Consumer Research Specialist

Ultimate Staffing; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Ultimate Staffing in Irvine, CA seeks a contractor to support post-launch research for a specific model. You will develop, program, and report on three online surveys using Qualtrics, with start in August.

The role requires testing, field monitoring, data cleaning, weighting, and reporting across three PowerPoint decks. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in consumer/market research, strong Excel/Word/PowerPoint skills, and experience with Qualtrics survey programming and vendor management.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in consumer research, market research, or related role.
• Proficiency with Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Experience writing consumer research surveys.
• Proficient with Qualtrics survey software; program, launch and analyze surveys.
• Automotive industry experience preferred.
• Experience managing research vendors preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare questions for three surveys.
• Program survey questions in Qualtrics and test programming.
• Launch and monitor fieldwork; bi-weekly dealer sales monitoring.
• Review, clean and weight raw data.
• Update charts, tables and commentary in PowerPoint reports.
• Manage Escalent as research partner for Early Buyers Survey.

Skills

Consumer research

Market research

Survey writing

Vendor management

Tools

Qualtrics

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Type: Temporary (8/4/26 - 10/7/26)

Location: Irvine, CA (On Site)

Pay: $40+/hour

Schedule: Mon to Fri (8:00am-5:00pm)

Description: This contractor will support one specific model's post launch research. The project includes the development, programming, execution and reporting of three online surveys, with an expected start date in the second half of August.

Duties:

• Prepare the questions for all three surveys.
• Program the survey questions into Qualtrics and then complete testing of the programming.
• Launch and monitor fieldwork, including bi-weekly monitoring of Dealer's sales of the model counts and their subsequent invitation to complete the survey.
• Review, clean and weight the raw data.
• Update the charts, tables and commentary in each of the three PowerPoint reports.
• For the Early Buyers Survey, manage our research partner, Escalent, who will have responsibility for programming, fielding, data cleaning and reporting. The other two surveys are managed 100% in-house by the Regional Strategy Management team.

Skills and Experience Requested:

• 5 years of experience in consumer research, market research, or related role preferred.
• Experience with Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Experience with writing consumer research surveys.
• Experience with Qualtrics online survey software. Must be able to program surveys, launch and monitor fieldwork, clean, weight and analyze raw data.
• Experience with the Automotive Industry would be preferred.
• Experience of working with and managing research vendors would be preferred.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.