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Location: Wilson Hartnell 6 Ely Place, Dublin 2 (Hybrid)
Reporting to: CEO
Key Relationships: Sits on the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) / Practice Heads / Ogilvy & WPP Network

The Opportunity

At Wilson Hartnell, we design the brands, campaigns, and relationships that shape every aspect of Irish and global culture. As the largest and longest-established PR agency in Ireland, we are constantly evolving. We aren’t traditional; we are social by nature, entrepreneurial in spirit, and constantly challenging the status quo.

From our beautiful offices in Ely Place, we work with some of the world’s most iconic local and international brands, including Guinness, Baileys, Coca-Cola, AIB, IKEA, Boots, Specsavers, and TK Maxx, covering key sectors in Health, Sport, and Corporate.

We have a brilliant, dynamic team that already knows the “what” of influencer marketing. What we need now is a trailblazing leader to define the “how.”

We are looking for a Head of Social & Influence to be our ultimate Social Lead. You are someone who doesn't just understand social; you know how to explode it.

This is a pivotal, "M-shaped" leadership role. Operating with high autonomy and reporting directly to the CEO, you’ll sit on the Senior Leadership Team. You will need the strategic vision to build our social offering into a powerhouse commercial revenue stream, the tech-forward curiosity to lead our AI roadmap, the gravitas to educate our team, and the hands-on drive to deliver "best-in-class" campaigns.

What You’ll Do

Bring the "Social-First" Lens & Intervention

The Social Exploder: Take our market-leading PR and comms campaigns and blow them out of the water on social channels. You’ll look at every brief, concept, and campaign through a distinct "social-first" lens.
Social Intervention: Inject social thinking into the creative process early, seamlessly integrating campaigns across owned, earned, paid, and shared media to turn PR ideas into viral, social-first moments.

Commercial Growth, Strategy & Tool Ownership

Build the Business: Turn social and influence from a supporting capability into a highly profitable, scaled commercial revenue stream.
Spot the Opportunity: Identify untapped social opportunities within our stellar current client roster and active briefs, pitching and winning organic growth.
Tech & Tool Definition: Take ownership of defining the right suite of technologies (for monitoring, reporting, and evaluation) to prove ROI and protect the commercial health of the practice.

Lead our AI Roadmap & Tech Evolution

AI Maturity & Adoption: Spearhead the agency’s AI roadmap for social and influence. You’ll drive the maturity, adoption, and integration of generative AI tools to enhance productivity and elevate campaign outcomes.
Ethical AI & Compliance: In partnership with the wider Ogilvy and WPP network, enforce guidelines for the correct, ethical, and responsible use of AI (respecting copyright and client confidentiality).

Education, Upskilling & People Leadership

Lead the "How": Our team is already strong at the foundations of influencer marketing. Your job is to educate and upskill them on tracking metrics, data-driven methodologies, and building native, scroll-stopping social content.
Fostering Talent: Manage, mentor, and inspire the sub-team assigned to social and influence work, building a high-performing, future-proofed team.

Ruthless Prioritisation & Stakeholder Management

Considered Boundaries: When you’re the best at what you do, everyone wants a piece of your time. You will be pulled in all directions by different practice heads. You must possess the stakeholder mastery to set firm boundaries, focusing your energy only where it yields the highest commercial and creative return.

What You'll Need

We aren't looking for a pure theorist, nor are we looking for a junior community manager. We need an M-shaped profile who brings:

Social-First & Influence Passion: A proven champion of social media and creator culture with a track record of maximising project potential.
Change Management & Transformation Skills: A leader capable of guiding teams, clients, and internal stakeholders through organisational growth and capability evolution.
Tech & AI Forward Mindset: A keen interest in emerging technologies, with the curiosity and capability to drive AI adoption and team-wide AI upskilling (prompt engineering, generative AI).
PR & Comms Context: Experience navigating complex, high-level client relationships, particularly across Sport, Health, or Corporate sectors. You know how to operate in regulated environments without losing creative edge.
Commercial & Strategic Acumen: A strong affinity for data-driven decision-making, with the ability to translate analytics and social listening into profitable campaigns.

Benefits

Discretionary Performance Bonus: Annually reviewed, aligned with business growth.
Hybrid Working: A balanced hybrid model (typically 3 days in our beautiful Dublin office, 2 days remote).
Health & Wellness: Comprehensive private health insurance and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
Pension Scheme: Generous company pension contribution.
Generous Annual Leave: Plus additional "Ogilvy/WPP Days" and wellness days off.
WPP Network Perks: Access to global learning & development frameworks, WPP discounts, and international career mobility opportunities.
Stunning Office Location: Located at 6 Ely Place, a gorgeous Georgian building in the heart of Dublin 2, close to top food, culture, and transport links.

Our ambition is to attract the very best diverse talent to Ogilvy, and to be the employer of choice in the UK. We want everyone to feel welcome when they join us, and once they’re here, for them to want to stay with us, grow their career, and to feel they belong with us.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we’re committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming environment for everyone who wants to work at Ogilvy. For us, diversity, equity and inclusion is integrated into everything that we do. We believe that for creativity to flourish, everything about how we work must have diversity at its core. Your race, colour, ethnic, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, have no bearing on our hiring decisions, but we encourage everyone to feel free to express their true selves in an environment we are consistently striving to make as inclusive as possible.

We aim to facilitate an accessible and positive application experience for all candidates. If you require any adjustments from us to support you through the process or expect to require any adjustments to working conditions to be able to best perform in the role, please let us know. We are happy to consider all reasonable adjustments.

If you live with a disability and you would like to take advantage of our offer of a guaranteed interview under the Disability Confident Scheme, please ensure you fill out our voluntary Equal Opportunities Questionnaire when applying.

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