Leo Burnett successfully completes third Masterclass programme for industry interns
View(s):Leo Burnett Solutions Inc. recently completed its third Masterclass programme for 13 industry interns. The intensive 5-week internship culminated with a graduation ceremony which was attended by the agency’s senior management and several partners of the programme, the Colombo ad and communications agency said.
Ranil de Silva - Managing Director of Leo Burnett Solutions Inc., Arosha Perera - COO, of Leo Burnett Solutions Inc., Kumudini Gomes - Director People and Culture, Leo Burnett Solutions Inc., along with Masterclass 2015 graduates.
Present at the graduation ceremony were Ranil de Silva, Managing Director, Leo Burnett Solutions Inc., Kumudini Gomes, Director People and Culture, Leo Burnett Solutions Inc., the Executive Committee of the company, and the interns and mentors from the agency team. This year, 13 young people from varied backgrounds and different concentrations of study, were selected for the programme. This group of interns are mostly undergraduates who are pursuing degree programmes at prestigious institutions such as Lingham University – Hong Kong, ACBT, Royal Institute (affiliated with the University of London), the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the National School of Business Management and the Sri Lanka Institute of Technology.
Commenting on the success of the third Masterclass programme, Ranil de Silva, Managing Director, Leo Burnett Solutions Inc. stated, “Today we are challenged with recruitment. It is difficult to attract bright young talent to pursue a career in marketing communications. As an industry leader and a trailblazer, we at Leo Burnett took it upon ourselves to champion this cause. The Leo Burnett Masterclass was designed to attract the brightest young talent interested in our industry and to spark a passion within them to consider a career in marketing communications”.