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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 , and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook.
About Ogilvy Consulting
Ogilvy Consulting is a Marketing Transformation, Growth and Innovation Consultancy nestled at the heart of the world‑leading Ogilvy creative group. We tackle complex and rewarding challenges for some of the world’s most loved businesses and brands, as well as some fast‑growing scale‑ups, and we’re proud to have been named as one of the FT’s UK leading management consultancies for the seventh consecutive year. Ogilvy Consulting believes in the power of brands and people to transform businesses, drive growth and create financial and societal value. Moving beyond traditional methodologies, we seek to build breakthrough brands, businesses and marketing approaches that live and grow in the modern world, reflecting current cultural narratives, leveraging growth insights, and operating in a digitally‑led way with humans and businesses.
About the Role
Position: Consulting Analyst (Fixed‑Term Contract – 12 Month, Full Time)
Reporting to: Consulting Director
Location: London
The Consulting Analyst role begins as a generalist, working across diverse projects in Marketing Transformation, Brand & Marketing Strategy, Business Transformation, Sustainability and Behavioural Science. Over time you will develop foundational consulting skills through project delivery and exposure to client teams, and gain a range of experience to enable you to begin thinking about where you will specialise as you evolve and advance through your career. Our new team member will work across our capabilities, projects and clients, from Mondelez, Nestle and Unilever to EY, F1 and HSBC.
Key Responsibilities
- Conducting research, analysing industry and competitor trends; capturing key insights and developing insightful hypotheses to frame problems and identify creative solutions.
- Conducting comprehensive desktop research, including category, competitor and trends analyses.
- Designing, conducting and analysing quantitative and qualitative market research.
- Participating in data gathering interviews and capturing the key points.
- Performing quantitative analyses, such as market sizing, competitor benchmarking and impact assessment.
- Engaging with and learning to apply AI tools, contributing to the development of agents on the WPP Open AI platform.
- Supporting the development of business and brand growth strategies and solutions.
- Taking ownership of client deliverables and presentations with a strong visual clarity and strategic rigour.
- Developing the flow, content and participating in client workshops.
- Participating in growth conversations, and contributing to and managing new business proposals and pitches with existing and prospective clients.
- Contributing to thought leadership.
- Representing and maintaining the Ogilvy Consulting standard of excellence through a combination of intelligence and imagination.
- Actively contributing to the unique culture of Ogilvy Consulting and monthly team meetings, and encouraging collaboration across Ogilvy and WPP.
Skills and Attributes
- 1‑3 years of experience in a consultancy, client strategy position or equivalent strategic role in professional services specialising in brand or business transformation, psychology or behavioural science.
- Proficient with Excel (incl. pivot tables), with a strong grasp of data and demonstrated ability to perform robust quantitative analysis – e.g., market sizing, competitor benchmarking, impact assessment, or analysis using datasets such as TGI or GWI.
- Experience with analytical techniques such as descriptive and exploratory analysis, simple statistical methods (e.g., regression); proficiency with Power BI would be valuable but is not essential.
- A fascination with understanding people and working with them internally and externally to solve problems creatively.
- Adept at framing problems, developing solution hypotheses and identifying creative paths to growth.
- Able to draw critical human and cultural insights from data and observation.
- Strong business, marketing and brand acumen and critical thinking skills.
- Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- A pragmatic approach, looking for solutions, simplifying complex issues and aiming for practical outcomes.
- Ability to take initiative and to work independently and within a team.
- Excellent organisation and time‑management skills with the ability to multi‑task, especially in high‑pressure situations.
- Strong work ethic with superior attention to detail.
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint; Keynote a plus.
- A strong eagerness to learn and use AI‑powered tools and platforms.
- A curiosity and energy that allows you to adopt a can‑do attitude to every challenge and initiative.
How we help you Thrive
- 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
- Bupa Healthcare
- Enhanced maternity, adoption and shared parental leave
- A flexible working model with core working hours: 10 am – 4 pm
- A 1.5:1 matching pension structure
- Wellbeing and health: up to £25 per month towards physical or online exercise class membership, Unmind membership, LifeWorks tool and annual eye tests and development budgets and wellbeing incentives and activities throughout the year
- Season ticket loan and cycle‑to‑work scheme
- Life assurance.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity, or require reasonable accommodation with the application process, please contact This contact is only for candidates who are requesting accommodation. xwzovoh Emails for other purposes, including application status requests, will not receive a response.
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