Research Manager — End-to-End Insight Lead (Hybrid)

Kids Industries: The Family Fandom Agency; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Company pension

20 days holiday

Hybrid working

Option to work internationally up to 4

Structured training and development

Cycle-to-work scheme

Season ticket loan

Office food and drinks

Job summary

Kids Industries is seeking a skilled Research professional to own end-to-end projects from brief to debrief. You’ll manage client relationships, collaborate with Insight, Strategy and Creative teams, and guide junior colleagues.

The role covers both qualitative and quantitative work across diverse brands and family audiences. You’ll moderate studies, translate questions into robust methods, and deliver rigorous, commercially useful insights.

Qualifications

• Solid market research experience owning projects end to end.
• Strong understanding of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
• Excellent client communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced agency.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver research projects autonomously, from design through to delivery, across multiple projects.
• Translate client questions into the right methodology and build screeners, guides, stimuli and surveys.
• Moderate across formats such as focus groups, depth interviews, online communities or global field surveys.
• Lead analysis and reporting, turning evidence into actionable stories with Strategy and Creative teams.
• Be the day-to-day client contact and brief/manage research partners and suppliers, including international projects.
• Delegate to junior colleagues and contribute to proposals and new business.
• Explore new methods and AI-assisted ways of working to create efficiencies while preserving judgement.

Skills

Market research

Project ownership

Quantitative methods

Qualitative methods

Client communication

Job description

Kids Industries is seeking a skilled Research professional to own end-to-end projects from brief to debrief. You’ll manage client relationships, collaborate with Insight, Strategy and Creative teams, and guide junior colleagues.

The role covers both qualitative and quantitative work across diverse brands and family audiences. You’ll moderate studies, translate questions into robust methods, and deliver rigorous, commercially useful insights.