Job description

The digital domain lead sets and directs the digital ambition for Ogilvy Cape Town, within the larger business strategy. This is most visible when driving the best in digital within our Ogilvy brand worlds and in forecasting the best opportunities and innovation trends relevant for the business – and to win new business. This also includes the development of these opportunities into Ogilvy owned platforms and identifying the best partners and partnership models to achieve our ambitions (vision VS operation is key).

The digital domain lead uplifts our business and our client’s businesses through digital thought leadership and positions Ogilvy CT as a leader in the industry.

The digital domain lead reports to the Ogilvy CT managing director, and aligns with the SA digital domain lead on all key projects. Partnership with the brand leadership teams is key, as well as a strong level of collaboration with digital brand leadership team at all times.

Requirements

Key deliverables in include:

1. Development and delivery within the new business pipeline and increasing revenue for the business
2. Positioning Ogilvy CT as an expert in Innovation and digital thought-leadership through development of innovation products and services; team and client training and alignment to leverage our global IP
3. Winning digital specialist awards across the business, including maintaining our wins as The Most Digitally Integrated Agency of the Year, as well as Digital Agency of the Year across key award platform

The Ogilvy CT digital domain lead (head of digital and innovation) does this by:

1. Driving a true community of expertise for client teams to leverage
2. Gathering and sharing thought leadership and industry trends across the company
3. Organising participation in new business; and
4. Helping our people to grow their digital capability to make brands matter.
5. Co-developing innovative products and services, as well as leadership of the Ogilvy Innovation Lab is included

The digital domain lead will:

• Have deep expertise across specialty areas
• Possess the expert knowledge and experience to work directly with C-suite clients
• Develop and maintain a pipeline for hiring expert talent
• Foster the intellectual development of account, strategy, creative and delivery teams within client groups
• Mentor and problem solve

Skill-set and personality traits required:

• Accomplished presentation skills
• A strong communicator
• Excellent at building relationships (face-to-face and virtual)
• Seeks out challenges
• Resilient
• Enthusiastic, passionate, committed, fun
• Focused and able to break through problems
• Ability to lead teams and brands across the digital universe
• Superb creative judgment within this area

Posted on 10 May 14:14