Associate Director

Job Description

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. To start a career that is out of the ordinary, please apply...Job DetailsWe go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. To start a career that is out of the ordinary, please apply...Job DetailsKantar is the world?s leading marketing data and analytics company. We have a complete, unique and rounded understanding of how people think, feel and act; globally and locally in over 90 markets. By combining the deep expertise of our people, our data resources and benchmarks and our innovative analytics and technology, we help our clients understand people and inspire growth.Our insights colleagues are experts in human understanding. With expertise covering brand, innovation, creative, media, commerce and customer experience, 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.Kantar is looking for an Associate Director to join our Qualitative team in Dubai.We are looking for someone who can:

• Deliver the insights component of projects from beginning to end, using your qualitative skills along with culture and consumer sources to build thinking
• Be a highly skilled, hard-working insight practitioner who is able to confidently share methodology recommendations with clients and other team members and having the desire to learn about and apply fresh methodologies is a must.
• Have an irrepressible instinct and a strong ability to make the complex simple and tell powerful stories that make sense of the world in ways that will move clients to share and act.
• Must connect the dots that will solve the big questions for our clients and get a real thrill from building and delivering strategic research recommendations.
• Be a brilliant communicator that is able to articulate insights (both in writing and in-person / presentation) to provide clients with outcomes that go above and beyond
• Have strong commercial acumen that ensures they deliver profitable jobs that meet or exceed client expectations
• Role model behaviours that inspire more junior team members

Why join Kantar?

• Unique leave entitlements!
• Exciting career growth opportunities across an array of clients and industries in a global company with a wonderful culture
• Training, development and mentorship from the industries leading insights specialists
• Flexible Work Policy
• Inclusion, Diversity and Wellbeing committee with monthly engagement initiatives
• Rewards program

Main responsibilities

• Apply an expert level of knowledge and understanding of your clients and their business in all interactions with clients.
• Develop positive relationships with clients to the extent they are the first port of call across all accounts for strategic opinions and advice
• Leading accounts to oversee the team deliver all account deliverables while working to agreed budgets, and course-corrects where required
• Integrate knowledge of MB tools, philosophies and techniques and applies these appropriately to the design, analysis and interpretation of research projects to deliver meaningful insights
• Actively seeks new business opportunities and plays an active role in developing them to achieve personal and team budget
• Contributes to rollouts of regional/global launches, actively looking for opportunities to introduce them to clients and to add value to accounts

If the above roles interests you, please attach a cover letter and updated CV with your application.This role requires the successful candidate to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people and clients. However, please speak to us if you have any questions about this based on your individual circumstances.At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our business and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity, therefore we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristics. Kantar Australia is proudly working toward White Ribbon accreditation as part of our commitment to nurture a culture of respect, safety and equality at work and at home.Privacy and Legal StatementPlease note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (?Kantar?). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager(s) and for consideration for potential future opportunities by Kantar and its affiliate Kantar group companies. For full details of our privacy policy please visitwww.kantar.com.LocationDubai, Jumeirah Lakes TowersUnited Arab EmiratesKantar Rewards StatementAt 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 competitiveand alsoto 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 andwell beingis 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.

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