Havas

Senior Brand Planner

Havas  •  Sydney, AU (Onsite)  •  8 hours ago
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Job Description

Agency :

Host/Havas

HavasHost is on the hunt for an awesomeSenior Planner to join our Sydney-based agency.

Firstly, a bit about us.

We’ve changed immigration for entire nations. We’ve uncovered new and shifting values for Australians. We’ve created #1 charting podcasts, #1 charting songs and #1 charting apps.

We work with global clients like Tourism Fiji, Fiji Airways, IKEA, Blackmores and Avis Budget Group,alongside brilliant local clients includingStockland and TassalWe’re pretty proud of the work we’ve achieved with these clients, in fact we’ve redefined what advertising agencies are capable of. Oh, and we have some of the highest culture scores in the industry

We’re also part of the Havas Village, bringing together Creative, Media and PR. That creates a huge amount of opportunity to learn from different disciplines, collaborate with different kinds of thinkers and solve bigger problems for some amazing clients.

But for excellence to come out, excellence has to go in. And that’s where you come in.

We’relooking for abrilliant Senior Brand Planner to join our strategy team.

Our strategic philosophy is called Unusual Works

We believe the best creative work starts by identifyingthe usual The category conventions, assumptions, behaviours and accepted ways of doing things that everyone else has stopped questioning.

Then we look for the unusualA different way into the problem that can unlock a disproportionate creative and commercial opportunity.

Sowe’re not looking for someone who simply takes a brief and turns it into a strategy deck. We want someone who loves getting underneath a problem. Someone who can interrogate the brief, understand what’s really holding a brand back and find the Unusual Starting Point that gives creative teams somewhere genuinely interesting to go.

That means being comfortable moving between culture, consumers, categories and commercial reality. Knowing when a brand needs an evolution of what it already does well and when the opportunity demands something closer to a revolution.

  • Clients feel comfortable that you will have a considered and articulate point of view on their brand and business, they would describe you as strategically indispensable. You are comfortable building relationships with them.

  • You are output neutral and creative teams see you as a source of good creative opportunities and trust that you will eke out the most interesting creative opportunity from any brief.

  • You are a strong partner to the account director on the business and are as capable as they are in building client trust and relationship

  • You can write and deliver a presentation that makes the complex simple. It will be well structured, signposted and robustly supported. You’ll be able to deliver it confidently.

  • You are focused on effectiveness and competent in research, analytics and reporting

  • You have a sense of curiosity and interest in understanding business problems and developing strategic/creative solutions to address them

  • You are a self-starter and look to lead strategy rather than wait to be asked.

  • You work well with people within your team. Within the agency and the broader Village.


About Havas

The Havas Village is a unique model — creative, digital, content, PR, media and partnerships, all under one roof. We build teams around our clients’ needs, not our own structures, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

At HAVAS, we are committed to building a future that is inclusive to all, where you can bring your whole self to work and feel valued, respected, and supported to succeed. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, identities, beliefs, age, and abilities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, to apply for this or any role with us.

We look forward to meeting you.

If this sounds like you, we’d absolutely love to hear from you.

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Contract Type :

Permanent

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

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About Havas

TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE TO BRANDS, TO BUSINESSES AND TO PEOPLE

Founded in 1835 in Paris, Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications networks, with more than 23,000 people in over 100 markets sharing one single mission: to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people. Havas has developed a seamlessly integrated global strategy and operating system, Converged, designed to answer clients’ needs for standout, cross-functional, end-to-end communications solutions, supercharged by data, tech and AI, but powered by humans. Through its 70+ Havas Villages around the world, covering all communication activities, Havas’ teams work together with agility and in perfect synergy to offer tailor-made, innovative solutions to clients that support them in their positive transformation. Havas is committed to building a diverse culture where everybody feels they belong and can be themselves and thrive.

Industry
Marketing & Advertising
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Puteaux, FR
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
havas.com
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