A presentation given to up and coming / junior planners, sharing my experiences from my first 2 years within Planning as well as some bits of advice as someone who was just recently in their position.

1. Advice from Someone Who Is
In No Position to Give Any

4. Creative Placement | September 2014
Work Experience | October 2014 - December 2015
Planning Intern | January 2015 - April 2015
Insight Manager | May 2015 - January 2016
Junior Planner | February 2016 - July 2016
Planner | August 2016 - Now

7. Embed yourself into the agency.

8. Be the pitch bitch.

10. Share your ideas.

11. If you can’t crack it, they won’t.

12. Test yourself.

13. PowerPoint is your best friend.
Learn it.
Then stop using it.

14. Culture. Where you get it.

16. Your interests, however
embarrassing or niche, are
what make you interesting.
Keep doing them.

17. You don’t have to be the
smartest person in the room.
Just be right.

18. Put in the long, late hours.
Become part of the agency.
Be the pitch bitch.
Steal the line.
Share the line.
Crack the idea.
Test yourself.
Learn PowerPoint. Then forget it.
Know culture to dent it.
Read the weird shit.
Keep doing what makes you different.
Just be right.

19. Cheers.