Joanna Oosthuizen
Director PR and Influence EMEA Ogilvy at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, London
Cape Town, South Africa
About me
Joanna is Director PR & Influence EMEA at Ogilvy based in London. Joanna build one of the most successful PR agency within Ogilvy SA.
Her experience crosses a number of major sectors including state owned enterprises, petrochemicals, mining, fast moving consumer goods, beverages and various other services industries. Her areas of expertise include strategy, high level client services, project and budget management and issues and crisis management.
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Positions
Director PR and Influence EMEA Ogilvy
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
London, United Kingdom
2004 - Present (21 years)
Director PR and Influence EMEA Ogilvy Jan 2020 – Present
Chief Operating Officer ogilvy South Africa Apr 2017 – Present
National Managing Director South Africa 2008 – Present
Ogilvy Public Relations (Ogilvy PR) is a global, multi-disciplinary communications leader operating in more than 85 offices across six continents.
In 2012, Ogilvy was named Cannes Lions Network of the Year and Most Effective Agency Network by the Effie Global Effectiveness Index, named Public Affairs Consultancy of the Year by the Holmes Report, won Consumer Consultancy of the Year in Asia Pacific (Holmes Report), and won the WPP global, top award (WPPed Cream, Crème de la Crème) for the fifth time in six years.
Ogilvy PR integrates deeply with all Ogilvy & Mather disciplines (advertising, direct marketing, activation, promotional, digital and entertainment) through the proprietary Ogilvy Fusion™ approach to delivering comprehensive, business solutions through content creation, community building, and communications with measurable results. Ogilvy PR is a unit of Ogilvy & Mather, a WPP company (NASDAQ: WPPGY), and one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world. For more information, visit our website at www.ogilvypr.com or follow us on Twitter at @ogilvypr.
National Managing Director Jun 2004 – Present
Joanna is National Managing Director of Ogilvy Public Relations, where she leads a team of the country’s best public relations and reputation management professionals across Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. Joanna has built Ogilvy PR to be one of South Africa’s leading reputation and communications agencies, and plays an active role across all clients within the business.
Her experience crosses a number of major sectors including state owned enterprises, petrochemicals, mining, fast moving consumer goods, beverages and various other services industries. Her areas of expertise include strategy, high level client services, project and budget management and issues and crisis management.
Her issues and crisis management experience includes Sasol, Coca-Cola, Avis, Adcock Ingram, South African Post Office, LG Electronic's, BMW, British Airways, Microsoft and Discovery.
Joanna is a director of Ogilvy Public Relations as well as Ogilvy&Mather Johannesburg and is a member of the Executive Committee of Ogilvy&Mather South Africa.
National Managing Director of Ogilvy Public Relations South Africa Employed2004 – Present
Chief Operating Officer ogilvy South Africa Apr 2017 – Present
National Managing Director South Africa 2008 – Present
Ogilvy Public Relations (Ogilvy PR) is a global, multi-disciplinary communications leader operating in more than 85 offices across six continents.
In 2012, Ogilvy was named Cannes Lions Network of the Year and Most Effective Agency Network by the Effie Global Effectiveness Index, named Public Affairs Consultancy of the Year by the Holmes Report, won Consumer Consultancy of the Year in Asia Pacific (Holmes Report), and won the WPP global, top award (WPPed Cream, Crème de la Crème) for the fifth time in six years.
Ogilvy PR integrates deeply with all Ogilvy & Mather disciplines (advertising, direct marketing, activation, promotional, digital and entertainment) through the proprietary Ogilvy Fusion™ approach to delivering comprehensive, business solutions through content creation, community building, and communications with measurable results. Ogilvy PR is a unit of Ogilvy & Mather, a WPP company (NASDAQ: WPPGY), and one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world. For more information, visit our website at www.ogilvypr.com or follow us on Twitter at @ogilvypr.
National Managing Director Jun 2004 – Present
Joanna is National Managing Director of Ogilvy Public Relations, where she leads a team of the country’s best public relations and reputation management professionals across Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. Joanna has built Ogilvy PR to be one of South Africa’s leading reputation and communications agencies, and plays an active role across all clients within the business.
Her experience crosses a number of major sectors including state owned enterprises, petrochemicals, mining, fast moving consumer goods, beverages and various other services industries. Her areas of expertise include strategy, high level client services, project and budget management and issues and crisis management.
Her issues and crisis management experience includes Sasol, Coca-Cola, Avis, Adcock Ingram, South African Post Office, LG Electronic's, BMW, British Airways, Microsoft and Discovery.
Joanna is a director of Ogilvy Public Relations as well as Ogilvy&Mather Johannesburg and is a member of the Executive Committee of Ogilvy&Mather South Africa.
National Managing Director of Ogilvy Public Relations South Africa Employed2004 – Present
Education
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Communications
1994 - 1998 (4 years)
Public Relations Institute of South Africa
