Researcher - Media Recruitment Consultancy

Media Contacts Ltd; England; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment consultancy based in Central London is seeking a researcher to support a busy recruitment team. The role involves client meetings, writing job ads, and conducting preliminary candidate interviews. Candidates should have strong research skills, a solid academic background, and excellent communication abilities. This position offers the potential for professional growth in a flexible work environment with opportunities for remote work.

Benefits

Flexibility in work

Training with industry experts

Option to work from home

Qualifications

• Strong academic background with research skills required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication needed.
• Interest in business is essential.
• Ability to work autonomously with self-motivation.

Responsibilities

• Accompany the team leader at client meetings for briefings.
• Write job advertisements and social media posts.
• Review ad responses and shortlist candidates.
• Conduct preliminary interviews to assess candidates.
• Proactively search for candidates using various resources.
• Research and write content for social media and thought leadership.
• Support the team leader with various research tasks.

Skills

Research skills

Excellent written communication

Excellent verbal communication

Self-motivation

Professionalism

Education

Strong academic background

Job description

We are a leading recruitment consultancy for the media industry, established over thirty years ago. We are looking for a researcher to join a busy recruitment team, with clients across events, publishing and business intelligence in Europe, Asia and North America. The position involves supporting the team leader in a wide variety of activities including market research, identifying and sourcing candidates and writing thought leadership and job adverts.

As a company, we have ambitious growth plans, with the aim of developing new markets and geographies. It is an exciting time to join the business with opportunity to develop your own career. We value flexibility and treating employees as grown-ups, with trust and autonomy.

You will benefit from training with experts in their industry, using market leading sourcing technology, a collaborating with friendly and supportive team.

Key Responsibilities

• Accompanying the team leader at client meetings either in person at their office, or on Teams, to receive briefings on new roles
• Writing job advertisements and social media posts to attract candidates
• Receiving and reviewing ad response to shortlist candidates, before conducting preliminary interviews to assess suitability via telephone or video call
• Briefing candidates on roles
• Proactively searching for further candidates through Linked‑In, our database and other research
• Researching and writing social media and thought leadership content
• Any other research and support tasks to support the team leader

Key Attributes

• A strong academic background and research skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• A demonstrable interest in business
• The ability to work autonomously and a strong degree of self‑motivation and professionalism

To apply, please send over your CV or Linked‑In profile. We are looking for someone who an start in early January, to be based in our office Angel, Central London four days a week, with an option of working from home for the fifth working day.