Commercial Strategy Consultant

At Nielsen, we believe that career growth is a partnership. You ultimately own, fuel and set the journey. By joining our team of nearly 14,000 associates, you will become part of a community that will help you to succeed. We champion you because when you succeed, we do too. Embark on a new initiative, explore a fresh approach, and take license to think big, so we can all continuously improve. We enable your best to power our future. Our Media Analytics team is the custom research hub of Nielsen, in charge of answering complex client measurement questions in new and innovative ways creating new products and services that address industry gaps, ensuring current measurement solutions are fit for industry needs. This role will sits at commercial arm of the Media Analytics function. In this specialist role the successful candidate will sit between the Direct Sales function and the Delivery Team (Research Analysts). On one hand you will support the Direct Sales Team in identifying how Nielsen can answer key business questions/challenges ensuring Nielsen remains competitive in the measurement space. On the other hand you will also collaborate with the Research Analysts Team to handle the research projects in order to provide clients with added value information and insights!

Responsibilities

Work in partnership with the Direct Sales team to convert incoming research brief leads

Achieving annual financial targets

Ownership of a research brief from idea creation to client delivery

Developing solutions costs and methodology approaches in partnership with Research

Developing sales story for Nielsen Measurement solutions in partnership with Direct Sales team (or other Nielsen teams)Pitching solutions to senior stakeholders, both internally and externally

A consultative selling approach to develop long term client relationships

Supporting go to market strategies on new Nielsen products and training internal staff

Provide support to other team members to guide their learning when required

Be up to date with competitor offerings and the ever changing media landscape

Skills

Minimum of 5+ years working in Market Research companies, Publishers or Media Agencies in either research/insights or Sales departments

A good understanding of various research techniques

Good knowledge and understanding of the UK media landscape

Ability to prioritise and manage tight project deadlines

Good at building relationships, both internally and externally

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Comfortable presenting both in person and virtually to a wide range of audiences

Adept to working in a cross functional team

Comfortable working independently Motivated self starter who is open to continuously challenge themselves

Comfortable to embrace ambiguity and be open to curiosity

Although not mandatory, the following elements constitute preferential elements of evaluation

Degree in Statistics, Sociology, Psychology

Knowledge of at least one of the following languages is desirable (spoken/written): Spanish, German, French

Experience in quoting / implementing social listening projects

Knowledge, previous use of statistical processing programs and dashboards

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