Senior Researcher

The Mix Global; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4‑day week

25 days annual holiday

Barbican office

Health cash plan

MyPerks discounts

Cycle to Work

Positive culture

Job summary

The Mix Global, a London-based brand strategy and research agency, seeks a Senior Researcher to lead qualitative research projects and mentor a team of researchers and strategists. You will design studies, recruit participants, moderate sessions, and craft insight-led narratives for top global brands.

The role combines hands-on delivery with client leadership and strategic thinking. Based in London, the role offers a 4-day week and collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of agency or client-side research/insights experience.
• Proficiency extracting insight and creating engaging deliverables from multiple sources/stages.
• Excellent written and verbal communication - consolidating information into actionable recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day management of multiple qualitative research projects.
• Involvement in all aspects of the research from study design to client debriefing.
• Define recruitment specs and discussion guides; create reports.
• Moderate online or face-to-face sessions; develop compelling strategic narratives.
• Delegate to junior team members to maximise time.
• Manage clients on projects with support from a Director.
• Explore improvements to research approaches and working practices.

Skills

Research experience

Qualitative & Quantitative knowledge

Client-facing experience

Multi-market projects

Project leadership

Job description

Senior Researcher

The Mix Global is a brand strategy & research agency for people who want to make insights famous for the world's leading brands.

Since 2012, The Mix has been combining the best of quantitative, qualitative, strategy, and creative to create market research campaigns that answer what, why, how, and who in equal measure. Oh, and we work a 4-day week - that isright,wedon'twork Fridays!

Based in London and New York, butoperatingglobally, the team is a bunch of diverse, committed, enthusiastic, and hardworking people. Together, we work with some of the world's biggest brands including Diageo, Nike, JustEatand LEGO.

This position is based in London.

Whatyou'llbe doing:

In a nutshell,you'llbe delivering compelling and commercially relevant strategies based on insight gathered from primary research which is designed,conductedandanalysedby you and the team at The Mix.This is a role for someone who loves to get their hands dirty and be IN the work, while also leading a team of brilliant researchers and strategists to achieve outputs we can all be proud of.

What this meanson a daily basis:

• You will lead the day-to-day management of multiple qualitative research projects.

• You will have an active involvement in all aspects of the research - from the study design through to client debriefing (including defining a recruitment spec, carrying out the study using different qual methodologies, moderating online or face-to-face, working on analysis documents and creating compelling strategic narratives that are insight-led and evidence-based).

• You willutiliseand delegate appropriately tomorejunior members of the team tomaximisethe use of your time.

• You will manage clients on projects, with support from aDirector.

• You will be alert to commercial sensitivities and proactively explore better working practices.

• You will proactively investigate how we canoptimiseour research approaches in robust and creative ways.

We are looking for someone who has:

• 4+ years of agency or client-side research/insights experience.

• Fullprocessknowledge - the ability to cover all aspects (from designing qualitative methodologies for brand clients, writing a recruitment spec and a discussion guide to creating reports) with no supervision.

• Proficiencyextracting insight and creating engaging deliverables from multiple sources/stages.

• Experience withtackling clients' business questions and presenting findings to clients.

• Experience working on large-scale multi-market projects.

• Track recordof running complex research projects.

• Initiative and creativity in problem-solving.
• Excellent written and verbal communication - the ability toconsolidatea large amount ofinformation into clear, actionable recommendations.

Bonus if you have:

• Experience working with FMCG clients

• Qualitative & Quantitative knowledge/experience

• Experience delivering strategy in addition to research reports

• Line management experience, understanding strengths and areas fordevelopmentof the different team members to successfully manage,mentorand develop them.

• A desire to help the agency beyond project work with thought leadership and new business pitches

• Being commercially sensitiveofclients, with a good understanding of how decisions are made indifferent kindsof corporations.

Perksof working for The Mix:

• We have been working a 4-day week since 2017 - that is right, wedon'twork Fridays!

• 25 days of annual holiday plus public holidays (in addition to Fridays off, of course).

• A lovely office based in Barbican andflexibility work from home wheneveryou please.

• A health cash plan viaHealthshieldwith upto 100% cashback on everyday healthcare costs suchas dental, optical, and physiotherapy, up to agreed limits.

• Access toMyPerks, a rewards platform that offers discounts oneverything from fashion,holidays, andentertainment to health and beauty and weekly shopping from major supermarkets.

• Access to the Cycle to Work scheme.

• Being part of a lovelyculture which consistentlygets praised in our anonymous internal surveys.