Our client is a leading media agency, known for their award-winning approach to their people, clients and social purpose initiatives. Working as part of a small and fast-moving team, we are on the lookout for a quantitative Research Account Director, someone who is analytical, proactive and client-facing, who will manage multiple projects and work with the Research Director to identify and action new business opportunities.
What you’ll be doing:
* Build strong relationships with clients across different sectors, by understanding their goals, maintaining strong communication and working with the team to manage their bespoke research projects
* Work with the team to manage end to end research projects, including: crafting proposals, designing research studies, analysing data, designing questionnaires, managing reporting and delivering presentations – ensuring the highest quality of research is delivered by the team
* Work with the team to ensure effective project planning across all projects, ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget, and all queries escalated and resolved
* Work with the Research Director to identify, prospect and win new business, ensuring a healthy pipeline of activity based on your contacts, network and relevant industry sources
* Represent the agency at external networking events, and work with the internal Marketing team on thought leadership content
* Support junior members of the team by providing feedback, reviewing draft deliverables and encouraging their continuous development
Experience and skills you’ll need to have:
* Experience having led market research projects (data, quantitative or survey) from an account management, or project management perspective, having worked within a research agency, or within a research-focussed role within a media or marketing business
* Experience overseeing research projects from beginning to end, with a strong understanding of research methodologies and techniques
* Demonstrable client and stakeholder management skills in a fast-paced and agile environment, able to lead a research team and work with other team members, clients and audiences with different skillsets
* Advanced use of MS Office, in particular PowerPoint and Excel
* Familiarity with either TGI, GWI or YouGov data tools and Facebook Insights/Google Analytics
* Strong storytelling skills when turning data into insights, with great attention to detail
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