Laura Leonte
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PortfolioLaura Leonte

Creative Director

Copywriter Sun with Creative Planning Rising

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Creative manager with 20 years experienceacross Romania’s leading agencies,building brands and culturally resonant creative platformsthrough insight-led storytelling.

Fluent across ATL, Digital, PR and BTL, with a strong pull toward strategic thinking.

Multiple times Effie-awarded at Global, European and local level.

Experienced in translating global brand platforms into locally resonant Romanian campaigns across the full funnel, briefing and elevating creative teams, and partnering with strategy, media and client leadership.

Founder of the Romanian heritage-craft social enterprise Cosânzeana.

Bookworm and podhead bingeing on:
creativity, sociology, psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, marketing and culture.

Workplaces

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  • 2025–2026 – Group Creative Director @Cohn&Jansen
  • 2022–2025 – Senior Copywriter @Leo Burnett
  • 2020–2021 – Group Creative Director @Oxygen
  • 2019– collaborator @Godmother
  • 2016 – 2020 – Freelancing
  • 2016 – present - Founder, Mother and CEO of Cosânzeana
  • 2012–2016 - Senior Creative @Publicis
  • 2010–2012 - Creative Director @Bridge Communication
  • 2005–2009 - Copywriter @Leo Burnett

Clients

  • @Cohn&Jansen:Napolact, BIPA, MedLife, Carlsberg, Blanc, Bucur, Omniasig
  • @Leo Burnett:Pepsi, Star Foods (Lays, Oven Baked, Doritos), Pizza Hut, P&G (Pampers, H&S, Lenor), Cheetos Regional, Almette, Bringo
  • @Oxygen:Olympus, Carpos, Chiquita, Gerovital, Arctic, BIO Oil
  • @Publicis:Orange, Nescafe, Farmaciile DONA, Maggi, L’Oreal, Garnier
  • @Bridge:Leroy Merlin, Allianz Țiriac, Hochland
  • @Leo Burnett:P&G (Tide), Doncafe, Groupama, Petrom, Altex, Antipa, Fiat, Autovit, Bookfest

Coming next: The Actual Portfolio

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*Disclaimer: Turns out, 30 seconds really adds up over 20 years. I selected the most notable campaigns and included the main video assets for brevity purposes. Most of these were 360° campaigns, with a much broader range of assets and executions.

**Claimer: It may get entertaining if you go full screen mode

2026: @Cohn&Jahnsen

Napolact Pofticios – Liber la Pofte

BRIEF:

Napolact is best know for its clean recipes. In 2025 they launched a drinkable yoghurt with natural ingredients, real fruits and live cultures and wanted every parent to notice.

INSIGHT:

Parents often find themselves saying no to their kids’ cravings for unhealthy snacks.

IDEA:

FREE TO CRAVINGS

Pofticios gives kids the freedom to give in to their cravings, and parents the freedom to finally say yes.

2025: @Cohn&Jahnsen

BIPA Launch

BRIEF:

In 2026, the Austrian health and beauty retailer launched in Romania and wanted to become the #1 destination for beauty products.

INSIGHT:

Beauty is a world of possibilities, made personal by each of us.

IDEA:

#FREEYOURBEAUTY

Beauty is yours to explore and discover. BIPA gives you thousands of products at affordable prices, and the inspiration you need to do so.

2025: @Cohn&Jahnsen

BIPA Launch KVs

2024: @Leo Burnett

Pepsi&Lays - Moștenirea

BRIEF:

Turn the same old cash prizes into a promo people would actually care about.

IDEA:

THE INHERITANCE

Instead of simply giving away money, we brought to life a fantasy everyone secretly shares: inheriting a fortune from a rich, distant aunt you barely knew existed.

RESULTS:

The most succesful promo campaign of the decade for Pepsi and Lays.

2022: @Head&Shoulders

Head&Shoulders – To wash or not to wash?

BRIEF: Convince Romanians to wash their hair more frequently with Head and Shoulders. Build brand popularity and likeability for gen Z.

INSIGHT: People have a debate in their head every time they decide to wash their hair. Many times their back and forth is hilarious.

IDEA:

TO WASH OR NOT TO WASH?

We brought to life the voices in everyone’s head as they debate whether to wash their hair or not, in an online series starring well-known comedians Ionuț Rusu and Sorin Pârcălab.

Each episode turned a barrier identified in an extensive behavioural study into a funny, light-hearted story that made education entertaining. The series spanned eight episodes and multiple social media formats.

