Senior Director, Inclusion & Strategic Operations, North America

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry.

About the Role

At Ogilvy, we aspire to seamlessly integrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into every facet of our creative processes, ultimately reflective of these principles in the award-winning campaigns we produce.

To help us achieve this vision, we are introducing the role of Senior Director of Inclusion & Strategic Operations reporting to the Global Head of Diversity Equity & Inclusion. This role presents a unique opportunity to champion strategic inclusion and innovation across the entire 360 creative development process and collaborate closely with key stakeholders to ensure that each phase of our development framework is inclusive and reflective of the many communities we serve.

The Senior Director of Inclusion & Strategic Operations- holds the responsibility of overseeing the comprehensive content and inclusion strategy for Ogilvy across North America. This encompasses the integration of creative diversity and inclusive guidelines into campaign ideation, production, operations, and reporting of the company's progress ensuring transparency and accountability for our creative diversity objectives.

The role is integral in offering guidance and expertise on all facets of inclusion and diversity for our teams. This includes establishing strategic partnerships with like-minded recruitment organizations, embedding inclusion into our creative priorities and nurturing talent equitably across all communities.

As Senior Director of Inclusion & Strategic Operations - NA, You will:

• Oversee an infrastructure and scalable framework and create best practices for the streamlined review of work throughout Ogilvy's business.

• Manage the agenda for Ogilvy's strategic partnership discipline and analysis across the dimensions of inclusion, culture, consumer/community intelligence and event experiences both internally and for creative work throughout North America., ensuring that this ladders up to our Global partnership framework

• Using Ogilvy's best practices, you will apply a growth mindset to leading a team of strategic inclusion leaders. • Develop and oversee immersive cultural learning initiatives aimed at enhancing the cultural fluency of our teams.

• Manage the implementation of a diverse production supplier pipeline to ensure access to a wide range of creative vendors with varying backgrounds.

• Manage an infrastructure and scalable framework/best practice for the streamlined cultural fluency reviews of creative work.

• Collaborating cross-functionally with Ogilvy's Communications team to establish a streamlined approach for earned media coverage and creating storytelling opportunities that highlight Ogilvy's commitments, actions, and outcomes in fostering creative diversity.

• Serve as a subject matter expert in all facets of Inclusion including internal training and development, partnerships and client work.

• Serve and lead with empathy, teaching and coaching business leaders through internal and external challenges.

• You will be responsible for bringing fresh ideas on how we foster an inclusive culture along with leadership globally.

What You'll Need

• 8+ years' experience working in agency structures, with a depth of knowledge in campaign development and production processes.

• A deep understanding of DE&I within the creative landscape, and the importance of the role of DE&I in achieving creative success.

• Exceptional collaboration skills, enabling the ability to drive impact across diverse teams.

• Methodical and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving capabilities.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, fostering positive relationships both internally and externally.

How We'll Support You

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.