Qualitative Market Research Internship

MTM; Leeds; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading strategy consultancy in the UK is offering an internship within their qualitative research team for 2-3 months, based in Leeds. This role is ideal for individuals eager to develop their career in market research within the media and technology sectors. Candidates will assist with various research tasks, interviews, analysis, and report writing. Success may lead to a full-time role as a researcher. The internship offers competitive pay based on living wage standards.

Qualifications

• Passionate about media, entertainment, and technology.
• Bright and enthusiastic candidates with a can-do attitude.
• Able to exercise initiative, lateral thinking, and flexibility.
• Proactive and enquiring approach to work.
• Passion for media, entertainment, and technology.
• Open to working on a range of client accounts.
• An interest in human behaviour / psychology.
• Good communication skills, both written and oral.
• Accuracy and attention to detail, with high standards of written output.
• Able to exercise initiative, lateral thinking and flexibility.
• Love for working collaboratively.
• Thrive in a fast‑paced environment and willing to come into our office at least 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Assist with research tasks and participate in interviews.
• Analyze data and write reports.
• Contribute actively in meetings with clients.

Skills

Research experience

Curiosity

Good communication skills

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Initiative

Team collaboration

Office availability

Job description

A world where complexity is the only constant demands a new breed of company. Brave Bison is a different beast: a media, marketing and technology company purpose built for the digital era.

Our universe is made up of award-winning business arms Brave Bison, Engage, SocialChain and MTM. And we’re underpinned by leading marketing training practice, MiniMBA, as well as our very own social-first media network who deliver monthly views in the billions for some of the biggest channels in sport and entertainment across YouTube, Snap, Meta and TikTok.

We’re a global collective who live and breathe digital, working with some of the boldest brands in the world to capitalise on the complexity that defines the modern marketing landscape.

Our mission

New platforms, new behaviours, new audiences, new trends, new technologies, new regulations—our clients’ worlds get more complex daily. Their agency partnerships shouldn’t. It’s our job to cut through the chaos, make the complex simple and navigate a clear path to growth for them.

That’s why we make it our mission to capitalise on complexity for our clients—across consultancy, capability and execution—by crafting dynamic digital solutions that outpace tomorrow’s challenges.

Our values

We’re a proudly diverse business comprised of deep specialists across media, marketing, training and technology. Although our skills, backgrounds and beliefs may differ, we are united by four core shared values:

We run at change and challenge convention because we love to push the boundaries of what the world thinks is possible. We champion discovery, go deep into our clients’ worlds and are always hungry to learn more about them, our specialisms and each other.

• Connected Clarity.

We are focused in our collaboration — joining the right dots between our clients, our partners and our herd of experts to deliver agile solutions at speed and scale. We set a shared ambition from the outset, are transparent at every stage and always strive to make the complex simple.

• Positive Encouragement.

We want to make working with us the best part of someone’s day. We lift one other up, find the fun in the day to day and are committed to ensuring everyone belongs.

We believe in outcomes over outputs. We’re goal orientated, results driven and data-led. We show up with passion every day. And we’re always honing our craft.

MTM

MTM is a specialist strategy and insights consultancy trusted by world-leading brands in media, entertainment, tech and telco – including Google, Samsung, Figma, Spotify, Sony Pictures, Formula E, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Betway, Sky Sports, the BBC, Virgin Media O2, and Ofcom. For nearly 20 years, MTM has been powering courageous decision making, by answering our clients’ toughest questions with a blend of services across consumer, cultural and commercial insight lenses.

London-based MTM is a three-time winner of the Market Research Society’s Agency of the Year award, as well as celebrating award wins with Adwanted including 2025 Best International Media Research Project and 2024 Research Effectiveness.

The Role

MTM is currently offering an internship within the qualitative research team. The role is a 2‑3 month full time role paid at the London Living Wage (or the Real Living Wage if based in our Leeds office).

We value candidates who are willing to get involved and work across a range of our key clients (including the BBC, YouTube, Google, Channel 4, The Football Association etc.).

You would be helping with a range of tasks, including research, listening in to interviews / focus groups, analysis, report writing and participating in meetings.

There is also the potential opportunity for the role to become permanent if successful, joining the team as a full‑time researcher following the internship.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to develop a career in market research and in particular within the media and tech industry.

• Research experience (whether theoretical through a research methods module at university or hands‑on experience), would be beneficial, but is not a requirement
• Most of all curious and inquisitive minds
• Bright and enthusiastic candidates with a can‑do attitude
• A proactive and enquiring approach to work
• Passion for media, entertainment, and technology
• Open to working on a range of client accounts
• An interest in human behaviour / psychology
• Good communication skills, both written and oral
• Accuracy and attention to detail, with high standards of written output
• Able to exercise initiative, lateral thinking and flexibility
• A love for working collaboratively
• Thrive in a fast‑paced environment and willing to come into our office at least 3 days per week
• London office address - 172 Tottenham Court Road. First Floor. London, England W1T 7HA
• Leeds office address - The Leeming Building, George St, Leeds, LS2 7HZ, UK

If this sounds like you, then we’d love to hear from you!

To apply for our internship, please send in a CV and covering letter.

Finally, we’re proud and committed to being an equal opportunity workplace, providing equal opportunities for all and treating all existing employees and all job applicants in the same way, regardless of their age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity status and marital & civil partnership status.