TBWA\London Head of Planning
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Head of Planning at TBWA\London
- Past
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- Group Planning Director at WCRS
- Group Planning Director at Goodby Silverstein & Partners
- Partner & Head of Planning at See: London
- Planning Director at Goodby Silverstein & Partners
- Planning Director at Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners
- Board Planning Director at Saatchi & Saatchi
- Senior Planner at J Walter Thompson (JWT)
- Account Planner / Communications Planner at CME.KHBB
- Education
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- University College London, U. of London
- Recommended
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Simon Law’s Summary
- Experienced strategist in a diverse spectrum of categories: technology, automotive, packaged goods, financial, sports, government, publishing, health care, media, telecommunications, entertainment
- Pitch leader – consistent record of new business wins and success recovering ‘at-risk’ accounts
- Catalyst for strong creative work, including award-winning work for HP, RAF, Toyota
- Euro-Effie winner (Toyota, 1999), US Gold Effies winner (HP, 2006) and US Effies Judge 2003/2004/2008
Simon Law’s Specialties:
Brand Planning, Creative Insight, Research/Moderation, Advertising Strategy, etc...
Simon Law’s Experience
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Head of Planning
TBWA\London
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2008 — Present (9 months)
Disruption Agency.
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Group Planning Director
WCRS
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 10 months)
Group head on: Rolls-Royce, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Sky, BMW, 118 118, Phones 4 U, COI.
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Group Planning Director
Goodby Silverstein & Partners
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 4 months)
Planning lead on HP Global. Campaigns: '+hp' - 'Change Artists' - 'Picture Frames' - 'The Computer is Personal Again'
European Planning Director on Adobe -
Partner & Head of Planning
See: London
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2004 — January 2005 (1 year 1 month)
Key Client: Electronic Arts - Sports and Games titles
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Planning Director
Goodby Silverstein & Partners
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 10 months)
Planning Director on HP - from post-merger launch and on...
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Planning Director
Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2001 — March 2002 (1 year 3 months)
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Board Planning Director
Saatchi & Saatchi
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 1997 — December 2000 (4 years)
Planning Director on Toyota - previously Procter & Gamble
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Senior Planner
J Walter Thompson (JWT)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 1996 — January 1997 (11 months)
Worked on Barclays, RAF.
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Account Planner / Communications Planner
CME.KHBB
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 1993 — March 1996 (3 years 3 months)
The agency that tried to merge Account Planning and Media Planning, so I spent the last year doing both - it doesn't work! You just end up doing one job in the day and the other in the evenings/nights...
Simon Law’s Education
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University College London, U. of London
BSc(Econ) Hons, Economics, 1989 — 1992
Additional Information
Simon Law’s Websites:
Simon Law’s Interests:
Virgin snow (and any Warren Miller film), both good and humorous films, the hope that England could win the World Cup again, the 1933 Aston Martin (as well as every recent one), music I haven’t yet heard (particularly Bloc Party at the moment), anything by Kurt Vonnegut, truly good food and wine... and the black art that is Photoshop.
Simon Law’s Groups:
MRS, APG
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Saatchi & Saatchi Employees & Alumni
Simon Law’s Honors:
Bronze Euro Effie 1998 - Toyota
Gold US Effie 2006 - HP
Campaign, International Campaign of the Year 2004 - HP
Adweek, Campaign of the Year 2004 - HP Printing/Imaging
Simon Law’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
