An exciting opportunity has arisen for a client facing Qualitative Research Executive to join our fast growing and award-winning agency. Our qualitative offer has grown considerably, and we are looking for another fantastic qualitative researcher to contribute to our continued success.
Experience, qualification, and soft skills, have you got everything required to succeed in this opportunity Find out below.
About Opinium:
MRS 2024 & 2021 Agency of the Year. Winner of the MRS best place to work award three times, the Drum Best Place to Work 2018 & 2019, and the 2019 Women in Research Best Agency to Work Globally. Opinium is a strategic insight agency, that truly puts its people at the centre of everything they do.
Across our four offices in London, New York, Amsterdam and Cape Town, we help our clients harness the power of insight on a global scale to build, grow, promote and make strategic business decisions. We also use Opinium for good, working with multiple charities and volunteering.
Our culture:
We really believe we have a unique culture which provides a stimulating, challenging and rewarding workplace whilst providing a supportive environment and focus on the wellbeing of our people.
“When measuring success, revenue growth and employee wellbeing should go hand-in-hand. It’s the only way to build an insight agency that clients want to work with. We’ve placed our people where they rightfully belong: at the heart of our business.”
James Endersby, Opinium CEO, Chair designate of the Market Research Society (MRS)
Your opportunity:
This is an exciting and challenging role with great scope for development. You will join our smart and energetic team of qualitative specialists and perform a vital role in helping us shape and deliver actionable insights, including direct liaison with clients. As you learn, grow and develop you will take on more and more responsibilities, including helping your teams with business development and growing the accounts you are on.
You will be actively involved in working on projects across our Brand & Communications, Stakeholder, Thought Leadership and Product Development Practice areas. There will be lots of variety in the topics you research, the audiences you conduct research with and the methodologies you’ll use to get to the heart of our client’s objectives.
You might be joining our team of qualitative specialists, but they won’t be the only researchers that you’ll work alongside. You will also work closely with project managers and mixed-method researchers, and support quant-only researchers in offices across the globe.
Person specification:
We are looking for people who are motivated, curious, resilient, creative, authentic and are keen to learn, grow and develop their career at a top agency. You thrive as part of a team but are also confident working on tasks assigned to you. You relish the opportunity to help grow your accounts and the agency. You are passionate about market research and insights, as well as building close collaborative relationships with both colleagues and clients.
* Enthusiastic, with a flexible ‘can do’ attitude and a desire to develop and contribute to the agency’s financial success
* Comfortable in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
* Has a genuine passion for understanding attitudes and behaviour
* Has the ability to join the dots between disparate pieces of information
* Interested in and willing to embrace new tools and methodologies
* Enjoys building relationships
* Strong team-working skills
* Highly developed organisational and time-management skills
* Proven ability to meet tight deadlines
* An excellent eye for detail
* Proactive and clear communication skills
* Good proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
* Good client facing manner
* Ambition to get involved with all aspects of our business is essential including internal initiatives.
After a thorough onboarding and training programme, and as you progress in the role, some of the general tasks and responsibilities you can expect in this role as a qualitative research executive will include:
* Designing sample frames for qualitative recruitment with help
* Building relationships with suppliers and negotiating costs for services
* Writing recruitment screeners for projects
* Briefing teams on recruitment, overseeing recruitment and quality-checking recruits against set hard and soft quotas
* Supporting with project logistics and coordination – including fieldwork scheduling, scripting of online communities, processing transcripts
* Designing discussion guides design for interviews, focus groups and online communities as part of a team
* Moderating online communities and B2C one-on-one interviews
* Assistant moderating / moderating focus groups
* Analysing research as part of a team, using a variety of tools (analysis grids, CoLoop, Miro, Reduct etc.) to identify themes and contributing to analysis sessions
* Writing PowerPoint and Word reports as part of a team – including designing clear and visually appealing slides, creating powerful case studies
* Editing short videos clips to bring our research reports to life
* Quality checking reports
* Supporting with client communications
* Preparation for debriefs / presentations
* Attending client meetings / pitches / intro calls
* Responding to new client briefs
* Contributing ideas to proposals
Experience:
* 1 - 2 years of qualitative research experience within an agency
What we offer you:
£27,000-£32,000 DOE
We have a wide range of wellbeing tools and initiatives so that you can be your best inside and outside of work.
* A thorough onboarding and training programme and the tools, resources and support you need to succeed and grow
* A career manager (who invests in and looks after your career)
* A truly flexible work environment, hybrid working with a focus on prioritising work-life balance (Monday and Wednesdays office-based as a minimum)
* A fun, inclusive and thoughtful company culture with a vibrant social calendar including regular agency drinks, our monthly lunch, social events and parties
* Competitive salary, annual leave, and an excellent pension scheme
* Benefits including life insurance, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, Bike to Work scheme, Season Ticket Loan, generous savings plans and a monthly wellbeing allowance (£60 per month e.g. gym, sports club, language classes), volunteering days, pre-paid vouchers for annual flu jab/eye test, annual health assessments, flexi start/leave, birthday come-in-lates or leave-earlies, WFH equipment allowance.
Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor VISAs so candidates must have the permanent right to work in the United Kingdom.
Equal opportunity employer:
Opinium is committed to a work environment that is inclusive to all and free of discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and genetic predisposition.
And finally, don’t just take our word for it:
"Opinium doesnt just talk about development – they actually do it. Youre encouraged to take on new challenges and your contributions genuinely matter"
Rania Benameur, Research Executive, MRS Representation in Research Steering Group Member and Significant Insights Global 30 under 30 honouree.
If you think this role is for you, send your CV and cover letter to recruitment@opinium.com
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