Senior Designer

Ogilvy · New York, New York

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • $60,000 – $140,000
  • Posted 2026-09-22
  • Confirmed live on 25 September 2026

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About Ogilvy

Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy more than 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity—innovating at the intersection of intelligence, imagination and influence, with experts across advertising, sports & entertainment, PR & social, consulting, and health collaborating seamlessly across more than 120 offices spanning 90 countries. Ogilvy was named Network of the Year at the 2026 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC for the fourth consecutive year, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel. For more information, visit Ogilvy.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook.

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry.

About the Role

One of the most beloved and well-known brands in advertising, we’re investing in the brightest talent in the industry and reimagining what it means to be a creative communications agency in today’s world. Our mission is to inspire brands and people to impact the world.  

If our ambition excites you—and you want to play a key role in making it happen—then keep reading. 

We are seeking a Senior Designer to join our team in New York or Kansas City to support the North America business development community. This is an exciting opportunity to help build and shape new business pitches, the Ogilvy brand and our story. You will report to the NY New Business Executive Group Director, with support and guidance from the Executive Design Director, Growth.

The Senior Designer should have the skills to translate complex concepts and business requirements into clear visual, graphic design articulations in both physical and digital environments. The ideal talent has experience with large iconic branding efforts, animation, basic motion graphics and most importantly, deck design.

Amongst your strengths will be energy, speed, persuasive presentation skills, a roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic, a vision of creative possibility in virtually any media, and the ability to form dynamic working partnerships with your colleagues.

You will help us craft the Ogilvy story as we pursue new opportunities with prospective clients. You will help lead a team as we build and scale operational best practices, attract new clients and drive sustainable growth, working alongside Ogilvy leadership, subject matter experts and discipline leads to achieve our ambition.

What You’ll Do

• Translate marketing strategies and complex processes/charts into cohesive “on brand” design recommendations and develop design concepts to tell a visual story to prospective clients.

• Concept and execute creative ideas and mockups in a compelling manner.

• Interpret various prospects’ creative direction, brand tone and style guides to match their look and feel.

• Work independently and as part of the larger pitch team with ability to triage multiple stakeholders’ feedback.

• Quickly gain an understanding of the story we are trying to tell to inform design system and theme.

• Identify stock art and photography to match stakeholder briefs.

• Be attentive to content to allow for content and presentation strategy recommendations from past relevant work.

• Participate in relevant internal and external meetings — briefings, status, brainstorming sessions and presentations.

• Prioritize workload and demonstrate excellent time management skills.

• Organize creative resources and assets libraries as needed.

• Build landing pages to host key assets and further tell our story.

What You’ll Need

• You have at least 4-6 years of professional design experience in an agency setting (preferably large agency experience).

• A portfolio that demonstrates solid typogr

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