Senior Research Executive
2 days ago
London
We’re on the hunt for a client-facing Senior Research Executive to join our fast-growing and award-winning agency. You’ll be working on exciting projects for some of the biggest brand names in the world. About Opinium: • MRS Agency of the Year (2021 & 2024), • Winner of the MRS Best Place to Work award three times, • Drum Best Place to Work 2018 & 2019, • Women in Research Global Best Agency to Work (2019) 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: We are looking for someone to take on a key role on two of our largest international accounts. The role will require someone with great interpersonal skills, a can-do attitude, good attention to detail and strong project management skills. You will join our smart and energetic consulting teams and perform a vital role in helping us shape and deliver insights that have a real impact in our clients’ businesses and will be a 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 client accounts you are on. Who we’re looking for: We are looking for people who are passionate, resilient, creative, authentic and are keen to learn, grow and develop their career at a top insight 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. • Excellent project and client management skills, • Proactive and clear communication skills, • Enthusiastic, with a flexible ‘can do’ attitude and a desire to develop and contribute to the agency’s financial success, • Confident client facing manner, • Good problem-solving mentality, • A quick learner with the ambition to excel in order to grow your career, • You have an entrepreneurial mindset, • Strong numeracy skills and the ability to interpret data, • You enjoy building relationships, • You’re proud of your strong team-working skills, • Highly developed organisational and time-management skills, • Proven ability to meet tight deadlines, • An excellent eye for detail, • Good proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint (experience in Google docs/slides/sheets is a plus), • 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 will excel in include: • Helping to deliver actionable insights that enable our clients to make better decisions, • Creating PPT/Google slides data charts and writing headlines, commentary and summaries, • Regularly presenting to clients and being able to field questions confidently, • Responding to client emails (e.g. about questionnaires, scripting), • Managing supplier, partner and client communications, • Questionnaire design, • Scripting and checking survey links for accuracy, • Data cleaning, checking and running of tables, • Responding to new client briefs, • Costing more complex and international projects confidently, • Mentoring junior members of the team Experience: • 2+ years of insight agency experience would be beneficial What we offer you: 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 Wednesday 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 doesn't just talk about development – they actually do it. You're 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 Thanks! Our Recruitment Candidate Privacy Notice can be found here.