Research Executive-Long term communities (Qual)

Ipsos in the UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension contribution

Income protection

Life assurance

Health & wellbeing benefits

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Ipsos Understanding Unlimited (UU) is the qualitative arm of Ipsos, specialising in online communities, ethnography, workshops and long-term panels. As a Research Executive in our Long-Term Communities team, you’ll deliver engaging, insight-led programmes for diverse clients.

You will work across qualitative and quantitative methods, supporting project delivery from engagement to reporting, while leveraging Ipsos AI-powered research solutions to enhance insights and client value.

Qualifications

• Strong academic background in market research, social sciences, or business.
• Experience in both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
• Experience communicating with clients and developing client-ready materials.
• Familiarity with project finances and delivery.
• Experience developing questionnaires, discussion guides, reports and proposals.
• Proficiency in checking and drafting materials for analysis and reporting.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience running long-term communities (qual insights).
• Experience presenting to clients.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Familiarity with AI-powered research tools.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of research projects from start to finish, including community engagement and project management.
• Develop questionnaires, discussion guides, and other client materials.
• Analyse data and prepare insightful client reports and recommendations.
• Communicate findings and recommendations clearly to clients and stakeholders.

Skills

Quantitative research

Qualitative research

Questionnaire design

Client communication

Project management

AI-powered tools

Analysis & reporting

Presentation to clients

Time management

Team collaboration

Education

Market Research / Social Sciences / Business degree

Tools

AI-powered research tools

Job description

Are you passionate about understanding people and behaviour? Do you enjoy combining qualitative and quantitative insights to solve complex business challenges? Are you looking for a role where you'll work closely with clients, build expertise in long-term communities, and help shape meaningful decisions? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role:

Ipsos Understanding Unlimited (UU) is the qualitative research arm of Ipsos, specialising in qualitative research, online communities, ethnography, workshops and long-term community panels. As a Research Executive within our Long-Term Communities team, you will play a key role in delivering engaging, insight-led research programmes for a range of clients.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop expertise across both qualitative and quantitative methodologies while working on long-term communities that uncover deep consumer motivations and behaviours. You will support the delivery of research projects from start to finish, including community engagement, project management, questionnaire and discussion guide development, data analysis, reporting and client communications.

You'll work within a collaborative, highly experienced team, gaining exposure to diverse client challenges and helping clients maximise member engagement and community value. Alongside developing core research and project management skills, you will become familiar with Ipsos' AI-powered research solutions and learn how to combine human expertise with technology to generate richer insights.

This role offers a clear development pathway, varied project exposure, and the opportunity to build a rewarding career within one of the world's leading research organisations.

About You

• Strong academic background, ideally in Market Research, Social Sciences, or Business.
• Passionate about both quantitative and qualitative research, eager to learn and grow across a range of methodologies.
• Understanding of client objectives with demonstrated communication with clients.
• Proven awareness of your impact on project finances.
• Experience in developing client-relevant materials such as questionnaires, discussion guides, reports and proposals.
• Proficient in checking and drafting materials like scripts, tables, code frames, and reports.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, and able to juggle the needs and responsibilities of multiple projects in parallel
• An understanding of quantitative research with current experience or a desire to build core craft skills
• Experience of running long-term communities (particularly for qual insights)
• Experience of presenting to clients
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Exceptional organisational and time management skills.
• Familiarity with AI-powered research tools and how to leverage them for data analysis, trend prediction, and automation.

Behaviours

• Curiosity and a passion for learning.
• Collaboration and teamwork.
• Client focus.
• Accountability and ownership.
• Adaptability and resilience.
• Innovative thinking.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Proactive problem-solving.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you as an individual. Our standard benefits include 25 days annual leave, pension contribution, income protection and life assurance. In addition, there are a range health & wellbeing, financial benefits and professional development opportunities.

We have a hybrid approach to work and ask people to be in the office or with clients for 3 days per week. We appreciate you may have commitments outside of work and will consider flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.

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 are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme, certified as a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. We provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

Your application will be reviewed by someone from our Talent Team who will be in touch either way to let you know the outcome.