Millward Brown UK Ltd graduate jobs

What are we about?

We provide research-based consultancy to help marketers successfully manage their brands, optimize the return on their media and communications investments, and create value for their businesses. We’ve helped our clients build strong brands and services through research based consultancy and today, we continue to push the boundaries of marketing research and brand consulting.

Our success as a business depends on our ability to attract, develop, motivate and retain fantastic people, who challenge and push the boundaries to ensure we remain the best at what we do. This is why in the UK we aim to recruit over 50 of the best graduates every year. Millward Brown can give you a career which stretches and challenges you, in an environment where people are encouraged to develop their own individual talents. We have a special culture, which really values client focus, teamwork and risk-taking.

Company background

Millward Brown was founded in Leamington Spa in 1973 by Maurice Millward and Gordon Brown. In 1976 Maurice and Gordon set the world’s first continuous tracking study for Cadbury’s to explore the issue of ad ‘wear out’. In 1994, the company invested in a massive Research & Development for evaluating brand health, resulting in the launch of BrandDynamics in 1996. BrandDynamics proved to be so successful that WPP adopted and adapted it as BRANDZ; a massive database of brand data to be used across the WPP network, which to date has covered over 64,000 brands. The BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking launches annually in partnership with the Financial Times. Today, Millward Brown continues to develop and expand its expertise by developing new solutions to measure the effects of online advertising, sponsorship and PR and offer insight into the constantly evolving marketing landscape.

How do we help our clients?

Working with 90% of the top 100 global brands, we help our clients achieve even greater success.

Develop brand strategy: Helping clients to deliver a concise brand strategy that addresses key questions such as What should my brand stand for? Who is my target? What offer should I take to market and At what price? to ensure the brand reaches its full potential. Select consumer touchpoints: Identifying the best marketing and sales channels to reach target audiences, whether it’s new or traditional media, sponsorship and entertainment, or in-store.

Optimise communication: A complete suite of marketing communications solutions to help clients develop brand messages and creative, and achieve the best results across media and marketing platforms.

Monitor in-market progress: Comprehensive tracking services to help clients evaluate the effectiveness of marketing programmes, media activities, brand experience and customer response and ensure brand objectives are met.

Evaluate financial outcomes: Helping our clients to understand the impact of their marketing strategies on long-term brand equity, through a range of proprietary solutions and analytical ROI tools.

Maximise business potential: Exploring future opportunities and placing brand and marketing decisions in the context of overall business and portfolio strategy.

What are the Trainee roles that Millward Brown offers?

All our graduate trainees follow a defined path to help develop their skills and their knowledge of the business. As a graduate at Millward Brown within the first year you will undergo a comprehensive training programme – both on and off the job – equipping you to apply technical research skills.

TAR - Trainee Account Researcher: The Trainee Account Researcher is responsible for providing support to the team, developing knowledge of their client accounts and understanding their research needs.

TAC - Trainee Account Co-ordinator: The Trainee Account Co-ordinator is responsible for delivering market research projects accurately, timely and within budget.

What we can offer Trainees?

We want to develop the business leaders of the future. Many of our current Seniors have come via the graduate path. We give you comprehensive industry accredited training (approximately 10-15% of your first year will be spent in training). You will also have the opportunity to work towards a professional Market Research qualification alongside fellow graduates. Working on global brands means opportunities for global travel. We currently have over 78 offices in 51 countries and an MB Passport Abroad scheme where you could have the opportunity to work in another country office for six months.