Trainee Research & Operations Executive

Job Description
Media help 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.
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About the job
Kantar Media’s data and audience measurement, targeting, analytics and advertising intelligence services unlock insights to inform powerful decision-making. We are experts in understanding the changing media landscape; our audience measurement, consumer targeting and in-depth intelligence - our global coverage and local expertise, enables clients to better understand media audiences and their relationships with brands to optimise investment.
Trainee Operations Executive (Market Research)
London, Grays Inn Road
Hybrid Role
KANTAR MEDIA
Leading the way in the exciting world of media research, we provide the most accurate and comprehensive intelligence on media consumption, performance and value. At Kantar Media we power media choices. Our insight, expertise, and best in class data and services help clients to measure, monitor and select the most effective media.
Kantar Media is offering an exciting opportunity in their TGI team to start a career in Market Research by gaining technical expertise and experience of working with data. The role comes with a clear career path supported by relevant training and development.
WHAT TRAINING DO WE OFFER?
The TGI Executive Development Programme will guide your day-to-day development within the team. You will be supported by the team, a mentor, and your manager, and equipped with the skills and knowledge necessary to build your successful career in an increasingly data driven environment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Processing data using bespoke software
Data cleaning through scripting
Checking and investigating data issues
Scripting of online questionnaires
Creation of the final deliverables
Project management of the surveys, including dealing with various stakeholders
CAPABILITIES:
Educated to degree level in any discipline (preferred 2:1 minimum, supported by strong A-levels) or equivalent experience
Excellent logical thinking – ability to understand complex concepts, and draw conclusions by analysing available information
Ability to understand technology, and to learn how systems work – the team use a variety of tools built to support the highly engineered data building process
Intermediate Excel skills (importing and formatting data, lookups, pivot tables, functions, conditional logic)
Interest in working with data
Knowledge of foreign languages desirable (i.e. French, German, Spanish)
JOIN US:
At Kantar Media 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 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.
Country
United Kingdom
Why join Kantar?
We pride ourselves on understanding people, and what makes us think and act the way we do.
And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.