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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 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 an Account Executive to join our team at Leo Burnett Sport and Entertainment Division on their longest serving client; McDonald’s on their home nations football sponsorships.
Specifically, we’ll need your help with:
- Delivery of the McDonald’s Fun Football Centres Programme, the largest independent UK Wide football participation programme for 5-11 year olds.
- Building relationships with coaches and providers
- Building relationships with UKFA’s and Delivery Partners – Children in Need and Kick it Out
- Maintaining and management of relationships with Suppliers
- Identifying opportunities to upskill coaches
- Support across Football Festival Days across the country
- Support Across McDonald's Crew Staff engagement programme
- 5-a-side competitions
- eSport tournaments
- Chances to Win
- Assist in the preparation of materials for Client meetings and Events
- General administrative duties and team support
What Skills We’re After
Creative
- Proactive – able to drive projects forward, make things happen and work on his/her own
- Assist in the preparation of materials such as video and imagery requests, summary documents, presentations, status reports etc for Client meetings
- Promotion and marketing of the waves of activity across the year
- Present new opportunities to market the programme
Culture
- Down to earth, logical, self-starter
- Proactive – able to drive projects forward, make things happen and work on their own
- Personable and good people skills.
- Work comfortably within a busy team, other agencies and Clients
- Excellent team player
- A sense of humour and a ‘can do’ attitude
- Be passionate, motivated and enthusiastic
Commercial
- Very strong organisational and administrative skills
- Accurate project management abilities
- Well organized file management and updating Team status reports
- Delivery of projects to a high standard on time and within budget OR flag when projects need additional support
- Demonstrate a strong sense of commercial responsibility - understanding the importance of POs and billing
Client
- Represent the Agency in a professional manner at all times, with clients and external partners
- Happy and confident to contribute to all project discussions, both internally and with client.
- Really good attention to detail
- Confident to deliver in presentations and ability to articulate progress and results of their projects
What Qualities and Behaviours We’re Looking For
- Interest / experience of working within the Events / Sports industry
- Proficient at MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and social media tools
- Ability to travel – the role will also require occasional travel (weekdays and a few weekends) within the UK
- Multi-tasking ability a must
- Bright and articulate – and able to immediately and enthusiastically take on the role and responsibilities
- Ability and willingness to travel within the UK
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.
