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.

What You’ll Be Doing:

We’re looking for a Senior Planner to join our team at Leo Burnett.

This will mean contributing strategies to our brand new Morrisons account. You’ll have the mentorship & support of one of our star Planning Partners, as well as direct access to our Head of Planning and CSO.

Specifically, we’ll need your help with:

• Owning smaller campaigns and contributing brilliant insights and strategies to bigger campaigns.
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• Synthesising a breadth of data & insight resources.
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• Developing strong team partnerships, to ensure your influence is felt throughout the process.
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• Developing trust with the creative department, by reliably providing insight, inspiration and guidance.
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• Developing client relationships, to ensure your output and guidance is listened to and depend on.
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• Assisting on other accounts in need of your talents.

What Skills We’re After:

Creative

• The skills to develop simple, inspiring strategies and briefs that can lead to outstanding creative
• The ability to confidently guide a campaign from client briefing to creative production
• A finally honed ability to spot great creative potential
• Strong creative collaboration skills
• The ability to write clear and compelling strategic or creative presentation decks

Culture

• A well-practiced ability to spot a revelatory and inspiring cultural or customer insight  
• The ability to use common research tools
• The ability to synthesise complex cultural, customer and commercial information into simple, clear and rigorous stories
• Strong general cultural awareness

Commercial

• Strong understanding of basic creative effectiveness principles
• A well-practiced ability to break down tasks into clear commercial, marketing and communications objectives
• The ability to set and track KPIs
• The ability to construct a competitive review

• Specific category experience not necessary

Client

• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the appetite to partner closely with agency team and clients

What Qualities and Behaviours We’re Looking For

• Proven agency Planning experience
• On a mission to make big, brilliant and inspiring creative work that everyone knows about
• An energetic self-starter, able to proactively drive projects forward

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

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.