Senior Consultant

About the role:

Job Title:

Senior Consultant – for Kantar Consulting Team

Job Location:

New York City, Boston, or Chicago

Primary Objective

Delivery of high-quality/high-impact foresight, innovation, brand strategy and consulting solutions, while actively building client relationships with the world’s most valuable brands and developing consulting skills in a dynamic, vibrant, collaborative and fun environment

Starting to build client relationships and take a lead role in managing commercial aspects of client engagements

• Deliver a range of consulting engagements including trends and strategic foresight, cultural insight and applied semiotics, front-end innovation, commerce and brand strategy, market structures, consumer and demand segmentation, brand valuation, portfolio and architecture strategy, and brand purpose.
• Understand and frame client challenges across marketing, foresight, commerce, and innovation; support solution design with manager guidance to ensure outputs are meaningful, accurate, and actionable.
• Actively participate in project and client discussions, collaborating proactively with team members to achieve project objectives.
• Responsible for ownership of specific phases or discrete work processes on projects in coordination with project lead, including questionnaire and sample design, analytic planning, trend scouting, and cultural mining.
• Responsible for ownership of analysis and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative data from primary research and secondary sources into clear, compelling narratives in coordination with project lead; demonstrate strong written, verbal, and visual storytelling skills.
• Collaborate with team members to translate research and analysis into meaningful insights to drive impact for clients.
• Effectively use AI tools to support analysis, efficiency, and delivery.
• Responsible for managing timelines, quality, and execution, coordinating with project lead, internal teams and clients and identifying and resolving issues as they arise.
• Ensure rigorous quality control through in-depth checks at key stages of the project lifecycle.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and ownership, following research and project plans, actively contributing ideas, and constructively challenging perspectives.
• Develop clear, impactful client deliverables, including presentations and supporting materials.
• Continuously improve ways of working, identifying opportunities to streamline, automate, and enhance processes, including through AI-enabled approaches—without compromising quality.
• Build personal and team capability, taking ownership of skill development and supporting others through collaboration and knowledge sharing about tools, tasks, best practices, and Kantar offers.
• Maintain curiosity and functional expertise, developing a strong understanding of Kantar capabilities, data sources, tools, practice areas, and industry developments.
• Build strong internal relationships, proactively seeking feedback and collaboration across consulting teams.
• Support growth activities, including proposal development and broader business initiatives.
• Actively contribute to culture and community, participating in team, ERG, and social/community activities.

3-5 years of professional experience in similar capacity; market research or consulting experience preferred with exposure to brand strategy, foresight, and innovation engagements supported by qualitative and quantitative methodologies

Bachelor’s degree; preferred major or concentration in marketing / market research, social science, mathematics or other analytic fields

An insatiable curiosity, open-minded and willingness to learn – always on the lookout for innovative ideas and inspiration, new ways of working, frameworks and thinking that can inspire our team

Strong process and time management skills; capable of prioritizing and delivering against multiple/competing deadlines, prior project management experience preferred

A keen interest in the interplay among people, culture, brands, and business as well as social, technological, economic, environmental, human and political change

Experience with AI tools and openness to…