Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
As an Engagement Strategist in Ogilvy Health, your main focus will be defining how, where, and when we connect with Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) and target audiences across the treatment landscape. This role bridges brand vision and real-world execution. You will create omnichannel engagement strategies, map customer experience journeys, and shape meaningful touchpoints across a balanced portfolio of promotional and medical accounts spanning prescription medicine, specialised therapy areas, and consumer health. This is a versatile planning role designed for someone curious, lateral-thinking, and eager to mold their strategic craft within a supportive, high-performing strategy team.

What You’ll Do
- Support the creation of customer engagement strategies across promotional and medical communications, mapping out effective touchpoints for Healthcare Professionals including doctors, specialists, pharmacists, and broader care teams.
- Analyze HCP behaviors, decision-making drivers, and channel preferences to build end-to-end engagement ecosystems.
- Co-design and facilitate strategic client workshops, strategy development sessions, and interactive planning meetings.
- Mine actionable insights from data, research, and behavioral observations to unlock strategic white space and competitive advantage.
- Work closely with strategy leaders across a blend of client accounts (approximately 50/50 split across promotional and medical/scientific streams), adapting seamlessly to different therapeutic areas.
- Contribute research, journey mapping, and engagement thinking to integrated 360° pitches and new business initiatives.

How We’ll Support You
Ogilvy celebrates its people fully and enthusiastically. We empower you with the tools needed to succeed and give you the autonomy to seek new paths and better ways of working. You will be supported by colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. We provide opportunities to do work you’ll be proud of, with people you’ll be proud to call teammates.
Our ambition is to attract the very best diverse talent and be the employer of choice in the UK. We want everyone to feel welcome, to grow their career, and to feel they belong. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming environment. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are integrated into everything we do. We encourage everyone to express their true selves in an environment we continually strive to make as inclusive as possible.
We aim to facilitate an accessible and positive application experience. If you require any adjustments during the process or to working conditions to perform your best, please let us know. We are happy to consider all reasonable adjustments. Candidates living with a disability are encouraged to apply and may take advantage of our guaranteed interview offer under the Disability Confident Scheme by completing our voluntary Equal Opportunities Questionnaire when applying.

Experience
- 2–5 years of experience in experience planning, engagement strategy, media strategy, or omnichannel planning within an agency or consulting environment.
- Experience in behavioral science, behavioral consulting, or strategic consulting applied to communications and decision-making is advantageous.
- Experience working across promotional and medical/scientific accounts is desirable.

About You
- Curious and lateral thinker eager to develop strategic skills within a high-performing team.
- Strong strategic mindset with the ability to synthesize insights and unlock competitive advantage.
- Comfortable facilitating workshops and engaging with clients.
- Adaptable to different therapeutic areas and able to work across diverse client accounts.

Qualifications
- Degree or background in Life Sciences (e.g., Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Biomedical Sciences, Healthcare Consulting) with a desire to pivot into creative brand and engagement planning is preferred but not mandatory.