Social Account Director

London · Ogilvy London · Hybrid · Posted Oct 15, 2026

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This role provides the opportunity to work on a really exciting client within the technology sphere, managing key campaigns across the year.
As a Social Account Director you lead large, more complex projects, armed with your experience and proven ability to think and do.

Manage key campaigns across the year that will involve working with our strategy, creative and production team to deliver best in class campaigns and content.
Effectively lead an account, steering processes and ways of working internally, with agency partners and with our clients.
Lead in other areas of the marketing mix.
Work with an Account Manager to support with budgets and timings, and deliver social campaigns on budget and on time.
Work with the rest of the agency team to deliver proposals that are within the client's budgets and ensure successful delivery.
Provide clear succinct guidance to the internal teams as well as being able to present the work to clients.
Collaborate with the client and agency teams.
Lead large, more complex projects, problem solve and create highly effective and fruitful working relationships with clients and colleagues.
Confidently lead conversations and problem solve in the moment as required, and act as a point of escalation for junior clients.
Manage client expectations when having to charge more for additional work in a manner which does not expose the agency to financial risk.

Wide knowledge of social, specifically organic social.
Experience managing content and campaigns that build brand advocacy.
Understanding of how to create hard working assets that drive to purchase.
Organised and autonomous; you'll be responsible for motivating the team to do great work, whilst anticipating any areas that may hinder the success of the campaign.
Well averse in taking on budgets and timings with an excellent understanding of processes and what it takes to deliver social campaigns on budget and on time.
Financially savvy; you'll need to work with the rest of the agency team to deliver proposals that are within the client's budgets.
Excellent communicator; providing clear succinct guidance to internal teams and presenting work to clients.
Strong skills in paid and organic social and has worked across a wide variety of clients and projects.
Understands how to work and lead project delivery in a Social first environment, as well as as part of an integrated team.
Is confident managing multi-level stakeholders in complex matrix organisations as well managing resources and teams.