Tom Ellis, founder of Leanr
Built From the Inside

Advertising isn’t limited by the amount of creative being made. It’s limited by the way creative is organised.

After more than a decade working across ad platforms and creative operations, having done just about every role in the process, I kept seeing the same thing: strong strategy and smart media plans were being held back by how slow, fragmented and expensive creative was to produce.

Targeting improved. Automation improved. Creative stayed stuck in one-off files, disconnected tools and workflows that made iteration harder than it should be.

  • Creative takes too long to produce
  • Iteration is too expensive
  • Systems don’t connect
  • Performance is limited by production, not strategy
Tom Ellis Founder, Leanr Ads

That’s why I built Leanr: to turn creative into a system teams can actually run.

The Leanr Approach

Creative, restructured.

Leanr turns creative into a connected system, not another disconnected tool.

Old

Creative as a bolt-on

  • One-off builds
  • Manual handoffs
  • Late creative decisions
  • Reporting disconnected from production
Leanr

Creative as a system

  • Templates replace one-off builds
  • Agents assist execution
  • Creative flows into delivery and reporting
  • Assets are reusable and scalable
What This Unlocks

Operational gains that compound.

01 Faster production
02 Lower cost to iterate
03 Better performing ads
04 Creative that actually scales