Trainee Client Executive Graduate Scheme 2022

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

Are you looking for a job that sets you up for the future? This is an entry level role within a dynamic, world leading Marketing Research company. An 18-month fast-track development programme covering different aspects of Marketing Research followed by a permanent role in a team best suited to you.

Our scheme will provide you with the skills and opportunities to accelerate your career with us, with another part of our large UK and global network or, should you choose to move on, with any number of companies who regard spending time at Kantar as the perfect grounding.

Role Responsibilities

From Day 1 you will be working on live projects and talking to our clients who represent more than half of the world’s most famous brands. You’ll be learning on the job, supported by people dedicated to helping you learn the ropes and get the most from your experiences.

Our rotational scheme means you will gain exposure to a variety of clients, research approaches (e.g. qualitative, quantitative as well as non-survey/search/social data and analytics) and develop your:

• Knowledge of marketing levers and the drivers of brand growth and business success
• People skills
• Professional skills
• Client relationship management skills
• Communication skills
• Organisational skills
• Commercial acumen
• Collaboration skills
• Data integration and blending skills
• This includes several weeks set aside for world-class training in these and other areas.

Person Specification

Successful applicants have come from a broad range of subjects (the arts, sciences, languages, economics, maths, anthropology, data sciences, theology, criminology) so we are not looking for a particular background degree. What’s more important is that you:

• Have a self-starter attitude to expertise development
• Are friendly & sociable, able to build strong relationships quickly
• Are interested in building a wide, effective personal and professional network
• Have a strong sense of curiosity
• Are motivated by resolving challenging questions or solving problems
• Are adaptable
• Are comfortable managing and meeting deadlines
• Are conscientious with high personal standards of delivery

We’re looking for wide, diverse teams so whoever you are, if these sound like you, apply now!

Rewards

• 25 days holiday (increasing with length of service)
• Income protection
• Life assurance
• Private medical
• Contributory Pension
• A comprehensive and award winning flexible benefits scheme offering discounted shopping vouchers and a bike to work scheme just to mention a few

Kantar Insights Division

We are the Insights Division, Kantar. Along with the rest of Kantar, our mission is to understand people to inspire growth. We partner with our clients to provide insights, direction and advice so they can make better business decisions in 5 key areas of marketing:

• Building and managing strong brands to deliver short and long term business growth
• Creating emotionally engaging, effective advertising that delivers return on investment
• Media allocation, context and channel choices
• Development of new products and services from concept to launch and beyond
• Delivering a positive and powerful customer experience

We are proud of our work and our great team spirit. If you would like to work closely with other friendly, intelligent people, solving problems and collaborating on market research projects then this is the job for you.

Begin your journey by applying for our 2022 intake

Our selection process aims to match the best candidate to our future leader’s programme. We do this by assessing your abilities using a variety of tools throughout our recruitment process.

You can expect to complete an online test, video interview and have the time to prepare a presentation which you will be expected to deliver at assessment day which will be held in the Spring.

The assessment day has two main purposes:

• Give you the opportunity to better understand our business, the role of a graduate and meet some of our people
• For you to showcase who you are and what you can bring to our team.

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 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 well being 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. 

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.