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# Online Editor at Ogilvy Social.Lab South Africa

- **Company:** Ogilvy Social.Lab South Africa
- **Location:** Cape Town, South Africa / Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Posted:** 2026-06-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-17
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sociallabsa/jobs/4707359005

## Job description

Ogilvy Social Lab, part of WPP, is setting global benchmarks in digital marketing and is driven by offering our expertise to both local and international clients through a multi-market footprint.

We have enabled 'borderless ways of working', operating as connected teams and providing Creative, Content, Media and Intelligence capabilities to Ogilvy agencies and clients in more than 20 countries.

Join our globally connected team and work on challenging projects that transcend borders. Embrace a career that takes you to new horizons and make a global impact!

## 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](http://wpp.com/).

Are you a passionate Online Editor with a knack for delivering exceptional social edits, graphics and design solutions across both digital and print-based projects?

Look no further! We are searching for a highly creative individual who possesses supreme attention to detail and strong social editing skills to join our dynamic team.

Ideally, we're seeking someone with 5-7 years of experience in both short- and long-form social content. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working across a variety of formats and genres, editing footage shot by production teams to meet specific project requirements.

The Social Editor will assist with edits, graphic social content creation across multiple projects, delivering final outputs in various formats under tight deadlines. This includes working with supplied footage, After Effects, Photoshop/Illustrator files and digital assets to craft high-quality audio-visual content. The role also involves prepping files and syncing footage to support the workflow of senior editors. As well as having the opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including producers, copywriters, strategists, and account/ project managers, to ensure a cohesive and impactful creative direction.

Key Responsibilities:

- Build offline edits from storyboards and creative briefs, to tell compelling stories and communicate the intended message effectively.
- Edit and finesse video; including but not limited to colour grading (using LUT/guide grade), cleaning up footage and adding graphics/generating graphic text for social and digital content.
- Audio mix music, voiceover and any simple sound effects within edits.
- Collaborate with producers and editors from post production houses and creative teams to align with project objectives and vision.
- Maintain organised systems and meticulously label project files.
- Store and archive all footage and final material according to required protocols.
- Select music from licensed music libraries as needed.
- Source and select images from stock libraries when required.
- Manage personal workflow and provide regular progress updates to the appropriate senior team members.
- Be comfortable incorporating feedback from multiple stakeholders, including producers and clients.
- Identify opportunities to improve the editing process and overall workflow.
- Stay current with editing techniques, software updates, and industry trends.

Requirements:

- Competency in working with motion graphics templates, Adobe After Effects, illustrator and Photoshop
- Experience in colour grading for broadcast is an advantage.
- High proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and Nuke experience with DaVinci Resolve is a plus.
- Solid understanding of cloud-based services and file management.
- Effective communication skills and strong team collaboration.
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to work under pressure.
- Passion for storytelling and visual narrative techniques.
- Creative, positive, and solutions-oriented mindset.
- Strong organisational and goal-oriented work ethic.
- Technical understanding of television and digital content production.
- Strong problem-solving skills and time management abilities.

Additional Requirements:

- Relevant tertiary education in film, media, or a related creative field.
- Proficient in English; proficiency in additional languages is an advantage.
- Familiarity with the broadcast and digital video landscape, particularly in a beauty context, is preferred.

Unleash Your Creativity, Ignite Your Passion, and Shape the Future: Be a Part of Our Dynamic Design Family!

Offer

- Full-time job within a growing and trendsetting agency
- Attractive package and benefits
- Global client portfolio
- Hybrid homeworking policy

## About Ogilvy Social.Lab South Africa

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Ogilvy Social.Lab South Africa is a digital marketing agency offering creative, media, intelligence, and content services to agencies and brands worldwide as part of the Ogilvy network.
- **Entity Type**: Private (unit of Ogilvy, which is part of publicly-listed WPP)
- **Headquarters**: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (with additional office in Johannesburg)
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (the South African unit is led by Managing Director Christophe Chantraine)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Advertising Services / Digital Marketing
- **Target customers**: B2B – agencies and brands (enterprise and SMB) across 91+ countries; serves both local and international clients
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “A story is only as good as the distribution system that can deliver it to the right audiences, at exactly the right time and in the right place.” – The agency calls this “Story Thinking” and “Smart System Distribution.”

## Products & Services
- **Digital Intelligence**: Competitive benchmarking, social listening, audience profiling, e‑commerce audit, search intent modelling
- **Digital Media**: Media planning, paid social, paid search, programmatic, display, Amazon advertising, e‑commerce, reporting and measurement
- **Creation**: Concept development, native digital content production, creative optimisation, graphic and motion design, community management
- **Digital Strategy**: Channel strategy, customer journey mapping, audience segmentation, cross‑channel integration, influencer strategy
- **SEO**: Keyword research, on‑page/off‑page SEO, local SEO, technical implementation

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (part of larger Ogilvy/WPP group)
- **Key Metric**: Total staff of 600 employees across 16 global locations; South African unit employs 51‑200 people. In 2020 the SA office reported a **300% increase in billings** and **tripled its team size**.
- **Notable clients**: Ikea, Philips, Nestlé, Huawei, Chanel, Vans, European Union
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid expansion since 2018; dedicated content hubs for clients in North America, UK, Europe, Asia and Africa; leading Social Commerce expertise inside WPP; launched a Graduate Training Programme in 2021.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Story Thinking + Smart System Distribution**: A differentiated methodology that pairs strong creative ideas with precise, cross‑channel distribution.
- **Cost‑efficient, scalable model**: Provides reliable, cost‑effective digital marketing solutions by leveraging a global talent pool and shared resources across 16 offices.
- **Global reach with local execution**: Ability to deploy content in 91+ countries while maintaining dedicated teams for regional clients.
- **Part of the Ogilvy/WPP ecosystem**: Access to world‑class tools, technologies, and methodologies from the largest advertising group globally.

## Strategic Focus
- **Social Commerce**: Leading WPP’s Social Commerce expertise, using social media to drive transactional relationships.
- **Borderless working**: Operating as connected teams across time zones to serve multinational clients seamlessly.
- **Talent development**: Expanding the Graduate Training Programme to recruit and upskill local talent in campaign management.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a “modern creative agency in every sense with a culture of curiosity, exploration and growth.”
- **Work environment**: ‘Borderless ways of working’ – teams collaborate across continents, offering exposure to global projects.
- **Locations**: Offices in both Cape Town (Woodstock) and Johannesburg (Bryanston). Hybrid/remote policy not explicitly stated, but the “connected teams” model suggests flexibility.
- **Perks**: Graduate training programme; opportunity to work on high‑profile global brands; career growth in a fast‑scaling unit.
- **Engineering/analytics culture**: Strong emphasis on data‑driven marketing (Digital Intelligence, SEO, programmatic), with roles for analysts, researchers, and tool experts.

## Sources
1. [ogilvysociallab.co.za](https://ogilvysociallab.co.za/)
2. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/sociallabsa](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sociallabsa)
3. [za.linkedin.com/showcase/social.lab-south-africa](https://za.linkedin.com/showcase/social.lab-south-africa/)
4. [ogilvy.co.za (Press Release - Dec 2020)](https://www.ogilvy.co.za/node/181)
5. [za.linkedin.com/company/ogilvy-south-africa](https://za.linkedin.com/company/ogilvy-south-africa)

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