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Jodie Gillary

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Head of Brand Activation at Kantar
📍 United Kingdom

Jodie Gillary is a brand activation and client impact leader at Kantar with over 23 years of experience in marketing strategy and impactful storytelling. She is an award-winning speaker and holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Leicester. Jodie champions bold, disruptive brand-building to drive commercial growth.

Outside of Kantar, Jodie is an accredited personal style coach, driven by her core values of authenticity and individuality. She founded her own styling business, authored a book on wardrobe psychology in 2023, and actively shares her insights on social media. She is passionate about empowering peoples confidence through style.

In April 2024, Jodie gave a TEDx talk, and in 2022 she was named one of the UKs top 25 most influential senior part-time workers on the Timewise Power List.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Head of Brand Activation
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
United Kingdom
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Brand Storytelling
With over two decades of experience, she focuses on creating timeless and timely brand narratives, recently speaking on this topic at a Kantar conference.
Personal Styling
As a certified style coach and author on the subject, she applies brand-building principles to personal wardrobes to help people express their authentic selves.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Head of Brand Activation
Kantar
6-2017 - 2-2025
Head of Client Impact
Kantar
1-2015 - 4-2017
Head of Insight: Sweet Treats
Premier Foods
9-2011 - 12-2014
Insight Controller: Savoury brands
Premier Foods
1-2007 - 8-2011
Associate Director
Voodoo: Brand Research and Consultancy
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Education
1996 - 1999
BA (Hons)
University of Leicester
1989 - 1996
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The Henrietta Barnett School
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