Insights

Kantar is the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading data, insights and consulting company and our Insights colleagues are experts in human understanding. They help clients define what brands should stand for, how to disrupt and renew their offer, how to connect with audiences and how to win with consumers and customers.

Job Details

Do you have an interest in advertising effectiveness and media & digital? Would you like the chance to work across a wide range of clients from advertisers, publishers, social media brands, and media agencies?

We are seeking dynamic Insights professionals with proven experience to join our team! Ideal candidates for the role will have experience in Brand impact, Media ROI, Marketing effectiveness, performance marketing measurement etc. The role will involve managing multiple clients, collaborators, having a passion for working with clients, strong understanding of media and should have demonstrated success managing client partnerships with strong eye for business.

This role will lead the Media team within Kantar Insights Division for Middle East and offers an unique opportunity to learn and grow with a dynamic team. It requires sound media effectiveness expertise and a good understanding of media platforms and ROI measurement. Other than that, the ability to triangulate multiple sources of data, to understand & address marketing effectiveness questions like a trusted advisor is key to success.

Key Responsibilities

This role is based out of Dubai. Dubai offers an exceptional living with extraordinary infrastructure, tax free income, high quality education, safe and secure family living with easy connectivity to any part of the world. There are more than 30 nationalities residing in Dubai offering a unique cosmopolitan culture.

As an Associate Director, you would lead the media team for Kantar Insights, UAE.

Specifically, you will:

• Be the face of Media Insights for clients, understand their business questions, find opportunities and be able to propose solutions to answer client business challenges.
• Be partnering with internal and external collaborators to drive client engagement.
• Spotting opportunities & drafting proposals based on client needs
• Bring in strong marketing & brand perspective to client engagements.
• Lead a team and groom them as well as building their Media expertise
• Coordinate day-to-day activities of client engagements \xe2\x80\x93 relationship building and client delivery
• Day-to-day manage and lead projects, working with own team and hubs for \xe2\x80\x98execution\xe2\x80\x99.
• Interpret and triangulate multiple data sources to tell a comprehensive story
• Develop story-driven reports and client deliverables that synthesize data to meaningfully address client business objectives
• Communicate to a high standard consistently and build effective relationships internally, and with clients, to ensure the smooth running and timely delivery of work

Capability requirements

• Strong experience in Quantitative Research, ideally Brand and Communications and/or Media Effectiveness
• Curiosity about media and digital
• Client management experience
• Experience in Line management

Country

United Arab Emirates

Location

Dubai, Jumeirah Lakes Towers

Why join Kantar?

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, nobody knows people better than Kantar.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our people are looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for our people is our highest priority and we encourage our people to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage our colleagues to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all, and we\xe2\x80\x99re flexible in our approach to ensure people feel included and accepted. We\xe2\x80\x99re committed to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, which is why we welcome applications from all background and sections of society. Even if you feel like you\xe2\x80\x99re not a perfect fit, we\xe2\x80\x99d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

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