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Director - Media Insights

Australia, Sydney · Job Posted April 11, 2026
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Job Description

As a Director within our Media team, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how Australia’s biggest brands understand and optimise their media investment. You’ll lead strategic thinking, bring clarity to complex campaign performance questions, and elevate Kantar’s presence across the industry through thought leadership. Your work will directly influence how clients grow, innovate, and win in an evolving media landscape.

Job Responsibility

  • Leading high‑quality media effectiveness projects end‑to‑end, ensuring insights translate into clear, actionable recommendations
  • Acting as a trusted strategic advisor to senior clients, strengthening relationships and uncovering new opportunities for growth
  • Driving commercial outcomes through business development, proposal leadership, and identifying “plus one” opportunities
  • Overseeing the delivery, quality and storytelling of all insights, workshops, presentations and reports within your client portfolio
  • Providing leadership across the Media team by coaching talent, elevating capability and fostering a high‑performance culture

Requirements

  • Proven expertise in media strategy, advertising effectiveness or cross‑channel campaign evaluation
  • Strong understanding of the media ecosystem, including agencies, publishers, platforms and emerging trends
  • Ability to interpret complex media and marketing data, connecting insights to broader brand and business outcomes
  • Demonstrated success in building senior client relationships and winning new business
  • Confident leader and inspiring communicator, with experience coaching teams and driving cultural impact

What we offer

  • Lifestyle Leave — earn an extra five days of paid leave each year when you maintain a healthy annual leave balance
  • Wellbeing that’s taken seriously — Mental Health First Aid training, plus a paid day off for World Mental Health Day
  • Support for life’s milestones — including 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers, study leave, religious/cultural leave, emergency services leave and paid domestic & family violence leave
  • Career growth and community — unlock your development through continuous learning sessions, and get involved in our Inclusion, Diversity & Wellbeing Committee or Social Committee to shape our culture
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