— BRITT OGILVY CONSULTING
I am intentional about creating space for clear thinking. I work with individuals, teams and businesses navigating strategic communications, campaign building, client relationships, multi-country work and professional situations that need deeper thought or careful consideration. I help you get clear on what matters and, where useful, shape the structures around the work, whether that is a campaign, team, organisational setup, process or decision path, so that you can move forward with confidence.
Half-hour and hourly sessions · Ongoing Advisory Access
Objective, strategic steering for the people, relationships and decisions holding complex work together.
— FOCUSED CLARITY SESSIONS
A meaningful pause in a crowded working day
A focused clarity session creates a confidential, human space for you to think and spar without professional filtering, organising what’s happening and turning uncertainty into clarity, so you can move forward with confidence.
Effective delivery should not require self-erasure.
Professional pressure can cause you to suppress your instincts or lose sight of who you are while trying to deliver, often without realising it. I’m here to work with you on meeting the needs of the work while staying connected to your values, judgement and professional voice.
— THE DISTINCTION
What makes my approach distinctive
01
A candid and human thinking space
You don’t need to sanitise the situation or arrive with a polished version of events. You can speak openly about the human dynamics influencing the work.
02
Insight-led, specialist perspective
I bring over 14 years of agency- and client-side pattern recognition, holding the person, team, project and commercial objective together as one connected system across strategic communications, client leadership and multi-country delivery.
03
Honest without being harsh
I’m prepared to say what I believe the situation requires. The purpose of candour is to create clarity and movement.
Challenge creates forward momentum.
Experienced outside perspective at the moments that shape the success of the work
This kind of outside perspective is often most valuable before things become difficult. I can help at the beginning of a campaign, pitch or new engagement, when a team is taking shape, when roles or decisions need clearer definition, or when a business is working across new markets or relationships.
At the beginning
Establishing what needs to be in place for the work to move well.
The client and stakeholder relationship
Campaign, project or engagement shape
Team structure and roles
Decision-making and approval paths
Processes and ways of working
Central, regional and local responsibilities
Likely pressure points
During delivery
The project flow becomes unclear
The relationship is under pressure
Approvals are slowing progress
A response needs pressure-testing
At a key decision point
Step outside immediate delivery pressure
Identify the true issue
Consider the perspectives involved
Agree on a practical way forward
I don’t take over the management or execution of the project. Together with you, or your team, I aim to strengthen the structure, judgement, communication and relationships that enable the broader team to manage it smoothly, and successfully.
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— WHO IT IS FOR
For individuals and teams, and the businesses they strengthen
FOR BUSINESSES
Businesses and teams I work with
Advertising, communications and brand agencies
Consultancy businesses
In-house marketing and communications teams
Account and client-service departments
Project and campaign teams
Organisations managing multi-country work
Agencies working with diplomatic or institutional clients
Businesses may bring me in
→ At the beginning of a campaign or engagement
→ At the beginning of a pitch proposal process
→ Before a significant client interaction
→ At a complex decision point
→ When teams or markets require alignment
→ When leadership needs an objective perspective outside the internal structure
FOR INDIVIDUALS
Individuals I work with
Founders and co-founders
Senior marketers
Strategic communications leaders
Agency leaders
Account, client-service and project leads
Professionals managing teams
People moving into greater leadership responsibility
Early-career agency and communications professionals
People moving from agency to client side, or from client to agency side
A session may help you
→ Organise your thinking
→ Pressure-test an approach
→ Prepare for an important conversation
→ Navigate a client or workplace relationship
→ Reconnect with your professional voice
You become clearer and more capable, and the business you’re part of strengthens its decisions, relationships and delivery.
— AREAS OF GUIDANCE
Where I add value
Four connected areas of guidance, drawn on individually or in combination depending on the situation.
01 Relationships
Client relationships and difficult conversations
– Establishing the right foundations with a new client
– Managing demanding or uncertain clients, and repairing strained relationships
– Setting boundaries without damaging trust
– Communicating delays, overspends or other sensitive information
– Disagreeing constructively and raising concerns
– Navigating the agency-client relationship from either side
02 Structure
Strategic clarity and structure
I can help you make sense of complex work and give it a clearer shape. This might mean clarifying the objective, identifying the real roadblock, establishing priorities, or shaping the structure around a campaign, team, process or piece of work.
