LEO BURNETT // We are a creative solutions company. We believe that creativity is the most powerful asset in business today. And it’s through a creative lens that we solve everything. To us, creativity is a deep understanding of human behaviour that we translate into transformative solutions for our clients. It’s what we bring to every business problem. We call it HumanKind™ thinking. It’s not about customers or consumers; we start with people and their behaviour. And we use all our intelligence, design thinking, digital innovation and customer experience capabilities to create behaviour-changing solutions. WE NEVER STAND STILL. We abide by the belief that “constructive dissatisfaction” is the essence of progress. And the key to building better solutions. It’s in our DNA. Leo Burnett was famous for saying "Let's continue to be known as an agency which spends more time trying to improve its theories rather than defend them." We started life as an advertising agency, but we’ve transformed our business. We’re continuously innovating to build new services and capabilities that help us deliver amazing solutions for our clients.

In an industry which needs to constantly adapt in order to maintain a healthy and consistent pace, both in innovation and growth as well as remaining relevant to the business of our clients and the needs of their customers the digital discipline has become more of a focal point every day!

And one of the key roles within the integrated production team at Leo Burnett is that of the Senior Digital Producer, being responsible for leading the internal digital talent and resources, as well managing external relationships with suppliers and partners. 

WHO WE ARE AFTER

The Senior Digital Producer at Leo Burnett leads the realisation of digital experiences from ideation, to production, to optimization through leading the project end to end to ensure the project is delivered on time, on budget, on strategy and to the highest creative standards which Leo Burnett are known for.

As the Senior Digital Producer you will need to demonstrate ability to deliver outstanding work, on time and on budget whilst maintaining great working relationships with all departments. You will need to be solutions focused and the ‘go to’ person on our largest accounts. You will be a fountain of knowledge, have a passion for digital and work towards the common goal of being the best creative agency in the world, bar none.

Leo Burnett have an integrated production team, so you will be open to running projects that require deliverables across multiple channels including, print, broadcast, content etc… however primary focus will be on leading digitally focused integrated campaigns.

The ideal candidate is someone who wants to lead and is prepared to challenge the givens, who listens to other points of view, who is prepared to try new things and have a go, who treats clients’ money like its their own and finally who wants to contribute positively to the Leo Burnett culture, have fun and celebrate success.

PEOPLE

Project Management

• Plans and organizes work effectively
• Makes good judgments about resources required
• Sets appropriate timelines and checkpoints

Resourceful Problem Solving

• Deals with new or difficult situations promptly and imaginatively
• Skillfully repurposes existing resources, and determines new ways to deliver ideas
• Brings in new capabilities and sets up long term alliances with outside partners when appropriate

Adaptable

• Flexible and embraces change

Creativity

• Approaches new and different ideas with curiosity and open-mindedness
• Has good judgment about which creative ideas will be effective
• Fosters an agency climate conducive to the pursuit of creative ideas

Collaborative

• Works seamlessly across departments, accounts, geographies and sister companies
• Shares information, ideas and opinions in a way that contributes to solutions
• Solicits the input of others and makes everyone feel like part of a team 

PRODUCT

Run Digitally Focused Projects

• Review digital ideas with creative department and provide digital concept consulting
• Generate ideas and recommendations about how to enhance the digital experience including graphic design and rich media content (video, audio, 3D, HTML5, flash animation)
• Flag any production challenges and assist with realizing a big idea in a manageable way

Develop Project Plans and Documentation

• Define the scope of work for the project
• Determine appropriate financial and talent resources required to complete the project
• Determines timelines and set milestones
• Plan budget and how resources are allocated across the project
• Develop annotated wireframes

Technical Planning & Implementation

• Provide insight and recommendations for feasibility exploration
• Identify functional requirements and technical environment for digital experience

Source and Engage Digital Suppliers

• Identify third party suppliers/specialists when required
• Manage supplier selection process
• Negotiate and execute supplier engagement agreements

Manage Project and Delivery

• Monitor and uphold creative integrity during production
• Manage changes in project scope with clients and suppliers and report risk assessment
• Budget management
• Identify and mitigate all legal, clearance, and intellectual property issues 

PROFIT

Accountability

• Ensure project is delivered on time, on budget and on strategy

Financial Management

• Estimating and ensuring project profitability through accurately capturing time and managing resources, scope creep and rounds amends.

Negotiation

• Maximizes the value of client budgets and usage of partners by bargaining with suppliers

The successful candidate MUST possess the following qualities:

• Natural Leader (not just a skilled manager) with proven leadership skills – having managed large projects, people/teams, setting up processes and work flows, effective management of resources;
• Excellent technical knowledge – does not need to know how to code, but will need to know enough about current and upcoming technologies to provide the best technical solutions and scope projects effectively to provide efficient solutions;
• Genuine passion for creative and innovation – pushing the boundaries and providing solutions that get results without compromising the integrity of the creative product;
• Process driven, financially responsible, business savvy and solutions focused;
• Integrated skills – at the very least a great knowledge of other production disciplines and techniques, if not hands-on experience. Digital production is part of the greater Integrated Production team at Leo Burnett and the right candidate will poses a genuine passion for and great interest in providing integrated solution where possible;
• A NICE PERSON – our culture is very important to us and we are very protective of it!

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an agency working with great people, who love what they do!