Job description
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.
What You’ll Be Doing:
We’re looking for a Social/Motion Designer to join our team at Leo Burnett.
Specific, we’ll need your help with:
- End to end development and delivery of big social 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 through social channels and digital formats
- Keeping up with current design and tech trends, particularly in regard to social platforms
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 production
- Have solid editing and post production foundations
- Have a strong portfolio with inspiring work showcasing conceptual thinking and outstanding 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 creative 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 creative 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
What Qualities and Behaviours We’re Looking For
- Great knowledge of the Adobe Suite, Premiere Pro and After Effects required
- Design background with an ability to work in 2d animation
- Experienced video editor capable of quick turnarounds, with multiple projects
on your plate at any given moment - 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 and externally
- Flexible and adaptable; taking ever-changing circumstances and project demands
in your stride, always the picture of calm and control - Curious, always seeking to learn from those around them
Nice To Have
- Ability to work in Cinema 4d or similar
- Working knowledge of digital cinema cameras
- Able to light basic set-ups, or assist in house team in shoots if required
- Stays on the pulse with developments in online consumer behaviours
- Ability to identify contextual ‘reactive’ opportunities and develop activation ideas
in a timely way. - Should be able to work across more brand led, product led and performance marketing assets
- Highly developed understanding of online platforms and audience trends on social – should go beyond being a consumer of social media and be a creator
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.