Consultant

This is a role at Ogilvy Network which is part of the WPP Group.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $76,000 plus super minimum /year

Location: Office location will be determined dependent on the right applicant, as we have offices based in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Perth.

We are looking for an experienced consultant to join our team on a full-time basis.

About the role

As a Consultant, you'll be at a pivotal point in your career. You'll be expanding your expertise across diverse passion areas and subject matters, taking ownership of client development and people management, and sharpening your financial acumen.

You're an effective planner who empowers those around you with a positive and intelligent approach.

We're looking for someone who is:

A strategic thinker: Able to develop and implement comprehensive PR strategies.
A strong communicator: Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.
A relationship builder: Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships with clients, media, and influencers.
A team player: Collaborative and able to work effectively within a team environment.
Results-oriented: Driven to achieve measurable results for clients.

What you’ll be doing:

Your role requires specialist skills, including:

Deep Industry Knowledge: Staying ahead of the curve on client and competitor activities, both locally and globally, with a strong network of media contacts.
Creative Campaign Development: Developing compelling media strategies, launches, and events that generate buzz and drive engagement.
Client Immersion: Immersing yourself in your clients' businesses, networks, and challenges to provide informed and strategic counsel.
Integrated Thinking: Thinking beyond traditional earned media to bring stories to life through a variety of channels.
Data-Driven Insights: Understanding how to link channels and messages for brand awareness and lead generation, using data to inform your strategies.

Skills and Experience:

Have between 2 – 8 years’ experience that includes project management, leading people, and handling clients.
Have experience in taking briefs, writing proposals, and writing story led research reports.
Have experience of working across markets and disciplines.
Have good commercial skills, always curious to learn and find new things out about the market, clients, and the way insights can be delivered and actioned.
Bright, eager, optimistic, clear attention to detail, solutions-focused, problem solver.

You’ll need to be someone who:

Demonstrates strong leadership and client engagement skills for both large, strategic and smaller, tactical research programs.
Helps to nurture and grow client relationships, ensuring a deep understanding of the client’s business.
Manages and coaches junior team members when required.
Has the ability to get under the skin of clients’ business issues, diagnose business questions, co-create briefs with clients.
Is willing to go beyond the data to deliver strong insight-led narratives, through workshops and presentations.
Can Support proposals and pitches, and work with key leads across our expert areas to ensure the best thinking is leveraged to respond to clients’ business questions.
Only successful applicants will be contacted for an interview.

Ogilvy is part of the WPP Network. WPP is the leading marketing communications services group in Australia and New Zealand.

Applications for this role open on 26th September and close on 24th October 2025.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $76,000.00 – $90,000.00 per year

Work Authorisation: Australia (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid in Sydney NSW 2000