Research Executive (Brand Guidance)

Kantar Group; Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Kantar Group in Metro Manila is seeking a Research Executive to support Directors and Senior Managers across accounts, delivering high-quality market research and insights.

You will engage clients, design studies, prepare presentations, and coach juniors while coordinating with regional teams. The role offers exposure to diverse industries and opportunities to develop strong analytical and storytelling skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Statistics, Economics, Psychology, or related discipline.
• 1-2 years of experience in market research or consumer insights.
• Understanding of quantitative research methodologies and survey-based research.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
• Curious, proactive, and eager to learn about consumer and market behavior.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with data storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Support design and execution of quantitative market research studies, including questionnaire development and fieldwork management.
• Manage day-to-day project activities to ensure timely, accurate delivery of outputs.
• Analyze and interpret data to identify trends, patterns, and business implications.
• Prepare data tables, charts, reports, and client deliverables with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Assist in developing meaningful insights and recommendations that address clients' business objectives.
• Build an understanding of clients' businesses, industries, and market challenges to provide relevant support and analysis.
• Liaise with internal teams and external partners to ensure smooth project execution and delivery.
• Keep stakeholders informed of project progress, timelines, and key milestones.
• Support the preparation and delivery of client presentations, workshops, and discussions.
• Collaborate with team members across local and regional offices on research initiatives and account requirements.
• Stay updated on market trends, consumer behavior, research methodologies, and industry best practices.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of research processes, tools, and ways of working.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Presentation skills

Attention to detail

Curiosity

Storytelling from data

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Statistics, Economics, Psychology, or related discipline

Job description

The primary responsibility is to provide day to day support to Directors and Senior Managers across a range of accounts and create meaningful impact to our client’s businesses. A Research Executive supports the BU's goals by delighting clients withgreat work, developing the teamcapabilitiesand ensuring efficient delivery. As a key interface between the organisation and our clients, the role includes client engagement, consultancy, studydesignand analysis, driving preparation of presentations and reports as well as internal responsibilities such as project management, and coaching juniors on tasks specific to the accounts.

Role Description

• Support the design and execution of quantitative market research studies, including questionnaire development, sampling, and fieldwork management.
• Manage day-to-day project activities to ensuretimelyandaccuratedelivery of research outputs.
• Analyze and interpret data toidentifykey trends, patterns, and business implications.
• Prepare data tables, charts, reports, presentations, and other client deliverables witha high levelof accuracy and attention to detail.
• Assistin developing meaningful insights and recommendations that address clients' businessobjectives.
• Build an understanding of clients' businesses, industries, and market challenges to provide relevant support and analysis.
• Liaise with internal teams and external partners to ensure smooth project execution and delivery.
• Keep stakeholders informed of project progress, timelines, and key milestones.
• Support the preparation and delivery of client presentations, workshops, and discussions.
• Collaborate with team members across local and regional offices on research initiatives and account requirements.
• Stay updated on market trends, consumer behavior, research methodologies, and industry best practices.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of research processes, tools, and ways of working.

Role Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Statistics, Economics, Psychology, ora relateddiscipline.
• 1-2 years of experience in market research, consumer insights, analytics, ora related field.
• Understanding ofquantitative research methodologies and survey-based research.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple projects and deadlines.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
• Curious, proactive, and eager to learn with a passion for understanding consumer and market behavior.
• Strong communicationand presentation skills, with the ability to tell a compelling story from data.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality work.

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple,clearand consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitiveand also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

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 an equal opportunities provider