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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.

Who we are:

The Lacek Group is a collection of brilliant, passionate, intellectually curious, and unique people who work on the leading edge of customer engagement. We come to work every day to help our clients build longer-lasting, more profitable customer relationships. We listen, collaborate and celebrate together. We treat each other with kindness and respect. And we believe different perspectives drive innovation, fuel creativity and make our business and communities better.

Together with our parent company Ogilvy, one of the most creative and effective agencies in the world, we believe diversity drives smarter work for our clients — and better business for us. We believe inclusion is essential, and we welcome all who are ready to join our push for positive change. Every single day.

What we need:

We currently have a great opportunity for an experienced Account Director to manage the day-to-day business for a large client. In this role you’ll leverage your expertise in loyalty marketing and be part of a cross-functional team of discipline experts working to develop and ensure the effective implementation of integrated marketing campaigns for our client.

What you’ll do:

• Build, grow and maintain strong client relationships, working toward mutually beneficial and productive partnerships
• Drive business success for clients by providing sound strategic direction and leading the agency team to deliver outstanding marketing communications solutions
• Build targeted insights to inform the design and development of new customer experiences
• Identify business opportunities and customer experience improvements across channels, develop strategic implementation plans to bring big ideas to life
• Collaborate with the team to develop strategic concepts in an omni-channel environment
• Lead and manage agency resources to provide best-in-class service to our client
• Provide leadership and motivation to the team about the work and the account
• Drive strong category understanding, ensuring marketing solutions are grounded in strategic customer insights and industry-specific knowledge through continuous learning
• Occasional travel, approximately once per quarter

What you’ll bring:

• Minimum 10 years multi-channel marketing experience, agency environment
• Experience in Co-brand, CRM, and loyalty marketing
• Previous supervisory experience
• Outstanding and persuasive client-facing and relationship management skills
• Solid experience developing and implementing marketing strategy using multi-channel (includes digital, direct, print, and emerging media)
• Demonstrated ability to motivate cross-functional teams throughout all project phases
• Excellent negotiation skills, including the ability to manage multiple and conflicting needs to a mutually agreeable solution
• Takes a positive approach to change and can quickly adapt when new business challenges are present
• Shows confidence leading client presentations and cross-functional team meetings
• Is able and willing to flex up or down on job responsibilities if account needs
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications or relevant experience

The Lacek Group

700 Nicollet Mall, Suite 610

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Pay Range

$75,000—$180,000 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. 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer. Ogilvy considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Applicants from the United States can learn more about their rights by viewing the federal "Know Your Rights" and Pay Transparency posters by clicking here.

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