From Leo Burnett London comes a new spot for development charity Plan International, one that production company Partizan undoubtedly had quite a fun time making.

According to the announce, “Mass Construction” features a young African school girl hurtling through impoverished African housing developments, landing with a shockwave that destroys the old shacks and replaces them with pretty nice looking suburban homes. It’s a pretty awesome superpower, and one made a little clearer when you realize the spot is about educating girls to help fight poverty in developing countries. In fact, for each year a girls stays in school, her household income rises on average 20 percent.

The spot will debut in UK movie theaters on “GCSE Results Day,” which apparently when British lads and lasses aged 14-16 receive their scores on some sort of test that will determine how their educational careers shape up. Says Leo Burnett ECD Justin Tindall, “Poverty often feels like an insurmountable problem and because we don’t know where to start, we simply don’t. The fact that Plan know that girls are the best place to start is so simple and arresting that it demanded a narrative to make people really stop and think about the possibility.”

So, next time your daughter complains about going to school, show her this spot. Sure, she might not quite grasp the entire point, but she’ll a least be a bit more motivated to go. Credits after the jump.

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If you have nightmares about snakes (as I often do), be prepared to close your eyes when the “Red Riddler” leaps out of the cupboard in this Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut spot from Leo Burnett London.

The 30-second TV ad brings the brand back to one of its traditional taglines: “The trouble is they taste too good.” That’s why the snake somehow jumps up the snake catcher’s shorts; his assistant couldn’t resist the Crunchy Nuts (whose crunchy sound provoked the serpent) on the kitchen counter. The assistant’s excuse, as the snake catcher writhes on the floor? “Sorry mate, they’re nutty.”

In a charming British interpretation, the statement introducing this ad says it appeals to the spontaneous, “ooh, go on then” side in everyone. So next time you’re debating between cooking fish sticks or pouring yourself a bowl of cereal, say “ooh, go on then” in a British accent in your head, and see which meal appeals to you more. If you don’t say Crunchy Nuts, you have no sense of true indulgence.

Credits after the jump.

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As Cannes Lions rapidly approaches, the juries in various categories are finally taking shape as the festival organizers announced this week that the juries for Film, Press and Radio are set. As we previously mentioned, Y&R global CCO Tony Granger will preside over the first two while Publicis Worldwide CCO Olivier Altmann will lead Outdoor.

If you so wish, you can check out the long jury lists after the jump. FYI, Outdoor trophies will be handed out on June 21, Press on June 22 and Film on June 25.

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Leo Burnett UK’s search is over as the agency’s finally found themselves an ECD and he goes by the name of  Justin Tindall, says Campaign. He’ll be replacing Jonathan Burley who blew a few minds by leaving back in April to take an ECD role at CHI & Partners.

Tindall built his reputation at DDB London, where he was the head of art and worked alongside creative partner Adam Tucker. For the past Four years,  Tindall has been at The Red Brick Road as a partner with a stake in the agency.

Tindall says in a statement, “This is one of the biggest creative jobs in the country and a chance to work on a fantastic portfolio of clients. The breadth and scale of Leo Burnett’s creative ambition is matched entirely by my own.”
It’s still a little up in the air when Tindall will start at Burnett or what will happen to his stake in The Red Brick Road.