming the recommendation, building the architecture of programs, defining the drivers of performance and the KPI’s framework. Strategists advocate for the right set of actions on social platforms to implement a strategy and help create the necessary consensus within both the internal client team and the client’s organization to achieve results. What You’ll Do Translate business objectives into social media objectives, enriched by proprietary benchmarks (best content/format, CPM/CTR/CPA in category, etc.) Analyze available insights and define overall strategy in terms of Distribution and Amplification. (May include competitive analysis.) Select platform and define role and objective of each one in the global plan Define content amplification principles including segmentation and contextualization approach Map all distribution segments per platform and associate budget needed based on KPI/objectives Recommend the format and placement to be leveraged based on the objectives of the campaign taking into consideration the budget limitation Define the right advertising pressure to put in place to achieve the goals taking into consideration the budget limitation Define the general tagging strategy, based on client requirements, including conversion tracking, page level conversion rate (funnel conversion), and re-engagement of people that did not convert with specific messages based on their last stage in the conversion funnel Define the general approach to custom targeting by identifying the data available that can be leveraged to develop unique targeting based on client knowledge/databases As with any other digital acquisition/retention channel, social permits to precisely measure response rates, and easily test which formats, and creative options, drive the best returns. Integrate in their strategies A/B testing and messaging matrix based on multiple targeting Prepare/present necessary reporting for client/agency senior stakeholder distribution, based on drivers of performance and the KPI’s framework designed in its strategy Responsible of evaluation of execution resources needed and of drafting budget What You’ll Need 3-5 years experience in social marketing, with proven examples of strategies developed within the social media space Understands client’s business and can connect business challenges and social strategy/tactics Expert in understanding of social media and established understanding of the wider digital communications landscape Passionate about quickly evolving digital/social media environment with a strong point of view to share with clients and colleagues Research skills, with the ability to generate data-based insights to weave into the strategy process Eye for innovation and next emerging platform or partner to consider as part of social strategy results Superior communication, organizational, and time management skills Applying social/digital media in your own life – please include links to your relevant social media spaces if applicable Previous experience in social oriented agency preferred The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click here for more details. Pay Range $60,000—$140,000 USD 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. 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