Research Consultant (Quant) - Where Curiosity Meets Strategy

Resources Group; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Resources Group is seeking a Research Consultant with a quant leaning and a qualitative twist in Melbourne. You will work across a mix of culture-shaping brands, helping define purpose, positioning and consumer insights to inform strategic recommendations.

Day-to-day, you will build relationships with client accounts, unpack problems, design tailored research frameworks, and manage end-to-end quantitative projects while synthesizing insights into actionable narratives for powerful business

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in consumer insights or strategy.
• Background in a market research consultancy or agency environment.
• Strong quantitative research skills across ad-hoc and tracking (brand equity, U&A, segmentations, CX, NPD).
• Passion for strategy and turning data into business impact.
• Excellent analytical ability and ideally confident using Q or similar stats package.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with an exciting portfolio of client accounts.
• Unpack client problems and design tailored quant research frameworks.
• Manage end-to-end quantitative projects from research design to analysis and reporting.
• Synthesize insights and connect them to broader strategic recommendations.
• Create inspiring, commercially relevant narratives and strategies.
• Get hands-on with qual to support multi-method projects.
• Bring creativity, curiosity and passion to every brief.

Skills

Consumer insights

Strategy

Quantitative research

Qualitative research

Client relationships

Data storytelling

Education

Market research consultancy experience

Tools

SPSS or similar

R

Excel

Tableau

Job description

Curiosity is contagious here. So is ambition. This is one of Melbourne's best strategic insights consultancies, bringing together expertise across quantitative and qualitative research, advanced analytics, tech and strategy. It's a one-stop strategy hub for clients and a play pit of learning and growth for you! This growth role is for a Research Consultant with a quant leaning and a qualitative twist.

WorkwithCultureShapingBrands

You’llloveworkingacrossamixofculture-shapingbrands-fromglobaliconstocoolstart-ups-whereeverysolutionis100%bespoke. It’sagemofanopportunitytobuildbothyourmethodologicalskillsandyour strategicthinking.

Typical projects include:

• Identifying meaningful segments, defining priority audiences and projecting future behaviours

• Helping brands define their purpose, positioning and cultural relevance

• Developing communications strategies grounded in real human understanding

• Applying behavioural science frameworks to uncover the social and psychological forces behind decision-making

• Spotting unmet needs, shaping new ideas and guiding innovation

You’ll get to work with household names across Retail, Sport, FinTech, Entertainment, FMCG and more.

Day-to-Day You’ll:

• Build relationships with an exciting portfolio of client accounts

• Helpunpackclientproblemsanddesigntailoredquantresearchframeworks

• Manage end-to-end quantitative projects, from research design through to analysis and reporting

• Synthesise insights and connect them to broader strategic recommendations

• Createinspiring,commerciallyrelevantnarrativesandstrategies

• Gethands-onwithqualtoo-fromdepthinterviewstomulti-methodprojects

• Bringcreativity,curiosityandpassiontoeverybrief

About you.

• Around2+years’experienceinconsumerinsightsorstrategy

• Backgroundinamarketresearchconsultancyoragencyenvironment

• Strongquantitativeresearchskills-acrossadhocandtracking(e.g.brandequity,U&A, segmentations,CX,NPD)

• Passionforstrategyandturningdataintobusinessimpact

• ExcellentanalyticalabilityandideallyconfidentusingQorasimilarstatspackage

If you're naturally curious, enjoy solving messy business problems and want to become the kind of consultant clients genuinely rely on, this is a brilliant place to build your career.

About Resources Group

We are the Leading Global Talent Agency for Insights, Analytics & Data Strategy. Our consultants take the time to truly understand your career aims and are dedicated to providing tailored, impartial advice to find you the very best career move. We have access to an unrivalled and exclusive range of job opportunities with trailblazing agencies and blue-chips across Australia, NZ and APAC.

Resources Group’s Diversity and Equality Policy determines that we submit applicants to our clients on the basis of merit and ability, regardless of race, colour, age, disability, family responsibilities, gender, marital status, nationality, religious or political views or affiliations, sexual orientation or socio-economic background.