Sr Research Associate

Company: Kantar
Location: Waterbury
Posted on: June 20, 2022

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 DETAILS**

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 based in more than 100 countries help the world's leading organizations succeed and grow. Nobody knows people better than Kantar. We provide insight and inspiration to help our clients, our people and society to create and flourish in an extraordinary world.

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.

**Role Description**

AS A SENIOR ASSOCIATE WITHIN CLIENT LEADERSHIP, you will work on a team to provide business insights that matter to our clients. You will assist with day-to-day client support to translate data into compelling stories, manage account project activities, and start to build relationships with our clients through day-to-day interaction. This is an incredible growth opportunity, to build your capabilities in research and position yourself for expanded career opportunities.

**Key Outcomes**

**AS A SENIOR ASSOCIATE IN CLIENT LEADERSHIP, YOU WILL:**

- Work with a team to create analysis plans, storyboards, and reports

- Conduct secondary research to support clients & deliverables
- Support day-to-day account activities, partnering across departments to ensure smooth delivery. Activities include: logic checking deliverables, creating shells for analysis, invoicing, uploading database forms, managing timelines, ad hoc requests
- Assist clients on a day-to-day basis as needed, professionally responding to client needs, questions, solving business problems that drive client satisfaction.

**Capabilities**

- Bachelor's degree (Marketing, Psychology, Economics or Social Sciences preferred)

- Team player mentality-willing to do what it takes to get the job done and you are comfortable with ambiguity
- Highly organized with ability to manage multiple priorities and deadline pressures
- Excellent verbal and written communication with internal/external clients using logical reasoning and problem-solving skills
- Proficient computer skills in Microsoft office tools and ability to master other business tools e.g., SPSS, SAS, Survey Reporter)
- The ability to build and maintain internal and external relationships
- Impeccable attention to detail, organized, and with a drive for accuracy and timeliness
- Excellent verbal and written communication with internal/external clients using logical reasoning and problem-solving skills
- 1-2 years of market research experience a plus

**PRIVACY DISCLOSURE:**

Please 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.

**Benefits**

Kantar offers the following benefits:

- Medical, Dental, and Vision

- Annual Wellness Stipend
- Tuition Assistance
- Flex Time Off
- 401k and Matching

**KANTAR REWARDS STATEMENT**

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 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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