Senior Brand Partnerships Manager

We’re making zero carbon happen

We’re OVO Group, a big family of companies united by a single vision: to get to zero carbon, fast. 

We call this Plan Zero – and it shows how we’ll be fighting the climate crisis and transforming the way people use energy over the next decade. To do this, we need the sharpest minds. Are you up for the challenge?

Do great green things with OVO Energy

So much has changed since we launched in 2009.  Our goal remains the same though: make energy cheaper, greener, and simpler. Just as it was on day one.

Everyone belongs at OVO

Our aim is to build a diverse and inclusive movement: teams of brilliant people, with unique talents, skills, passions, and experiences. 

We encourage everyone to join us, whatever your gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, life experience, or background. So please come as you are – we can’t wait to meet you.

Where in the world of OVO will I be working?

The Senior Partnerships Campaign Manager will be an experienced brand communications specialist who will be responsible for improving the full potential of OVO’s strategic business partnerships across a multi-channel approach, driving positive awareness and consideration for the OVO brand to a mass consumer audience.  

With an ambition to make OVO the most positively-talked about energy brand in the UK, you will have the understanding, vision and skill to fully leverage both new and existing brand partnerships across the business in order to tell our brand story and reach and engage with consumer audiences across a variety of channels, driving a greater understanding amongst OVO’s core audience of our brand values and the role we can play in their lives, alongside our core products and services. 

Reporting into the Head of Brand PR & Partnerships and working closely alongside the brand advertising, communications, sustainability and commercial development teams, you will work to develop a fully integrated and coordinated partnership campaigns strategy, fully leveraging our strategic comms partners to demonstrate measurable ROI and positively shift our brand objectives. 

You will take a lead role in improving the value and opportunities present within OVO’s broad range of partners across the business; From our corporate comms, sustainability or vulnerability partners through to our charitable arm The OVO Foundation, our tree planting partners (The Woodland Trust and The Conservation Volunteers) through to our green living and zero carbon living tech and innovation partners within Commercial Development. 

Your role will be to seek out untold stories and opportunities for the OVO brand, working with relationship leads across the business - as well as our partners - to develop creative and innovative campaigns which bring brand partnerships story to life across a multi-channel approach, from owned brand channels to PR, content creation, influencer and paid social. 

Note: You will not be responsible for being the lead point of contact for every partner relationship (or for overseeing & managing the delivery of each partnership), but you will lead the creation, development and execution of brand campaigns which leverage those partnerships to their full potential in order to reach and influence consumer audiences.

With a proven track record in consumer brand storytelling & content creation, you will be driven to deliver innovative, world-class PR and brand campaigns that drive mass market brand fame for OVO Energy.

This person will play a key role in building OVO to be one of the most iconic brands of the decade.

What will I be doing?

• Develop and implement OVO’s partnerships below-the-line comms & campaigns strategy that delivers against OVO’s brand OKRs - positive brand awareness and consideration
• Responsible for delivering a positive increase in brand share of voice and positive sentiment in earned, editorial coverage, social reach and engagement, in line with Communications team objectives 
• Development and execution of OVO’s partnership campaign activation plan across all relevant and campaignable brand partnerships
• Identify, develop and execute partnership campaign opportunities from around the business, which can deliver against OVO brand & communications OKRs as part of the broader brand comms strategy 
• Build close relationships with key stakeholders across different functions within OVO, from communications, sustainability and vulnerability teams to growth, acquisition and commercial development, in order to seek out new and existing campaignable partnerships that help bring our brand story and platform to life.   
• Manage retained PR and social agency support to help build and execute campaign activation plans 
• Work closely with external brand marcomms stakeholders across ATL brand, corporate affairs / communications and the broader business to develop campaign activation plans, align messaging, timings and develop core assets. 
• Work closely with the social content and studio teams using our partnership campaigns to help shape and inform OVO’s content strategy.
• Work with external partner brands, companies and organisations to develop unexpected and culturally rich partnerships which lend themselves to BTL storytelling and campaigning across a multichannel, integrated approach. 
• Develop KPIs and continually measure all activity with objective results linked to measurable ROI, improving performance, pivoting programmes where change is needed. 

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £55,370 and £86,370, depending on your specific skills and experience. If your expectations are a little different, have a chat with us! We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You may be eligible for an on-target bonus. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay.  It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits. 

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).

For your health
With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more

For your wellbeing
With gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more

For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home 
Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargers

For your commute
Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans 

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!