Client And Brand Insight Specialist

Client and Brand Insight Specialist

Independently lead client and brand insight projects that strengthen audience understanding, inform strategic decisions and improve business and marketing outcomes. Act as a subject-matter expert, turning research, data and performance metrics into clear recommendations and practical action.

• Lead insight work streams
  Independently design and deliver moderately complex client, brand and strategic research projects, from defining the business question through to recommendations and action.
• Own brand measurement
  Lead brand tracking and related research programmes, ensuring robust methodologies, consistent reporting and clear understanding of the drivers of awareness, consideration, trust and advocacy. Manage stakeholder engagement, results presentations and action tracking.
• Measure and monitor performance
  Define appropriate success measures, maintain dashboards and reporting frameworks, identify material changes in performance and provide clear recommendations based on findings.
• Generate integrated insight
  Combine brand, client, market and business evidence to identify opportunities and risks, translating complex information into concise, decision-ready recommendations.
• Influence stakeholders
  Build strong partnerships within and beyond Marketing, using insight and expertise to influence decision-making and challenge assumptions constructively.
• Manage delivery and risk
  Balance competing priorities with limited supervision, anticipating risks and implementing appropriate mitigations to ensure successful delivery.
• Manage research partners
  Brief and oversee external agencies, providing constructive challenge and ensuring high-quality, timely and commercially relevant outputs.
• Improve insight capability
  Drive improvements to research, measurement, reporting and knowledge-sharing processes, while supporting colleagues in the effective use of insight.

Brand tracking dashboards and performance reports

Strategic research programmes and insight work streams

Integrated analysis and executive-ready recommendations

Agreed success measures and action plans

Stakeholder presentations, workshops and immersion sessions

Agency briefs, research deliverables and quality assurance reviews

Insight informs business, marketing and client decisions.

Reporting provides a clear and consistent view of performance against agreed objectives.

Recommendations result in defined, trackable actions.

Brand and strategic projects are delivered to a high standard, with risks managed effectively.

Stakeholders view the role as a trusted source of expertise, insight and constructive challenge.

Strong experience in client insight, market research, brand measurement or related disciplines.

Proven ability to lead qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method research projects independently.

Strong analytical skills, including performance measurement, trend identification and interpretation.

Ability to translate complex evidence into clear, practical and commercially relevant recommendations.

Strong stakeholder management, agency management and project management skills.

Experience in financial services, regulated environments and/or European markets is desirable.

Comfortable using AI-enabled tools to improve research, analysis and productivity.

• Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position
• This is a hybrid position and would require you to work in the office 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)
• Please note that we review applications on a rolling basis and may close this role early if there is a high level of interest. To avoid missing out, we recommend applying as soon as possible

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