As Leo Burnett himself once said: “At the end of the day, we’re just people talking to people.”
 

And that sums up how we think. We never forget that on the other side of every screen, watching every ad or reading every tweet are people. Not just pairs of eyes with credit cards. But human beings, who want to be entertained, engaged and listened to.

Which is why we want to make work that connects on a human level. That everyone will love. Proudly populist creative work that makes people smile, laugh, cry and everything in between. Whether that’s through advertising or managing brand partnerships with our Sports + Entertainment team.

But it’s also why we believe in being decent human beings. Either to work with or to work for. Because putting people first is at the heart of everything we do.

We believe in the power of a strong, supportive, and inclusive culture that puts people and creativity at the heart of everything we do. We pride ourselves on a genuinely friendly and informal style where everyone’s invited, and the collective is more important than the individual.

We know we’re still falling short when it comes to diversity – but we’re working on it.
Really working on it.

We’ve created the Anti-Racism Collective, to actively advance racial equality within our agency and the industry, and track progress against our commitments, to redress the balance and better represent the society and culture we serve. We’re working with “Free the Work” to support makers and creators from a wider range of backgrounds and we’re working with all our clients to ensure we’re building brands that actively and positively portray all types of people.

It’s our distinctive approach, combined with our passion for populist creativity and relentless pursuit of excellence that makes Leo Burnett such a uniquely special and enjoyable place to work.

We’re looking for a Mid-Weight Designer to join our team at Leo Burnett.

Specific, we’ll need your help with:

• End to end development and delivery of big, TTL campaigns
• Taking an active part in early stages of a project, offering opinions and solutions to collaboratively work with creatives in the development of concepts
• Expanding and pushing our work to channels and formats; OOH, social, content, digital and activation

What Skills We’re After:

Creative

• Demonstrate a good creative judgement and voice your opinion within creative conversations at internal creative reviews
• Understand and interpret client feedback, identifying great work and articulating why it works for the brief
• Demonstrate skills that take ideas from conception to design across a range of media channels
• Have solid design foundations: typography, layout etc
• Have a strong portfolio with inspiring design work showcasing conceptual thinking and outstanding visual skills
• Have an awareness of social trends and be able to react to relevant events
• A good understanding of social media – you’re always exploring new platforms, features and trends that will engage audiences

Culture

• Bring all of you to work, your passions, your hobbies and creative pursuits
• Develop relationships internally with people in all departments and within your team. Have an infectious can-do attitude, which makes people want to come to you as they know you approach all tasks with a positive attitude
• Have outstanding organisational skills, meaning you are always on the front foot with key information to hand
• Be curious and constantly seeking to learn
• Demonstrate clear communication and listening skills

Client

• Strong ability to present your design development internally to creative and account management team members
• Capable of understanding the landscape a client is operating in and the impact that has on their communication strategy as well as understanding their target audience, tailoring your design development to specific client needs
• Have excellent attention to detail. Making it your mission to know the clients brand guidelines inside and out, ensuring all creative is delivered to the correct standard
• Support new business pitch teams with a can-do and proactive attitude

• Great knowledge of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite and other design programs that complement your talent
• Good problem-solving skills, pro-active and solutions focused
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Passionate about great creative work and good creative judgement
• Ability to receive and apply constructive feedback
• A collaborative working style and infectious energy
• Highly organised with excellent time management
• Can confidently present ideas internally
• Flexible and adaptable; taking ever-changing circumstances and project demands in your stride, always the picture of calm and control
• Ability to illustrate (need not be a specialist illustrator)
• Curious, always seeking to learn from those around them

Diversity and inclusion are a core part of our DNA at Leo Burnett. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture that encourages, celebrates, and supports our wonderfully diverse employee group irrelevant of their age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability or ethnicity. Diversity and inclusion fuel our creativity and innovation, it enables us to be closer to our people and audiences. We will continue to strive to create a culture and environment where everyone feels empowered and more importantly comfortable enough to bring their full, authentic selves to work.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process.  If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.