Managing Director
Global Public Affairs Practice
Washington DC
Jamie Moeller directs Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide’s Global Public Affairs Practice. In this role, he oversees a practice of more than 150 professionals operating in 35 markets around the world, assisting clients with brand reputation, policy communications and corporate positioning initiatives.
In this role, Jamie oversees Ogilvy’s integrated public affairs offering with its wholly owned lobbying affiliate – Ogilvy Government Relations – one of the premier government relations consultancies in Washington. Ogilvy’s ability to build political support for clients’ issues combined with strong relationships with key policymakers at all levels of government provides clients with the tools needed to succeed in major policy debates
Jamie has led global public affairs campaigns for some of the agency’s largest clients, including BP’s “Beyond Petroleum” brand transformation; and transitioning satellite company Intelsat from an Intergovernmental Organization to a private company. In addition, Jamie has overseen the public affairs component of a wide variety of integrated communications programs for clients such as Allegheny Energy, The American Chemistry Council, Constellation Energy, DuPont, Ford and MasterCard International.
Jamie is a seasoned communications counselor, working closely with senior management at a wide range of corporate clients on a variety of reputation challenges. His experience ranges from advising DuPont on its response to allegations surrounding its Teflon product to overseeing the establishment of a Joint Information Center for an energy company after an oil spill to advising the CEO of Deloitte on issues surrounding high profile accounting scandals. He has led reputation and issues management campaigns for the American Chemistry Council, BP, Ford, Johnson & Johnson, Lenovo, Mirant, Allegheny Energy, The University of Chicago, among others.
He brings a deep understanding of the link between corporate reputation and the bottom line to these assignments. He recognizes that how a company handles a challenging situation will have a long-term impact on its reputation and he provides clients with the counsel they need to manage issues in a manner that mitigates reputation damage and helps ensure the enduring strength of the corporate brand
With Ogilvy since 1987, Jamie has a proven track record of developing winning public affairs campaigns that drive brand communications to a client’s key stakeholders – employees, customers, policymakers, influencers, third party allies and the media. Specifically, Jamie has developed and managed brand communications campaigns for clients in the financial services, energy, technology, timber, telecommunications, chemical, defense and brewing industries.
Prior to joining Ogilvy, Jamie directed a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C. devoted to promoting international trade and economic development. Jamie also worked as the Washington, D.C. representative of former Mayor of Atlanta Andrew Young. In that capacity, he represented Mayor Young on Capitol Hill and provided legislative and media counsel on a variety of issues affecting the federal budget, housing, trade and international affairs. Jamie also worked for a United States Senator in constituency relations.
Jamie is an attorney and a member of the Maryland State Bar. He received his law degree at George Washington University and his bachelor’s degree at the University of Michigan. He is married with two sons.