We believe that creativity is the most powerful asset in business today.

Our ability to create fresh, original, disruptive, transformative ideas comes from a deep understanding of human behaviour. 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 shape that thinking into behaviour and business-changing solutions.

Because what’s good for people, is good for business https://www.leoburnett.com.au/

We're looking for an experienced Communications Planner to join our national strategy team based here in Pyrmont. Partnering with the creative and strategy teams, you’ll work across all our award-winning clients to integrate our creative ideas into media channels with strategic rigor.  

Day to day in this role, you’ll get to:

• Support the strategy and creative teams to integrate their brilliant ideas into communication frameworks and ecosystems.
• Bring your passion for comms planning, along with your strong knowledge of social and digital to amplify the creative output for your clients.
• Inspire the agency to think differently about media channels and technology - to sharpen the overall effectiveness of the work.
• Use your strong interest in data to develop key insights and use these to recommend and define the overall campaign success.
• Play a key part in new business opportunities with the leadership team.
• Work with some of the best creative and strategic thinkers in the business in a supportive and collaborative team.

The person we’re looking for has:

• 3-4 years’ experience working within an advertising communications / media agency environment.
• The ability and confidence to develop exceptional messaging frameworks, comms tasks, tactical briefs and ecosystems.
• Is prolific with social media platforms and third-party research tools.
• A strong portfolio of impressive client work.
• A natural leader who genuinely enjoys collaborating with others.

What you can expect from us:

Partner with the best clients in Australia: Bundaberg Rum, Canon, Captain Morgan, City of Melbourne, Diageo, Gordons Gin, HBF, Honda, Johnnie Walker, Oporto, Red Rooster, Smirnoff, Suncorp, Transurban, UDL, and Vitasoy.

Make the best work of your career: We believe in the power of creativity to transform human behaviour. Each one of us is held accountable for contributing to ideas of the highest standard in the world. And we’re recognized for it.  More recently we ranked #1 Agency of the Year by Campaign Brief’s The Work and #3 Regional Agency of the Decade by Cannes Lions.

Work with the best people: If you’ve ever met a Burnetter you’ll know we stand apart. Our agency is filled with smart, kind people who are passionate about the work and who genuinely care about each other.

Have the best experience: We have industry-leading flexibility and a culture we’re famous for. Our structure and processes are uncomplicated because we focus on output. And there are endless opportunities for growth in both Leo Burnett and Publicis Groupe more broadly with access to global opportunities and L&D programs. 

What we will offer you:

Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, recent winner of the 2023 Employer of Choice Awards and one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses.

Enjoy all the perks that come with our network offering: 

• A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting Physical, Mindful and Financial wellbeing. 
• A creative, fun and rewarding office environment where people love working with each other, supported by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach “working your way, with us!”  
• Access to our Global AI Platform, Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network.
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform Marcel Classes 
• A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program.  
• A committed Diversity, Equality and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva! Women, Égalité, enABLE and Embrace (reconciliation action plan) programs.   
• Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year. 
• Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks paid primary carer leave and generous secondary carer benefits. 
• Access to counsellors, psychologists and professionals through Sonder - an all-in-on digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs. 

Leo Burnett, part of Publicis Groupe believes that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions. We encourage applications from First Nations, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTQI+) people. 

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.