Associate Director

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in.

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The Role

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 an Associate Client Director, you will develop collaborative strategic partnerships with your clients at global level across different industries. Our Associate Directors immerse themselves in their clients’ worlds to really understand the strategy, experiences, and competitive context of their brands to deliver industry-leading guidance on how to grow.

Our goal is to not just help our clients win, but to keep winning. As such, we utilize a broad range of data sources, striving to blend a variety of sources and types of data to deliver unparalleled insight. You will be at the forefront of driving this insight and also have the opportunity to contribute to the development of new client initiatives. It’s an exciting, dynamic and evolving role.

Key responsibilities

• Developing strategic partnerships with clients and partnering with them to drive the strategies of some of the world’s leading brands; together with your Brand Domain Lead and the Client Directors in the team.
• Leading and directing teams working on brand equity programmes, brand health studies, post testing of creatives, other adhoc quantitative methodologies and cutting-edge research techniques – such as brand analytics
• Leading client relationships on pitches/proposals, leveraging sector expertise & insight and owning the client value proposition
• Inspiring and giving direction to junior team members
• Part of a mini-management team, responsible for driving the commercials success of the Brand domain through effective and innovative deployment of the strategy

Requirements

• Highly strategic and consultative, with a passion for brands and brand development
• Quantitative research expertise and experience in leading brand research projects (min. 6 yrs)
• Experience working with global/local brands, either on the agency side or on brand side
• Passionate about growing and developing your team, by being an inspiring leader and managing junior members
• A passion for and pursuit of exceptional client experience
• Desire and commitment to driving the collective success of a team
• Passion and proactive attitude with ability to thrive
• English and Turkish at professional level is a must (both written and verbal)

Why Join Kantar?

At Kantar, we shape the brands of tomorrow by understanding people everywhere. We prioritize equality of opportunity, supporting our colleagues' health and wellbeing. We value diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Our flexible working approach ensures inclusivity and allows employees to work from home, promoting an hybrid working model.

Professional Growth:

We care about the professional growth of our employees, offering initiatives that support their careers within the company. Kantar provides opportunities for international career development and cross-departmental experiences.

Apply Now:

Even if you feel you're not an exact match, we encourage you to apply. We'd love to hear from you and discuss potential opportunities at Kantar.

Join us in shaping the future of brands and deepening our understanding of people worldwide!

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At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. 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, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.

About Us

KANTAR

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. 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, Kantar’s 25000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.