Burson is the global communications leader built to create value for clients through reputation. With highly specialized teams, industry-leading technologies and breakthrough creative, we help brands and businesses redefine reputation as a competitive advantage so they can lead today and into the future. Burson is part of WPP (LSE/NYSE: WPP), the creative transformation company. Learn more at www.bursonglobal.com.
In Studio, we create ideas and bring them to life. We’re a multi-disciplined team, creating content for integrated marketing campaigns, brand experiences and brand identity. We currently have a team of around 40; a mix of Creatives, Brand and Digital Designers, Editors and Content Producers and Creative Project Managers, supplemented by freelancers when specialist skills are needed or workload dictates.
Everyone that succeeds here enjoys the diversity of clients and projects and is driven to do great work that will have a positive effect on our clients’ businesses.
What is a Burson person
You demonstrate strong leadership skills and are independently responsible for day-to-day workflow and resources for your projects. You are proactive, permanently on the front foot communicating and ensuring the pipeline of work goes through the department seamlessly. You champion our Studio processes and contribute ideas for improvements. You are respected and continuously inspire your team through positive example.
You'll lasting and strong relationships with both internal sector teams and external clients, you are accountable for making sure everyone knows what needs doing and how long they have to do it - your time management and communication skills are impeccable. You work with the Sector teams to forecast work coming into the Studio and closely with the Resources team to ensure requirements are processed in a timely manner.
Client:
- Act as an integral part of the creative process; briefing, ideation and development.
- A trusted collaborator who closely work with our team of creatives and designers to help shape and deliver award winning work.
- You collaborate within flexible working groups, both within the Studio and Burson and this will also give you the opportunity to work across a broad range of briefs from reports to printed books, presentation templates to brand guidelines, info graphics to podcasts.
- Strong client management skills – able to build relationships, negotiate budgets and receive both good and bad feedback.
- Leading workflow of multiple projects from initial estimation to final delivery through the department and with 3rd parties, always making sure that the approval process is
adhered to. - Demonstrate strong open communication with project teams and make sure key stakeholders are kept up to date of deadlines and the overall project status.
- Continually assessing the risks of your projects, offering solutions, working to resolve, and flagging any issues.
- Attend and contribute to weekly team, status and resource meetings.
- Strong knowledge of client industries, creative trends and competitors.
- Understand our creative process and how it drives Studio to deliver quality thinking
and content. - Demonstrates powerful and convincing presentation skills and writing skills.
- Always be on the hunt for inspiration, outside of the immediate task in hand. Where do you get your references from? Look beyond the obvious, consult others and continue to educate yourself on emerging trends and skills.
- Have a point of view on your work.
- Determine how to present concepts visually.
Commercial:
- Running multiple projects and their deliverables from initial estimation to final delivery through the department and with 3rd parties, always making sure that the approval process is adhered to.
- Set up all creative check-ins and approvals and ensure the status of your projects and the finances are reported regularly.
- Scoping projects of all sizes, proposal writing, pitch work and ensure that deliverables align with the project scope, plan, budget, goals, and objectives.
- Managing all financial aspects of projects including budget management, negotiation, and
resource requirements. - Building and managing 3rd party supplier relationships to ensure they deliver quality in budget and on time.
- Always on top of your commercial admin and able to follow internal processes.
- Phasing your project fee spend across the timeline and monitoring to ensure over-burn is kept to a minimum and scope creep is flagged early.
- Reporting weekly on the financial status of live and pipeline projects; reconciling all hours used to date and ensuring accurate fees are billed monthly.
- Effectively managing your resource requests so that they align with your project scopes and are properly phased to allow you to deliver within budget.
- Throughout projects you continually assess the risks, offer solutions, and work to resolve
and flag issues. - Be aware of Burson’s offer, additional services and global network.
People & Culture:
- Demonstrate the ability to inspire and lead teams in ideation and delivery.
- Play a role in supporting and nurturing talent within the team and throughout the agency – able to inspire and coach junior members of the team as well as support more
senior members. - Actively support and encourage people within the team to participate in the creative processes and to take pride in the work.
- Act as a Burson ambassador for creative, internally and externally.
- Adaptable to people, projects and processes.
- A strong collaborative partner; works as an integral part of a dynamic team, as well as independently.
OUR LONDON OFFICE
Burson employs over 450 people in the UK, and our stunning Southwark offices run over two floors as part of the larger WPP Campus, Rose Court. We have access to a beautiful roof terrace with panoramic views across London and a bar/restaurant area, which is a great spot for client meetings and socialising with the wider agency and other WPP OpCo’s.
DE&I
At Burson, diversity, equity and inclusion are not just values; they are strategic imperatives that fuel our future in an industry built on the art of understanding, connecting, and developing relationships. We believe that a diverse workforce is essential for inspiring bold ideas, fostering constructive dialogue and cultivating meaningful experiences that drive innovation and creativity. It also enables our agency to thrive and deliver brilliant work. For more information, visit www.bursonglobal.com.
KEY BURSON BENEFITS
- 25 days holiday per year.
- Your birthday off.
- Flexible Public Holidays – you can swap public holidays for days of personal significance.
- Group life assurance scheme (4x basic salary)
- Discounted holiday travel insurance
- Discounted dental insurance
- Help@Hand
- Full access to Headspace app
- Westfield Health Cash Plan
- Benefits Portal - Employee benefits portal provided by TelusHealth
- Dexters Property Rental Assistance
- Matched pension contributions
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity & paternity schemes (after one years’ service).
- Key milestone anniversary award.
- Sabbatical leave (varying leave after 3 years’ service).
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