Account Director at Kantar

Job description

HELPING OUR CLIENT GROW GREAT BRANDS

ROLE MISSION STATEMENT

To run a highly motivated and inspired team of researchers to deliver quality insights to clients. Drive senior client relationships to the next level, becoming a trusted advisor and making meaningful impact on their business. Making commercially savvy decisions that will lead to profitability and growth for the business.

KEY OUTCOMES

• To gain trusted advisor status with all clients by engaging clients with passion and confidence.
• Growing and building a high performing, self-motivated team of researchers
• Actively living and breathing the company values and inspiring the CS team to be the best they can be
• Making good and solid commercial decisions (resourcing, skills, proposals, client building, pricing, costing, training)

CAPABILITIES

• 3 year degree, preferably in Research, marketing, business, economics of social sciences
• At least 4-6 year’s relevant market research experience in a research agency, client company, or management or marketing consultancy.
• Must have strong experience in Quantitative Research, this must be in either Innovation or Brand and Communications
• Exceptional communicator (written and verbally) and must have proven client management experience
• Line management experience
• Proven in developing and landing actionable insights for the clients the organisation
• Good presentation skills, and report writing. Passionate about new technologies digital and mobile technologies.

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.