Job Description

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Job Title: Research Associate

Location: Mandaluyong City, Philippines

Kantar is the world’s leading AI-native marketing data and analytics business and an indispensable brand partner to the world’s top companies. We combine the most meaningful attitudinal and behavioural data with deep expertise and advanced analytics to uncover how people think and act. We help clients understand what has happened and why and how to shape the marketing strategies that shape their future.

About the job

Are you ready to build a career where curiosity meets impact?

At Kantar, we go beyond the ordinary. We explore how people think, feel and behave and turn that into insights that shape some of the world’s most recognised brands.

We’re looking for the next generation of talent to join our Australia Offshore Insights team as a Research Associate

In this role, you’ll play a key part in supporting the delivery of large-scale, multi-market research programmes — building core skills in data analysis, storytelling, and project delivery.

This is a unique opportunity to:

• Work with experienced researchers across Australia and globally
• Build technical and analytical expertise from day one
• Be part of a high-performing, collaborative offshore team delivering impactful work

Every day brings something new — new challenges, new learning, and new opportunities to grow.

Your First Steps with Us - Your journey at Kantar is designed to set you up for success.

• Structured learning & development – build strong foundations in marketing research, data and storytelling
• Hands-on experience – contribute to live projects and real client outputs early in your career
• Technical skill-building – develop capabilities in tools like Q, data visualisation, and PowerPoint
• Team integration – collaborate with offshore and onshore teams to understand how global insights are delivered
• Continuous support – learn from experienced colleagues who will guide your development

Job Goals

As a Research Associate, you’ll:

• Support the delivery of research projects, ensuring outputs are accurate and delivered on time
• Work with data — organising, validating and contributing to analysis and reporting
• Help prepare charts, presentations and reports that bring insights to life
• Learn how research projects are managed end-to-end, from questionnaire to output
• Build an understanding of how insights solve real client challenges
• Collaborate with teams across functions to ensure seamless delivery

Ideal Skills & Capabilities

• Recent graduate of Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Analytics, Statistics or a related field
• Strong attention to detail and an analytical mindset
• Curious, proactive, and eager to learn
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Experience with Excel/PowerPoint (experience with Q/SPSS is a bonus, not essential)

Most importantly, we’re looking for people who are excited by ideas, data, and the opportunity to grow.

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And if we combine the expertise of our people with the latest AI technology, we can really help brands discover some amazing insights.

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 works for them. 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.

Privacy and Legal Statement

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.

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.

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Location

Mandaluyong City, Ortigas CenterPhilippines

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.