Ogilvy

In the beginning, there was one Ogilvy, the company founded by David Ogilvy in 1948. Today, there is again one Ogilvy, in 83 countries and 132 offices. We are one doorway to a creative network, re-founded to make brands matter in a complex, noisy, hyper-connected world.

As our founder David Ogilvy put it, we seek people who are bigger and smarter than ourselves. That’s how we create a company of giants. We’re always looking for modern marketing and brand experts with big hearts and enormous talent.

Grow With Us

Ogilvy’s mission is to make brands matter. We believe the best way to do that is by fostering a community of inclusion made up of people from diverse backgrounds, where all contributions are valued, and where every employee has the chance to become their best creative and professional self.

Because our greatest asset is, has always been, and will always be our people.

Our founder, David Ogilvy, proudly described our creative network as the “teaching hospital”. He envisioned Ogilvy as a place where professionals not only do great work, but come in each day with the possibility to learn and the ability to practice and hone their craft.

Learning & Development plays an important role in creating this atmosphere.

Today, Ogilvy's global Learning & Development team continues to build on David's legacy by equipping our employees with all the tools they need to grow their careers and become even stronger, more well-rounded professionals.

In a world that not only requires new ideas but also new capabilities to bring those ideas to life, our training programs develop our people’s abilities to tackle the greatest challenges faced by our clients. We utilize our global resources to deliver blended learning that embodies our founder culture.

We offer a wide range of programs focused on deepening our employees' knowledge and enhancing their expertise, with courses and trainings focused on areas such as Digital Transformation, Leadership, Culture, Change Management, Growth, and New Ways of Working, among many others.

Community. Representation. Shared values.

Our Professional Networks represent a global community of individuals from all backgrounds committed to working together to shape Ogilvy's culture for the present and the future. They have been in operation in some form for over a decade, and their size, scope, and influence have only grown over time.

The Professional Networks are affinity-based groups enabling employees to actively participate and contribute in supporting our Diversity & Inclusion strategy. The networks provide an environment for professional development and networking along with a formal link to employees, allies and senior management.

As we believe in empowering our people, Ogilvy's Professional Networks are formed by employees.

They are centered around those with common interests—but regardless of who you are or where you come from, you will always belong at Ogilvy. To that end, our networks are open to all employees.

Each network is dedicated to developing programs to promote recruitment, retention, career development; cultivating informal mentorship through networking opportunities; fostering education and outreach opportunities; making a difference in the communities in which we operate; and providing advice and counsel to our business by acting as in-house focus groups and sounding boards.

Networks supporting LGBTQ+, cultural and ethnic diversity, administrative professionals, neurodiversity, and working parents are among the many active employee-driven groups.

We firmly believe that a racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse workforce, where all perspectives are valued, leads to richer experiences for our people and better outcomes for our clients. Diversity has always been and will always be a part of Ogilvy’s DNA, our core values and our culture. Our founder David Ogilvy was an early advocate for diversity in the workplace. As Chairman of the United Negro College Fund in 1968, he set the agenda for the agency’s pursuit of inclusion in the workplace.

Diversity, inclusiveness, and explicit anti-racism are not just issues of policy at Ogilvy, but essential to our success and sustainability as a business. Diverse teams are better at solving complex problems—and employees who feel safe, welcome, supported, and valued for being their authentic selves are better able to do their very best work.

Nothing is more important than our people. We take our responsibility to them seriously, and a critical part of that responsibility is that we bring our values to life, every day to every employee.

Ogilvy is divinely discontent, committed to eternal craft, and relentlessly curious—to that end, we must give our people every possible opportunity to grow.

That includes taking on a new challenge in a new place.

Global Mobility is part of our promise to put our people first. We understand that many people join Ogilvy for career growth and opportunity.

Along the way, some employees may want to move into new crafts, enhance their current skills or explore new markets.

We believe our employees deserve the chance to challenge themselves wherever those challenges may take them.

Thus, we are proud to offer our Global Mobility program.

The Global Mobility program gives every Ogilvy employee visibility and access to open Ogilvy job postings and roles across our entire global network. Every year, we move more than 100 employees into new positions in offices around the world.

We believe in one connected network that allows every person to explore their strengths and navigate their professional careers. Our Global Mobility program ensures that we offer our employees every possible avenue to grow as professionals and people.

We aim to foster a culture that differentiates. How do we do it? We have continued on the legacy of our founding culture and have stayed true to our founding principles and guidelines. We make sure to take care of our greatest asset—our people. Because we believe that superior service to our clients is dependent on the high morale of our staff. In addition, we have developed a habit of divine discontent. We never settle, and continue to strive to improve no matter the circumstances.

Charlotte Tansill
Chief Transformation Officer, New York at Ogilvy

Over the past decade, Ogilvy has continually opened new and different opportunities for me from Washington DC to Dubai to NYC. Each of these offices and experiences contained the comfort and familiarity of the Ogilvy culture that permeates across the entire company. I've developed life-long friendships, been pushed out of my comfort zone, learned from colleagues with vast diversity of perspective, and worked with clients on the global and local level. My global experience has had an immeasurable impact on who I am today and made me a more effective leader.

Nadja Bellan-White
Global Chief Marketing Officer at VICE Media Group

"My Ogilvy story is all about global mobility. It started in October 2013 with an opportunity to lead Africa for Ogilvy. Relocating my family from NYC halfway around the world was an adventure I will cherish forever. After 3.5 years in Africa, I moved to London to oversee our client portfolio across EMEA. This is an amazing opportunity to do what I love most- working with clients and mentoring the next generation of leaders for Ogilvy ".

Organic growth, employee engagement, organizational effectiveness, shared experiences, community development — these all contribute to Ogilvy's rich culture and Learning & Development plays an important role in driving these initiatives. Above all, we are culture carriers – we engage employees, drive personal growth, connect our people, and build confidence, skill, and awareness.