Lead Internal Communications, Insights NA

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Our insights colleagues are experts in human understanding. With expertise covering brand, innovation, creative, media, commerce, and customer experience, they help clients define what brands should stand for, how to disrupt and renew their offer, how to connect with audiences and how to win with consumers and customers.

Job title:

Lead Internal Communications, Insights NALocation:

Prefer candidates who are open to working in a Hybrid model from any of our offices (New York City (NY), Bridgewater (NJ), Boston (MA), Norwalk (CT), Chicago (IL), Atlanta (GA)We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Internal Employee Communications leader to drive communications and engagement programs for our Insights, North Americas region.

This will be an important role in owning the communications efforts across our North America market. The successful candidate will help deliver creative and impactful communications and engagement programs to inform, encourage and engage employees across North America.

In addition, this role will partner with the Group Employee Communications & Engagement team and the other Insights regional communications leads to ensure our Global Insights business has a joined up and consistent approach across the division and Kantar.

This role will own and deliver the overall Insights, Americas communications and engagement strategy and plan, identifying the right channels, voices, and messages to use, including feedback, and listening.

This role will report into the CEO, Insights Americas, with strong alignment into the Group Head of Employee Communications & Engagement to ensure coordination and consistency across the business.

Responsibilities include

Partnering with the Chief Executive Offer, Insights Americas and Chief People Officer, Insights Americas and other key regional leaders, develop the Insights, North Americas narrative to support business priorities, aligning with the overall global Insights and Kantar narrative and priorities.

Developing and delivering a creative internal communications strategy and plan for the region including:

Communications cadence for CEO, Insights, Americas, and other key executives

Owning and delivering key communications events including town halls, Ask me Anything sessions.

Developing channel strategy for Insights, Americas internal communications, supporting the overall Insights / Kantar internal communications channel / platform approach (Workplace, The Source etc)Coaching leaders on best practice communications, helping the Insights, Americas leadership team communicate optimally with employees, and helping to craft local market IC approaches as required.

Working with our marketing and external communications colleagues to ensure joined up internal / external campaigns and messaging.

Working with internal communications leads in other Insights regions, Operations, Technology and Product, and the Group communications team, help shape and deliver global programs into the region.

Building a network of communications champions to help embed messages within Markets and build communications capability across the region.

What you’ll bring to the role

Strong internal and change communications experience in global organizations, with experience in companies that have been through transformational change.

Experience with working directly with senior executives and helping them communicate as authentic leaders.

A creative approach and willingness to challenge the status quo.

Ability to take ownership of a project from beginning to end, and to work at pace across multiple projects.

A clear understanding of how internal communications can support the people agenda and employee engagement.

Clear, succinct, and engaging copywriting (and editing) skills, with the intuition to flex style to engage with different audiences from different perspectives.

Comfortable in dealing with ambiguity, flexible and agile in responding to change, and able to influence people from across the organization.

Able to talk big picture comms strategy and deliver the day-to-day tactics.10+ years of communications experience

Bachelor's degree

Join us:

Kantar Benefits

We provide a comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package, including

Medical plans with comprehensive, affordable coverage for a range of health services

Health Savings Account/FSADental, Vision and benefits to cover unique healthcare needs

Wellness Program401k with matching

Tuition Reimbursement, Commuter benefits

Unlimited PTOAt 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 driven 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 build 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 on the basis of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristics.

Privacy and Legal Statement

PRIVACY DISCLOSURE:

Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager.

The salary range for this role in New York is $123,500.00 - $205,900 . Your final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to location, work experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Country

United States of America

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

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.