Research Executive

time left to apply End Date: June 1, 2025 (30+ days left to apply)

job requisition id R093420

Kantar Media helps partners understand the changing advertising landscape. Specialising in audience measurement, consumer targeting and in-depth intelligence into paid, owned and earned media, their global coverage and local expertise enable better understanding of media audiences and their relationships with brands.

Kantar Media is a wholly owned but operationally independent part of the Kantar Group.

As people increasingly move across channels and platforms, Kantar Media's data and audience measurement, targeting, analytics and advertising intelligence services unlock insights to inform powerful decision-making.

Working with panel and first-party data in over 80 countries, we have the world's fastest growing cross-media measurement footprint, underpinned by versatility, scale, technology and expertise, to drive long-term business growth for our clients and partners.

Job Title: Research Executive - Sport
Location: London, Grays Inn Road
Full time/Permanent

About the Project/Role

Do you love sport? Are you looking for a position to further your research career? Then this may be the ideal opportunity for you. This dynamic sector of the research market offers fantastic opportunities for those who relish a challenge.

You will have the opportunity to be part of the team working on a range of projects preparing and supporting client service managers with client deliverables on projects such as the NBA, Formula E and RFU, using your research skills and passion for sports to provide the best insights possible.

You'll have a passion for sport and take pride in high accuracy, reliability and timeliness. You will work in partnership with the Operations and Client Service team leaders within the Sport team to drive a market-leading experience for our clients.

The role reports to the Operations Manager and is within the Sport team which is part of the TGI domain in Kantar Media UK.

Job Role Requirements

• Successfully supporting your colleagues by producing high quality deliverables for reporting to clients.
• The main day to day tasks involve data collation, analysing/quality control and populating in PPT. Data will need to be exported from various platforms, formatted and then turned into a client deliverable, providing key insights.
• Establishing a strong and collaborative relationship with colleagues in both Operations and Client Services.
• Achieve a comprehensive understanding of our services, data and deliverables, allowing you to interpret results and articulate them for client deliverables.
• Build a strong foundation of knowledge that will position you to transition to a Client Services Manager in the future, handling your own portfolio of clients.

Role Requirements

• A pro-active self-starter with a positive, mature attitude.
• A strong understanding of data and data interpretation.
• Ability to work well under pressure and respond to deadlines.
• Get on well with people at all levels and enjoy working as a team as well as independently.
• Keen to learn and progress.
• A desire to build a career in the sports industry.
• Strong interest and passion for data, sport and brands.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Able to analyse & interpret data and find "stories".
• Strong analytical skills, with good attention to detail.
• Able to prioritise and manage multiple tasks in parallel.

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees 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 based on age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

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 to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

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 wellbeing 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.

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