Do you have strong research and analysis skills?

Are you passionate about people, brands and the interaction between the two?

Are you actively interested in a career in commercial market research?

If so, then this internship will provide you with a fantastic opportunity to gain some amazing experience within a Global Insights Agency and understand better what a career in commercial market research is about.

This vacancy will start off on 3 months internship paying between £23K-£2k per annum. There could also be the opportunity for the internship to be extended or to move into a permanent job.

About the client
Our client is a boutique insights and planning agency, specialising in qualitative techniques. They deliver high-quality and inspiring insight to help their clients discover challenges, understand implications and inspire solutions to plan and develop brands, communications and products. Their speciality is in gaining deep qualitative consumer understanding to help their clients achieve more.

Their work takes place across the UK, Europe and beyond – they aim to always deliver actionable and strategic insight in a clear, effective and imaginative way, with output including consumer collages, film and co-creation work.

A typical day would be:

Research design

Input into proposals, discussion guides and stimulus following a brief from team members or a client
Independently and with a team member, draft pre-task activities for both online and offline research

Fieldwork

Independently conduct a range of qualitative research methodologies including discussion groups, in-depth interviews and accompanied shops
Set up, manage and moderate online qualitative communities, involving probing and interacting with participants, digitally

Analysis

Draft and write-up top line reports post-fieldwork
Contribute to sections of the debriefing presentation
Select key quotes from fieldwork notes to support analysis/insights
Present sections of debriefs to clients, or with smaller projects present all findings

Project Management

Play a vital role in supporting the team throughout all aspects of projects (from proposal to debriefing)
Put together project schedules
Organise recruitment for fieldwork, including briefing recruiters, handling day-to-day questions and queries
Be comfortable ‘managing a market’ either UK or internationally, including carrying out / viewing fieldwork, briefing moderators in other markets or working with the team in the UK, liaising with clients

People Management

Work alongside and support other team members at all stages of research
Support freelance team members, including briefing them and working alongside them for analysis/write-up

Beyond research

Contribute interesting and relevant think pieces to be published on LinkedIn and the website
Inform other team members of business news (whether in retail, tech, FMCG), including new relevant information for our clients
Research relevant networking and industry events to attend (add to on-going networking excel doc)
Participate in new business brainstorms
Attend training courses / client conferences where possible
Keep attending online webinars to keep us up to date and sharing findings with the team

The ideal candidate’s personality and qualifications:

You will have a firm understanding of the qualitative market research environment from your degree or prior internship
You will be a confident and proactive individual who is looking to build experience in a small but growing research agency
Passionate about people, brands and the intersection between the two
Working directly with the founder and another senior team member you will thrive in a flexible environment, which provides a significant opportunity to shape your career development
Strong analysis and interpretation skills
Experience or an interest in FMCG, retail and technology

Market Research Executive | Global Insight Agency

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SALARY

£22000 - £25000

LOCATION

Central London

CONTRACT TYPE

Internship (going permanent)

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