2018: Mercury 360

Inima Copiilor - Inimi Cusute

BRIEF:

Raise funds for more pediatric heart surgeries.

INSIGHT:

People are more likely to donate when they receive a tangible token for their donation.

IDEA:

THE HEART SEWING KIT

A DIY heart brooch sewing kit with a uniquely shaped heart that transforms donors into metaphorical surgeons.

RESULTS:

We raised close to 40.000 euros that funded 40 life saving surgeries for 40 babies.

Gold Effie (2019), Global Grand Effie Finalist

2013: @Publicis

Farmaciile DONA – O vară afară PROMO

BRIEF:

DONA Drugstores were positioned as The pharmacy like all should be: not a supermarket for pills, but a trusted healthcare expert.

The challenge was to create a promotional campaign that could drive sales without compromising equity.

IDEA:

O VARĂ AFARĂ (A SUMMER OUTSIDE)

At the time, a widely shared study revealed a striking reality: children were spending less time outdoors than prison inmates, while screen time was rapidly taking over.

We turned a promotional campaign into a platform for a bigger conversation, using the brand’s reach to put children’s screen habits in the spotlight.

DONA — Bucură-te de vară afară! Promotional poster

Some good old fashioned promo postering ☺

2011: @Bridge Communications

Leroy Merlin – Mândru de casa mea

TVC - The Colleagues

In 2011, Leroy Merlin launched in Romania and called a pitch to appoint their local agency. We built our proposal around a very local insight: For Romanians, renovating their home signals that they are moving forward in life.

They take great pride in upgrading their homes and are keen to show off the results to... pretty much anyone.

I played a double role in the project: Creative Director and Creative Planner.

We won the pitch on the spot, after I presented it in French.

The TVCs are directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Cristian Mungiu.

2008: @Leo Burnett

Altex – Madam Multemedia

BRIEF:

ALTEX is positioned as the electronic retailer with the lowest prices in Romania.

IDEA:

MADAM MULTEMEDIA

We built the campaign around a character everyone knows: the nosy old lady who needs to know everything happening in the neighborhood.

Thanks to Altex’s low prices, her curiosity got a serious tech upgrade. Her apartment became a fully equipped observation center, packed with all the technology she needed to spy keep a very close eye on everyone and everything around her.

(Creative) Director: Bogdan Naumovici

Tide. For Supermoms (2006 -2009)

This is the biggest most successful campaign I worked on.

After the surprising impact of the first round of executions, the campaign was exported all over the world, reshot in Asia and Africa for character relevance.

IMPACT:

It raised Tide market share from 4% to 12% in Romania after the first year.

Tide for Supermoms brought home the first Euro Effie in Romania and numerous grand prix and gold efficiency prizes.

Leo Burnett became Worldwide Creative HQ on the brand.

Tide — Butoanele / Babețica

TVC - Butoanele [ro]

TVC - Babețica [ru]

Tide — Didutzu

TVC - Didutzu [ro]

TVC - Didutzu [fi]

Tide — Pelerina

TVC - Pelerina [ro]

TVC - Pelerina [hu]

Print Ads

Digital Activations

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Artifica* App – Self Promo Campaign Publicis 2016

Digital communication started to weigh heavier in the budgets of ATL clients starting 2016.

At the end of the year, Publicis wanted to reinforce the agency's top of the notch digital expertise as well as making a special gift to their clients and collaborators.

What better way to do that than taking an iconic object and digitalize the experience?

Introducing the Artifica App – your own fire free, smell free sparkler which you could use infinitely.

A sparkler on a phone, held by a hand in a Santa sleeve

We managed to simulate the best of the sparkler experience – lighting the Artifica from a friend with a mere swipe. That was pretty amazing in 2016, before NFC.

The app was available for Android and iOS users freely. It has been discontinued in 2019 (sadly)

Publicis Groupe

Self Promo App (2016)

Art Director: Cristi Anton

Agency: Publicis

Brandomizer

Personal social media content series (2016).

Because advertising is always on my mind.

Art Director: Eduard Cîrstea

Brandomizer — 1

EnelNutlineMcDonald’sDomestos

Brandomizer — 2

DurexSmirnoffAlwaysStella Artois

Brandomizer — 3

BilborRed BullVolksbankTinder
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Let’s do surprising things together!

Laura

0723.25.88.12laura.leonte@wonderful-works.ro