Research Manager - Creative Excellence

Ipsos; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading market research organization in London seeks a Research Manager to lead impactful projects for world-class clients. You will manage project execution, ensuring high-quality research deliverables. The ideal candidate will have proven expertise in market research, project management, and data analysis, along with strong communication skills. This is a hybrid role with a focus on innovation in research methodologies. A comprehensive benefits package is offered, including flexible working options.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Pension contribution

Income protection

Life assurance

Health & wellbeing benefits

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven track record in market research.
• Ability to manage project finances.
• Experience with AI and machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Oversee projects from conception to execution.
• Ensure timely and high-quality outcomes.
• Contribute to revenue generation and new business development.

Skills

Market research expertise

Project management

Client relationship skills

Data analysis proficiency

AI tools knowledge

Communication skills

Entrepreneurial spirit

Passion for advertising

Tools

SPSS

R

Job description

Job Description

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Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for market research? Do you thrive in leading projects and ensuring impactful client deliverables? Are you ready to innovate with AI in research methodologies? If your answer is yes, Ipsos wants you to join their Creative Excellence team!

About the Role

As a Research Manager at Ipsos, you'll be integral in delivering and leading top-quality research projects for world-class clients. Join a dynamic Creative Excellence team, where you can utilise your skills in research methodologies, data analysis, and project management to enhance business impacts. With client satisfaction as your guiding star, you'll oversee projects from conception to execution, ensuring timely and high-quality outcomes, while also contributing to revenue generation and new business development within a supportive, global organisation.

About You

• Proven track record in market research
• Strong project management and client relationship skills
• Proficiency in AI tools and data analysis
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit with a talent for business development
• You will have a passion for advertising.

Essential Skills

• Strong understanding of research methodologies
• Ability to manage project finances
• Proficiency in data analysis software (SPSS, R)
• Experience with AI and machine learning

Desirable Skills

• Leadership qualities
• Adaptive to change and quick learner
• Innovative thinking and attention to detail

Benefits

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 realise 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 have a hybrid approach to work and ask people to be in the office or with clients for 3 days per week.

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 Level 1 Disability Confident Committed. We are dedicated to providing 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.

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About Us

Ipsos is one of the world's largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers, ranking as a #1 full-service research organization for four consecutive years. With over 75 different data-driven solutions, and presence in 90 markets, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts to deliver top-quality research and insights. Simply speaking, we help the biggest companies solve some of their biggest problems, serving more than 5000 clients across the globe by providing research, data, and insights on their target markets. And we're proud to share we've received our Great Place to Work Certification in 2022 & 2023!

About the Team

The Creative Excellence Service Line helps our clients attain best-in-class advertising that drives business results. We do this by aiding Creative Development (help with creating advertising), Creative Assessment (help with assessing advertising and providing guidance to improve it) and Creative In-Market (ad tracking once the advertising is launched).