– Clarifying objectives and priorities
– Identifying what is getting in the way
– Shaping roles and responsibilities
– Establishing clearer decision paths
– Thinking through team or organisational structures
– Building campaign or project structures
– Clarifying processes and ways of working
– Creating a practical route from thinking into delivery
03 Leadership
Leadership and workplace dynamics
– Micromanagement and leadership friction
– Finding a professional voice and influencing without formal authority
– Managing upwards
– Navigating evolving or sensitive workplace relationships
– Team overwhelm or misalignment
04 Complexity
Multi-country and institutional complexity
– Aligning central, regional and local teams across time zones and cultures
– Protecting a central idea while enabling local relevance
– Navigating multi-market approvals, delivery and African market complexity
– Establishing credibility, trust and the right protocol with institutional stakeholders
– Communicating with the sensitivity and formality diplomatic or public-sector work requires
– Framing recommendations within governance and competing institutional priorities
— VALUE, BOTH HUMAN AND COMMERCIAL
What each side of the work gains
Value to you
Clearer understanding of the situation
Greater confidence in your judgement
Stronger professional voice
Clearer responsibilities and next steps
More considered communication
A practical path towards execution
Confidence to deliver without losing yourself
A clearer structure around the work, where one is needed.
Value to the business
Stronger client and stakeholder relationships
More capable account and project leadership
Better team and market alignment
Higher-quality strategic and communications decisions
Earlier identification of risk
Fewer avoidable escalations and clearer scope management
Greater continuity and renewed project momentum
Clearer roles, decision paths, processes and ways of working.
I help the people involved feel clearer and more capable, while helping the business protect its relationships, decisions and delivery.
— SESSION FORMATS
Focused clarity session (30 minutes)
Best for:
· One contained question
· An immediate decision
· A specific conversation
· A short communications or workplace matter
· A follow-up steer
One central situation or desired outcome.
Focused clarity session (60 minutes)
Best for:
· A layered or emotionally nuanced situation
· A client relationship with multiple stakeholders
· A complex communications decision
· A multi-country campaign question
· Institutional or diplomatic considerations
More space to explore context, challenge assumptions and build a practical route forward.
Ongoing advisory access (four hours per month)
Best for:
· Four prepaid hours per month, half-hour or hourly usage
· Continuity across related situations
· Priority booking, subject to availability
· Concise written steer following each session
· Used by one leader or an agreed small group
Additional time available by arrangement. The value lies in continuity, flexibility and access.
— THE JOURNEY
From a booked moment to a practical route forward
● Book
A half-hour or hourly session, with brief context provided in advance and any pre-reading kept short.
What would you like to leave clearer about?
● Arrive openly
You don’t need a polished question, just what feels uncertain, stuck, or in need of deeper thought.
● Clarify & sharpen
I listen for facts, context and roadblocks, then sharpen the central issue or challenge an assumption.
● Translate into action
Next steps, priorities and the first manageable action.
What will you do differently as a result of this conversation?
● Receive & follow up
Within one business day, I’ll send the steer, the next move, and one thing to hold onto. In a later session, we can review progress or prepare for the next decision.
— WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH
Before and after a session
Before
Stuck
Hesitant
Uncertain
Flustered
Overwhelmed by competing information
Disconnected from your own judgement
After
Clearer
Calmer
More capable
Confident in your judgement
Connected to your professional voice
Ready to move forward
From stuck, hesitant or uncertain to clear, capable and ready to move forward with confidence.
— ABOUT ME
14+ yrs: Across advertising, marketing, brand communications, client leadership and complex project delivery, in both agency and client-side environments.
EMEA: Led integrated campaigns and managed senior client and stakeholder relationships across multiple markets and time zones.
€ multi-million campaign: Account and project leadership of a twelve-country Pan-African campaign for the European Union’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships.
Institutional: Worked directly with EU headquarters, delegations, diplomats and ambassadors across Africa.
Sectors: Client-side financial-services experience, alongside FMCG, technology and international development communications.
For most of my career, I’ve thrived on building deep business relationships through transparency and collaboration, solving complex brand challenges, contributing to impact-driven work, and leading diverse teams with heart and discipline. I firmly believe that communication should be clear, campaigns should be brave, and people should feel seen and supported in the process.
Bring the question that needs more space than your day is giving it.
Arrive with a defined question, an approach you want to pressure-test, or simply a professional situation that feels uncertain or in need of deeper thought. I’ll help you understand what’s really happening, identify what matters and establish a practical route forward.
Britt Ogilvy Consulting 