Job Description
Associate Research Director
Market Research Agency
London - UK
£50 - 65k
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ABOUT THEM
A well established and multi-award winning market research agency based here in London. The agency has a broad client list across multiple sectors, including the financial services, media, telecoms, life sciences, public sector, and more. The agency has a very senior team, with a grownup and light touch management style based on trust.
They put special emphasis on pushing the boundaries of their work, and they thrive in finding interesting and out-of-the-box solutions to their clients' briefs. They never use off the shelf techniques and pride themselves in finding new ways to collect data.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Reporting into the Managing Director & Co-Founder, the Associate Research Director will take the lead on market research projects for a variety of clients, especially in the financial services space. This is a great route into the company leadership and will have the opportunity to work with trust and autonomy, but also collaboratively as part of a senior team.
Responsibilities include:
- Leading research projects – setting up, designing, and delivering both qualitative and quantitative studies. From focus groups and in-depth interviews to questionnaires, surveys, and analysis.
- Working on both ad hoc and continuous research projects for multiple accounts.
- Presenting to clients, both pitching and debriefing.
- The Associate Research Director will be working across multiple accounts, but will be primarily working with a key account in the financial services sector.
- Client leadership – growing and cultivating pillar accounts.
- Business development and growth – writing proposals, pitching, and winning new work.
- Delivering fresh perspectives on policy decisions – how decisions effect clients and what the opportunities are.
- Managing local third party relationships for international projects.
ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND
- Expertise in setting up and running both qual and quant market research projects, covering a broad range of methodologies such as surveys, focus groups, etc.
- An understanding of both qualitative and quantitive research is key. This does not need to be a 50:50 split, but an understanding of both is necessary.
- Experience in market research projects for clients in the financial services sector is a must.
- Client leadership and business development skills, with a proven record of building key accounts.
- Experience working on international projects is preferable.
- At least 4-5 years' experience, preferably in an agency.
ABOUT YOUR SKILLSET
- Market Research
- Qualitative research
- Quantitative research
- Strategic Insight
- Client Leadership
- Business Development
We are committed to helping our clients build diverse teams and we promote & and practice inclusive recruiting. All applicants will be considered without discrimination.