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Company description

Leo Burnett is a communications agency powered by its HumanKind operating system, with the belief that creativity, data and technology work together to transform human behavior and drive prosperity for clients.

Part of Publicis Communications, Leo Burnett Worldwide is one of the world's largest agency networks with 85 offices and more than 8,000 employees. The global agency works with some of the world's most valued brands including Aldi, Bank of America, Campbell's, Dunkin, Firestone, Jim Beam, Kellogg's, Nintendo, Tillamook and UnitedHealthcare among others.

Overview

The role of Assistant Account Executive offers a thrilling opportunity to contribute to a dynamic and rapidly growing client poised for greatness. In this position, you'll play a pivotal role in cultivating a collaborative partnership both with internal teams and clients, working together to deliver exceptional and groundbreaking work.

You will be at the forefront, instrumental in establishing and expanding a premium brand in the dairy category, helping to shape the future of this exciting segment at the agency. With a focus on innovation, you'll have an unparalleled chance to bring fresh, daring ideas that will forge stronger connections with consumers and fuel significant business growth, all while being driven by our high creative ambitions.

As a key player, you'll support the Account Director in every phase of the initiative lifecycle, guiding the cross-functional team from discovery through to creative development, production and market optimization.

We are seeking someone whose spirit is ignited by the advertising industry, eager to dive deeply into the client’s world with a passion for the food category. Your enthusiasm for collaboration will propel you and the agency team to discover and develop bold strategic and creative platforms that deliver maximum impact and elevate this brand to new heights.

Responsibilities

Embrace a dynamic role where you'll take ownership of weekly status updates and skillfully present project progress to both internal agency teams and clients, becoming an essential driver of informed decision-making. You'll work hand-in-hand with the Account Director to ensure project and production timelines align seamlessly with client expectations, all while honing your project management skills.

In this multifaceted position, you'll lead the charge on administrative tasks, ensuring seamless communication and organization through adept management of meeting notes, electronic files, and schedules. Your proactive approach will also shine as you assist in guiding the internal agency team—comprising creative, production, and strategy experts—to execute groundbreaking and compelling creative ideas.

You'll have the opportunity to master the intricacies of production documents, with support from the Account Director, and deftly manage the creative trafficking process with our valued vendors and media partners. By keeping the team informed of client business and industry developments, you'll provide valuable insights that will elevate creative development and enrich strategic business understanding. Your role involves not only reviewing creative work with a discerning eye but also synthesizing and relaying feedback effectively to ensure flawless revisions and approvals.

Your contributions will extend to ensuring decks and documents are always up-to-date, reflecting client feedback with precision and detail. You'll also play a key role in collaborating with the Account Director to track projects against scope, and support the Strategy team by diving into research and preparing for thought leadership presentations.

Lastly, you'll lead competitive reporting and industry trend tracking with enthusiastic support from the Strategy team, ensuring the agency remains at the forefront of innovation and strategic vision. This role offers a platform for you to grow, learn, and make a significant impact in the world of advertising and beyond.

Qualifications

+ CPG experience, preferred.

+ Production experience (TV, online video, digital banners, social ads), preferred.

+ Creative delivery (fulfilling media buy, trafficking)

+ Fundamental understanding of media tactics and analytics or eagerness to learn

+ Skilled in Excel spreadsheets + foundational understanding of developing presentation decks in PowerPoint and Google Slides

+ Ability to prioritize tasks / assignments and deliver on deadline

+ Ability to creatively and proactively problem solve

+ Great communication skills with ability to quickly build relationships with multitude of stakeholders including brand teams and agency team

+ Experience reviewing and proofing creative

+ Ability to critically examine, distil, synthesize and communicate internal and external feedback

+ Able to quickly develop conference reports, extract / capture next steps, and manage project status reports

Soft Skills:

+ Food lover!

+ Team player

+ Proactive

+ Quick learner

+ Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment

+ Flexible with changes

+ Calm under pressure

+ Good multitasker

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected].

Compensation Range: $39,710- $52,605 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 07/19/2025.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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