Senior Research Executive

Job Description

We’re the world’s leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

Our Functions teams are right at the centre of our business, making sure we can always get better, every day. Supporting the business with things like Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Legal and Technology, our Functions colleagues are skilled professionals whose role it is to ensure we continue to become an indispensable partner to brands everywhere.

Job Details

Senior Research Executive – Brand

The Brand domain is the largest within Kantar’s Insights division, and with a continual stream of new client wins alongside the renewal of existing client work, just keeps growing! We help clients navigate the challenge of balancing both long-term and short-term success through the most comprehensive understanding of what motivates people and what drives business growth in the industry.

As a SRE, you will be supporting the Account manager and Associate director in successfully delivering Brand and Innovation research to the portfolio clients. You will partner with teams working on brand equity programmes, communications development and innovative research techniques – such as neuroscience, media & digital, social media and brand analytics.

You will assist AM’s and AD in building client relationships on pitches/proposals, demonstrating sector expertise & insight.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

What will you be doing day to day?

• Prioritize project requirements and delivery, set tasks and actions for exec team schedule and meet deadlines, brief support services, manage and evaluate project progress.
• Project design: provide sound research recommendations, apply appropriate research methodology and recommend appropriate Kantar Research Surveys products. Sets standards of excellence, ensures high quality through thorough checking procedures, conduct detailed checks of proposals, questionnaires, discussion guides, presentations.
• Project output: provides guidance on analysis techniques as well as on “finding the story”, finalize and ensure strategic content of conclusions and recommendations, always contributing to research results.
• Client management: Acquire relevant client background knowledge, must have a very clear understanding of client business, relationship building, meet deadlines, handle general client expectations, responsible for liaising with client on all aspects of the study, from briefing to presentation on a project basis.

What does it take to be successful in this role?

• Highly strategic and consultative, with passionated about brands and brand development
• Quantitative research mastery and experience leading brand research projects
• Experience working with global clients within fast-moving sector/s
• Passionate about mentoring junior team members
• A passion for and pursuit of exceptional client experience
• Desire and commitment to driving the collective success of a team
• Excellent communication & presentation skills

We’re looking for people who have a passion for their role and the ability to thrive. However you’ve got here, via university or not, whether you’ve seen it all before or are making a transition from a different industry, we want to hear from you!

Country

United Arab Emirates

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.