Researcher (Media Recruitment Consultancy)

Media Contacts; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment consultancy is looking for a researcher to join their busy team in Central London. You will support the team leader with market research, sourcing candidates, and writing job advertisements. The ideal candidate should have strong communication skills and the ability to work autonomously. This role offers training with industry experts and flexibility with a hybrid work model. This position is ideal for someone eager to develop their career in the media industry.

Qualifications

• Strong academic background and research skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Demonstrable interest in business.
• Ability to work autonomously and a strong degree of self-motivation.

Responsibilities

• Accompanying the team leader at client meetings.
• Writing job advertisements and social media posts.
• Reviewing ad responses and shortlisting candidates.
• Conducting preliminary interviews via telephone or video call.
• Briefing candidates on roles.
• Proactively searching for further candidates.
• Researching and writing social media and thought leadership content.

Skills

Research skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Self-motivation

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.