Senior Planner

Within Leo’s planning department, you’ll be part of the agency’s “first creative department” - the place where all our populist creativity starts. To assist you in your role, you will be provided with oversight from a Planning Partner and our CSO, and support from a Junior Planner, as well as our agency’s insights department.Specifically, we’ll need your help with:Contribute to establishing and a growing accountExecuting campaigns with strategic & creative excellence. Defining and embedding rigorous brand strategies.Developing strong client relationships.Managing the work and development of direct reports.Actively contributing to the knowledge and leadership of the planning department. What Skills We’re After: Creative Must be experienced at developing simple and incisive strategies that have helped to lead outstanding creative work.Must be confident writing and briefing creative teams - and have contributed to a few killer camapigns.Majority of experience earned within creative agencies.Culture Must be a natural collaborator, inspire and earn trust within the creative department.CommercialMust be able to define, track and report against campaign KPIsExperience in brand strategy is a preferred - including brand positioning, purpose and architecture.
Client Must have routinely presented to and collaborated with your clientsCategory experience not necessary, but experience with big clients is a plus.QualificationsCreatively driven - outstanding creativity will be your biggest motivator.Diplomatic - must be able to work with stakeholders, serving their interests whilst also protecting those of the agency.Open - must have strong interpersonal skills, able to listen to and work closely with your teams, creative department and clients.Rigorous - naturally comfortable with understanding and basing thinking in multiple complex data sources.Ambitious - they will be a pro-active strategic practioner, constantly raising the bar on their own creative output.Good - Leos people are good people. They are understanding, grounded, humble and kind people. The successful applicant will be this sort of person too.Additional Information 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. #LI-Hybrid
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