Sandra Saias

Sandra Saias
EVP
Chicago

Sandra brings extensive 360 consumer marketing and brand-building background to Ogilvy Public Relations. Sandra has represented clients in many categories, including consumer electronics and technology, retail, personal care, packaged goods, food, toys and games, automotive, financial relations.

Currently, Sandra functions across offices and practices and across the Ogilvy Group companies and marketing disciplines to increase PR’s role among clients. In this position, Sandra builds cross-company PR business via 360 communications solutions to current business and business development. Sandra acts as the strategic liaison and resource for all Ogilvy companies and is called upon for a communications point of view on new and existing opportunities.

In addition, Sandra is the strategic and creative lead on Quaker and Tropicana, two of the agency’s largest consumer accounts. Sandra provides council on various accounts including, Sam’s Club, Brazil Ministry of Tourism, Playmobil and others.

Prior to joining Ogilvy, Sandra spent eleven years at Edelman as creative director and co-head of the Lifestyle Unit where she managed a number of clients including Microsoft, Expedia, Dove, Cranium, Wyndham Hotels, Mutual of Omaha, among others.

Sandra holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from California State University, Northridge. She spent a year in Aix-en-Provence, France, where she earned a degree (Diplome des Etudes Superieurs) in Political Science and French, while working as a reporter at Le Provencal newspaper in Marseilles.

Fluent in English, Spanish and French, Sandra grew up in Santiago, Chile. She now resides in Chicago with her husband and three children.