Associate Consultant - German Markets

Escalent; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent consultancy firm is seeking a passionate Associate Consultant fluent in German and English to join their team. The role involves engaging with consumers, moderating discussions, and developing insightful reports for clients, serving as a pathway to consultancy skills in a vibrant work environment.

Benefits

Competitive starting salary

Bonus structure

Private medical insurance

Wellbeing funding

Free breakfasts

Weekly drinks

Regular company socials

Summer Sports day

Christmas parties

Qualifications

• Mandatory fluency in German and English is essential.
• Interest in brand interaction and consumer behavior.
• Must have strong writing and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Moderating consumer communities for insights.
• Conducting qualitative analysis of consumer feedback.
• Supporting lead Consultants to deliver client projects.

Skills

Fluent written and spoken German

Fluent written and spoken English

Passion for brands and consumers

Online and social media skills

Intellectual curiosity

Writing and communication skills

PowerPoint skills

Word skills

Excel skills

Numerical skills

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for a bright, committed and passionate Associate Consultant, with fluent written and spoken German and English language skills to join our team.

You will be an expert on German cultural and curiosity, be creative, self-aware and able to draw on personal experiences to have authentic conversations and discussions with German consumers, colleagues and our clients.

Together with lead Consultants you will be responsible for handling and delivering client projects by conducting analysis, writing presentations and converting community conversations into clear client recommendations. This is not a ‘back-room’ role: we are looking for someone to support the lead Consultant in building and developing the client relationship from day one. This role is a perfect stepping-stone to develop consultancy skills in the world of branding, research and innovation.

Responsibilities

Research:

• Moderating communities: engage community members – consumers of a specific client brand, steer discussions and probe consumer comments to drive relevant insight.
• Designing research activities for communities which will generate the right responses to meet the client’s brief: ideation sessions, brainstorms, surveys, blogs and live online workshops.
• Conducting qualitative analysis of the activities to understand the ‘what’ and the ‘why’ behind what consumers say and do.
• Desk research.

Report writing:

• Driving clear recommendations and implications from your analysis and findings to clients and colleagues.
• Creating professional & convincing client-facing documents in a range of formats.

Client management:

• Providing support to lead Consultants and Consultancy Director in nurturing good client relationships
• Developing good personal presentation skills, for co-presenting to client

Skills required

• Fluent written and spoken German and English language skills – an essential requirement.
• A passion for brands, consumers and how they interact.
• A natural knack for the online world & social media: highly empathetic & able to connect with individuals online, specifically on German markets.
• You are constantly hungry to learn and grow and have plenty of energy and enthusiasm.
• Intellectual curiosity.
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills
• Strong PowerPoint, Word and Excel skills required.
• Good numerical skills.
• You are a real doer and a proper team player.
• Fantastic organisational skills: ability to multi-task.

About C Space

We are the world’s leading insight community, customer strategy and innovation experts, putting relationships at the heart of business to drive growth. We make relationships count by building mutual value between people and brands as the ultimate competitive advantage.

As part of Escalent Group, we’re a team of 1,800 researchers, data scientists, moderators, creatives, developers and UX professionals. We put the power of our customer expertise, Escalent’s industry expertise and Hall & Partner’s brand expertise at your fingertips.

Over the years we have helped clients like Google, PepsiCo, IKEA, British Airways, Philips grow by developing new products, services and communication together with their customers.

Salary/Package

Alongside a competitive starting salary and bonus structure we offer a comprehensive suite of benefits – from a contributory pension, private medical insurance, individual wellbeing funding, free breakfasts, weekly drinks and regular company socials including our Summer Sports day and renowned Christmas parties too.