Full-Time Marketing and Communications Assistant
Job Description
The Role
With a global footprint in 60+ markets, Kantar Media Audiences is the recognised world leader in audience research. We measure audiences across all devices – keeping up the pace with the proliferation of new platforms – while retaining the ability to accurately measure audience behaviour, no matter how much it changes is critical. And it changes a lot. So Audience Measurement is continually evolving too.
Our technology is used to conduct media audience measurement across the world. Broadcasters use audience ratings to evaluate the success of programmes and to devise future programming schedules. Our information is also used by commercial TV stations, advertising agencies and advertisers to negotiate prices for commercial airtime and to plan TV advertising campaigns. To understand how a TV ratings panel works, you can view this video on our Global website.
In response to this an exciting role has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly-organised assistant to support the Global Marketing Communications Director and the Global Kantar Media Audiences Marketing Communications Team.
The Team
You will be joining a hardworking team with the opportunity to learn from and work with our Global Marketing and Communications Director, International Marketing Manager and International Marketing Executive.
So, What Will You Be Doing?
Event Support
The department facilitates and co-ordinates many face to face meetings and events per year, both externally and internally – these include conferences, client seminars, The World Audiences Summit, “town hall” briefings and meetings across all London sites, client hospitality events and sponsorship opportunities with third-party suppliers.
- Providing support in administration and events co-ordination, both in the office in the lead up to an event, and on-site at the event. This may include:
- Managing the design and print production of printed event materials
- Researching and managing the production of branded promotional items
- Writing and sending communications to invitees / attendees of events
- Producing registration and / or feedback sites for events
- Assisting on site with set up, running and packing down of events
Intranet, Website & Social Media Support
“The Fridge” is our UK intranet, and is used by c. 700 employees across Kantar Media UK’s three London sites, with a project in place to roll it out internationally. The Fridge uses the Interact platform. Within the team we also manage the Kantar Media Audiences Global website (www.kantarmedia-audiences.com), and the Audiences content on the Kantar Media UK website (www.kantarmedia.co.uk). Tasks involve:
- Working with the UK Intranet Specialist to manage the “day-to-day” relationship with Interact Intranet provider, specifically the support desk
- Providing a monthly reporting structure denoting employee feedback and site metrics, taking action where appropriate to drive usage and enhance content
- Supporting local efforts externally for social media tools and vehicles, increasing the voice of our business’ insight across appropriate B2B social media platforms
- Working with the Marketing Manager and Marketing Executive to maintain the websites the team are responsible for using the Umbraco CMS
Administrative support
- General administrative duties including processing invoices on the Maconomy system when required
- Organising and prompting in regard to upcoming deadlines, and coordinating any necessary responses
- Co-ordination of meetings and other events including preparatory work, booking meeting spaces, taking minutes and follow-up mechanisms
- Responsible for upkeep of the Marketing area and stocks of necessary materials?
- Project Managing the production of global marketing materials – this involves communicating with our offices around the world to ensure consistency and quality of materials produced in relation to specific projects
Presentation Support
- Providing technical support to enhance PowerPoint presentations in order to make them impactful and inspiring. These may be for use in new business pitches, or to enhance our ability to deliver insights at conferences and seminars
About You
You…
- Are proactive and self-motivated with a task focused attitude – a real desire to deliver discernible results
- Have exceptional organisational skills, with a critical level of attention to detail and accuracy
- Have the ability to use own initiative and prioritise work and deadlines effectively
- Are creative and innovative, with an interest in design and displaying information in appealing ways
- Have exceptional written communication skills
- Have excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to form good relations both internally and externally with clients and suppliers, as well as communicating in a corporate environment and often with very senior directors of the company
- Have good lateral thinking skills, with an ability to devise innovative and effective solutions
- Have advanced Microsoft Office skills, with a specific understanding in the appropriate use of PowerPoint to an advanced
- Are able to work effectively in a team and on projects individually
- Have an interest in Media, in particularly Television
- Have experience with Adobe Creative Suite is desirable but not essential
Don’t Just Take Our Word For It
Diu Hoang is currently working with us during her university placement year and here are her thoughts on the experience:
I have absolutely loved my placement at Kantar Media, and the experience I have gained here has been paramount to my growth as a budding professional. Real responsibilities, interesting projects, opportunities to network and dedicated colleagues in the Global Marketing team have ensured that I am busy day-to-day and always learning. If you are looking for a job that challenges you, and want to work as part of a close-knit and creative team, this is the job for you!
The Bigger Picture
Kantar Media provides strategic advice and competitive intelligence to the world’s leading brands, publishers, agencies and industry bodies, helping them navigate and succeed in a rapidly evolving media industry. This includes analysis of paid media opportunities; counsel on brand reputation, corporate management and consumer engagement through owned media; and, evaluating consumers’ reactions in earned media. Kantar Media provides clients with a broad range of insights, from audience research, competitive intelligence, vital consumer behaviour and digital insights, marketing effectiveness and online influence. Our experts currently work with 22,000 companies tracking 3 million brands in 50 countries.
We ride the media wave, will you?
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