Start Date -  ASAP

Are you looking to start and develop your career in one of the world’s largest Research Organisations?

We are looking to grow our talented team of market understanding research specialists.

We partner with our clients to help them understand the vast consumer landscape in which they operate.  By bringing them closer to what their consumers (or potential consumers) think, how they feel, what they want and how they behave, we unlock insights which inspire our clients’ business strategies.  We work collaboratively with clients to help shape how to deliver the products and services that people want, and how to optimise their portfolio and position their brands in such a way as to maximise growth potential.

Our experts have a wealth of knowledge and some tried and tested approaches that we can use in our surveys and analysis.  However, in this team, no two projects are the same, so we thrive on being creative, challenging each other and working as a team to design something bespoke to deliver precisely what the clients need.  This highly collaborative way of working means that you can make a valuable contribution from the very beginning of your career and will continue to learn and develop for many years.

Our job is to be bold and creative using our imagination to inspire our clients by bringing life to the world in which their brands operate, to help them develop and position compelling brands and products. We are looking for graduates from any degree discipline to join us and embrace a career in research

Your Role:

As a Graduate Research Executive joining the team you will be encouraged to take responsibility from the outset, working on live commercial projects across a variety of clients and sectors and being a core, and valued, part of the team. Specifically, you will:

• Start with a tailored induction programme specifically introducing you to Market Strategy and Understanding research. These interactive sessions will be delivered by the team’s experts

• Receive training that will cover all the core skills needed to be a successful researcher, providing you with a full understanding of your role in the project lifecycle, from designing a project to delivering the final presentation or workshop. This also includes a rotation in our Project Management team, where you will learn all the core project management skills to run projects successfully.

• Design and deliver research projects from inception to delivery alongside your team members

• Support the team in winning work with our clients through contributing ideas and writing content to help create compelling proposals

• Work closely with the team to deliver impactful end to end quantitative research from set-up, design and execution of projects

• Help create insightful presentations and join discussions with clients on these to help them digest the findings and their implications.
  

About You:

We are looking for…

• A natural curiosity about the world we live in and an intrigue for consumer behaviour 

• A passion for understanding consumers, products and brands with real desire to know how people behave and why they behave in the ways that they do.   We explore all aspects of consumer life from food and beverage consumption, through opinions of reduced risk smoking products, attitudes towards sexual wellbeing and the environment, to their use and opinion of financial services.

• The ability to work creatively and think commercially, a willingness to ask questions and contribute actively to discussions from the outset

• Thrive in a team environment working collaboratively with colleagues to delight clients

• Strong attention to detail and a love of analysing and exploring data.

• A drive to not just deliver facts, but to question and interpret those to understand the “so what?” and the “now what?”

• Effective interpersonal skills – the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively working with many people and cultures

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage projects efficiently and effectively

• The unrestricted right to work in the UK

Our Offer:

Our Generation Ipsos programme provides a comprehensive foundation in research and its application in a commercial environment. You’ll be trained in client management, project management and the finer details of research including methodologies, sampling, weighting and ethics. You’ll learn through real life, hands-on experience, webinars, seminars and specialist workshops. We’ll provide you with dedicated training designed to achieve the industry recognised Market Research Society (MRS) Advanced Certificate Accreditation.  

Networking is a key skill and brings lots of benefits, so we have Early Careers events with other Graduates, Placement Students and Interns across the company.  You will also be part of a strong in-team support network (your Line Manager, Grad Rep and Buddy) who will help guide your learning and development.

Having a flexible working culture where we support our colleagues and celebrate our successes is important to us.  We invest our time in you and you’ll benefit from working alongside our expert teams.  Your manager will help you set goals to achieve your personal objectives throughout the year and help you achieve these.

And the fun stuff …

• 25 days’ holiday which increases over time to 30 days, plus an extra day for your birthday

• 4pm finish on a Friday

• Annual summer and All Staff events

• Team Christmas parties

• Season ticket loan

• A huge variety of benefits e.g. pension contributions, income protection, winter flu jabs, eye care vouchers, online and high street discounts, industry-leading paternity and maternity benefits

Applications will close at 9am Monday, 27th September 2021 but we may close early if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to please apply as soon as possible, if you are interested!

Those who are successful at the application stage will be progressed to a gamified test and virtual video interview. 

We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients.

We understand the importance of commitments you may have outside of work and we consider all flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.