Market Research Analyst

Opinium is growing, and we’re excited to post an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, entrepreneurial graduating senior or recent graduate to join our company as a Market Research Analyst.  This role is the first step in becoming a Marketing Research expert, conducting advanced surveys, focus groups, or other methods to provide insights for our clients. 

About Opinium & Our Culture

Multi award winning agency. Quirks Excellence winners 2020, 2021 and 2023. MRS 2021 and 2024 Agency of the Year. Winner of the MRS best place to work award three times, the Drum Best Place to Work 2018 & 2019, and the 2019 Women in Research Best Agency to Work Globally. Opinium is a strategic insight agency, that truly puts its people at the center of everything they do. 

Across our four offices in London, New York, Amsterdam and Cape Town, we help our clients harness the power of insight on a global scale to build, grow, promote and make strategic business decisions. We also use Opinium for good, working with multiple charities and volunteering.

We really believe we have a unique culture which provides a stimulating, challenging and rewarding workplace whilst providing a supportive environment and focus on the wellbeing of our people. 

“When measuring success, revenue growth and employee wellbeing should go hand-in-hand. It’s the only way to build an insight agency that clients want to work with. We’ve placed our people where they rightfully belong: at the heart of our business.”

Opinium CEO, Chair designate of the Market Research Society (MRS)

Your opportunity:

Opinium is looking to add an ambitious and entrepreneurial Research Analyst to its New York-based team to continue accelerating our business growth by attracting and retaining clients across the US.  This role requires intellectual curiosity to design and execute research projects from brainstorm to analysis and client delivery, as well as the drive to experiment with new business outreach models to continue growing our client base.

As we are a rapidly growing small (yet mighty!) team here in the US with a startup mentality, you must demonstrate an eagerness to learn and proactively seek out ways to help improve and take ownership of processes—from helping find and nurture leads, to assisting in putting together project proposals and pitch materials, to carrying out quantitative and qualitative research projects.

In this role you will need to get your hands dirty with all aspects of quantitative and qualitative research and the survey data collection and client delivery process, from scripting surveys, to managing sample vendors, using internal survey tools to parse and analyzing data, to producing client deliverables.

As part of a new and growing team on the ground in New York, you will be joining 6 wonderful colleagues in NYC. You will have the opportunity to help shape the strategy and direction of Opinium’s US business. 

Candidate expectations:

We are looking for people who are passionate, resilient, creative, authentic and strive to become an expert. You would value working for a business while working on projects for the greater good and building relationships with colleagues and teams. 

• This role would suit somebody with excellent analytical ability and outstanding oral and written communication skills
• Proactive, enthusiastic, responsive, and a desire to develop and contribute to the company’s success
• You will be working with a team of hard-working people, so somebody with a “can-do” attitude is essential.
• This person should have an interest in taking ownership of clients and projects and being a project or client leader 
• Ambition to drive growth and efficiency within yours and other areas of our business where able
• Someone who sees themselves a “hustler” who can thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to multi-task and handle several project components simultaneously

Key Responsibilities and Essential Functions: Research

• Support designing and executing quantitative and qualitative research projects
• Develop expertise across strategic brand, marketing, product, communications or other client initiatives
• Manage and deploy surveys, focus groups, interviews or online communities
• Develop insights and recommendations from primary data and present them to clients/stakeholders in ways that drive impact in their businesses
• Liaise with collaborators and clients and act as the main point of contact for day-to-day aspects of research projects
• Assist with outreach to new potential clients/leads and with engagement of existing clients
• Help draft sales material, including, client proposals, marketing documents, and case studies

Location: You would join Opinium US in our office in New York City where we go in 2 days per week for the foreseeable future.  There will be occasional trips to London to meet with Opinium teammates, or throughout the US for research/client work.  

Expected Experience:

• 0-2 Year of Market Research Experience
• Bachelors degree; business, marketing or relevant degree preferred
• Basic understanding of market research methods from courses or internships preferred
• Comfort with basic statistics (percentages, means, etc)
• Confident user of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and Power Point. 

What we offer you:

We have a wide range of wellbeing tools and initiatives so that you can be your best inside and outside work. 

• A job that can grow as quickly as you can – we plan to grow and you would be well placed to play a significant role in helping to lead and develop our team
• A career manager (that invests and looks after your career)
• A collaborative and supportive team
• A truly flexible work environment, with a focus on prioritizing work-life balance 
• A fun, inclusive and thoughtful company culture
• Benefits include:
  • Competitive salary
  • Bonus (typically between 5-10% annually) 
  • 25 Vacation Days Annually days (yes you read that right!) 
  • 3.5% 401K Match with no vesting period
  • Medical, dental and vision
  • Commuter benefits
  • Flexible, vibrant and transparent culture
  • Long-term employees eligible for performance-based equity

Salary Range:

Salary will be commiserate with experience, though is expected to be in the range of $50,000-$60,000 plus bonus.  

Equal opportunity employer:

Opinium is committed to a work environment that is inclusive to all and free of discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and genetic predisposition. 

If you think this role is for you, send your resume to recruitment@opinium.com with “NYC Research Analyst” in the title.

Thanks!

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