Strategy Consultant, Media & Creative

Kantar; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Kantar in Amsterdam (Netherlands) is seeking a Strategy Consultant to turn research and data into strategic recommendations that drive brand growth and media effectiveness. You will work with senior client stakeholders, translating complex data into clear business insights and delivering impactful presentations.

You will partner across markets to deliver integrated solutions, manage projects, and grow existing client relationships in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in marketing, insights, media or consultancy and ability to manage projects independently.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort with research data and commercial insights.
• Proven experience building client relationships and influencing stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, translating complex data for varied audiences.
• Proactive, structured approach with strong organizational skills.
• Fluency in English is essential; international experience is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead client projects from briefing to delivery with high-quality outputs.
• Build trusted relationships with clients as a strategic partner on media and effectiveness.
• Analyse research and market data, turning findings into actionable recommendations.
• Deliver compelling presentations that influence senior decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to grow existing client partnerships and drive commercial success.
• Collaborate across markets and functions to deliver integrated solutions.

Skills

Marketing insights

Analytical skills

Client relationships

Communication skills

Project management

English fluency

Job description

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in.

Job Details

At Kantar, we help the world’s leading brands make better decisions through a deeper understanding of people, markets and media. As a Strategy Consultant within our Media & Creative team, you’ll play a key role in turning research and data into strategic recommendations that influence brand growth and marketing effectiveness.

This is an opportunity to work with some of the most recognised brands in the world, partnering with senior client stakeholders to solve complex business challenges. You’ll combine analytical thinking with commercial awareness to deliver insights that shape media investment, creative effectiveness and communication strategies across local and international markets. Based on the existing role description, the position requires ownership of client relationships, strategic thinking and the ability to translate complex data into clear business recommendations.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead client projects from briefing through to delivery, ensuring high-quality outputs and strong stakeholder engagement.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, acting as a strategic partner and advisor on media and creative effectiveness.
• Analyse research and market data, transforming findings into clear, actionable recommendations for brand and marketing teams.
• Deliver compelling presentations and storytelling that influence decision-making at senior stakeholder level.
• Identify opportunities to grow existing client partnerships and contribute to the commercial success of the business.
• Collaborate with colleagues across markets and functions to deliver integrated solutions and share best practice. Adapted from the role responsibilities in the source document.

The ideal skills and experience

• Experience in marketing, insights, media, consultancy or a related field, with the ability to manage projects independently.
• Strong analytical skills and confidence working with research data and commercial insights.
• Proven experience building client relationships and influencing stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex information for different audiences.
• A proactive and structured approach, with strong project management and organisational skills.
• Fluency in English is essential. Experience working in an international environment would be beneficial.
• Naturally curious, commercially minded and motivated by solving business problems.

What’s in it for you

• The opportunity to work with some of the world’s most influential brands.
• Exposure to international projects, clients and thought leadership.
• A collaborative environment where you’ll learn from experts across insights, media, analytics and consulting.
• Hybrid working and flexibility to support work-life balance.
• Access to Kantar’s learning and development opportunities, helping you continue to grow your consulting and leadership capabilities.
• Benefits including Life Leave, Volunteering Days and other local market benefits in line with Kantar policies.

Why join Kantar?

Kantar helps the world’s most influential brands grow by combining deep human understanding with advanced technology. We move beyond standalone insights to deliver connected, decision-ready intelligence that helps brands act with confidence in a more complex world. People joining Kantar today have the opportunity to shape the future of the business while working on meaningful challenges with talented colleagues around the globe.

Location

Amsterdam, AmsteldijkNetherlands

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.

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.