Data Analyst

Media help partners understand the changing advertising landscape. Specialising in audience measurement, consumer targeting and in-depth intelligence into paid, owned and earned media, their global coverage and local expertise enable better understanding of media audiences and their relationships with brands.

Kantar Media is a wholly owned but operationally independent part of the Kantar Group.

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Job Details

As people increasingly move across channels and platforms, Kantar Media’s data and audience measurement, targeting, analytics and advertising intelligence services unlock insights to inform powerful decision-making.

Working with panel and first-party data in over 80 countries, we have the world’s fastest growing cross-media measurement footprint, underpinned by versatility, scale, technology and expertise, to drive long-term business growth for our clients and partners.

Job Title:  Data Integration Analyst

Location: London

Work pattern: Full time/Permanent/Hybrid working

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This is a full-time permanent position, based in our London office. We operate in a hybrid capacity and require 2 days in the office. All applicants must have the legal right to live and work permanently in the UK.

Role Description:  

Reporting to the Barb Research Director, the Dovetail Data Integration Analyst will work to deliver on Barb’s vision of an inclusive, audience-centric TV and video measurement that extends the scope of total viewing across content and advertising.

This role will combine data analysis and understanding of data science methodologies, leading on efforts to enhance our suite of audience reporting, including new Barb Panel Plus initiative which extends existing Dovetail reporting and combines fusion and calibration methodologies. In this role you will work closely with Barb, our stakeholders and data science and data integration teams to create clear briefs with the needs of the end client in mind, and participate in testing and implementation of developments, as well as reviewing test data. You will be involved in presenting data and testing findings to internal and external stakeholders and verifying client satisfaction with the product.

The Dovetail Data Integration Analyst will interface closely with the product teams working on fusion and calibration methodologies. You will work to ensure smooth hand-offs for internal developments and providing an essential quality to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the service.

As Dovetail Data Integration Analyst, you will be responsible for content reporting of online viewing on small screens and connected TVs. You will have a thorough understanding of the calculation methodologies and client file specifications to support the Data Science and Data Integration teams in development, but also to support the Client Service team in responding to end-user queries, as well as serving as an internal subject matter expert.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborating with stakeholders to identify new opportunities and working with internal teams to drive continuous improvement
• Analyse, organize and present audience data in a clear and intuitive way, to derive actionable insights and recommendations
• Prepare and present research findings, insights, and recommendations to key stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Collaborate closely with data science, data integration, data operations and other stakeholders to develop specifications that have the end data user in mind
• Serve as a subject matter expert on the Dovetail/Panel Plus file specifications and calculation methodologies, responding to internal and external queries
• Establish a close and productive working relationship with the Barb executive and stakeholders, becoming a trusted advisor on audience measurement

Skills & Experience

• Experience with multiple types of data – panel data, census data
• Experience and proficiency in the following:
• Database management proficiency / SQL

• Python (specifically for data analysis)
• Data visualisation (Power BI)
• Microsoft Office suite (Excel / PowerPoint)
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms (Data Bricks, Snowflake)

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to control communication flows; Client facing experience is an advantage.
• Numerate and analytical, comfortable with advanced mathematical and statistical concepts, with some understanding of marketing science analytics
• Experience of data analysis/and or analysing large datasets, Developer Skills are advantage
• Quick learner & self-starter who can use technical Forums when stuck with issues and willingness in investing time & effort to understand datasets associated with this domain.

Our offer

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 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 wellbeing 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.

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 because of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

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Why join Kantar?

We pride ourselves on understanding people, and what makes us think and act the way we do.

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 that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and 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.