Senior Research Consultant - Qualitative Insights Melbourne, Aus $AUD 80-110,000 + benefits - (posted Jun 12 2025)
Company: Resources Group Advertisers Ref: EM878000MrWeb Ref: 162296
Job Spec: Join a boutique entrepreneurial insights consultancy that helps brands build stronger connections with their customers and drive brand growth.
With offices in Melbourne and the US, this agency partners with a dynamic mix of local and global brands within the shopper, retail and FMCG sector!
Method agnostic, they're a diverse team of thinkers, researchers, marketing scientists, qualitative strategists and quantitative specialists. A close team of 10, they work collaboratively out of their awesome offices in South Melbourne. Their research spans continents and categories, from coffee to confectionery, with a deep passion for understanding people.
The Role - Qualitative Senior Research Consultant
As a Qualitative Research Consultant, you'll manage end-to-end projects - from brief to delivery, across both strategic and quick-turnaround work, keeping your curious brain ticking. They work across 3 core areas:
- Brand strategy and innovation
- Packaging and visual identity
- Shopper experience and in-store testing.
90% of projects are mixed methods, combining qualitative and quantitative thinking. And, all projects are customised, tailored specifically to answer their clients' most pressing questions.
The qual team is 3 - a great opportunity to work closely with the head of qual and be hands-on with all aspects of the qualitative research process. You'll be involved in writing discussion guides, facilitating fieldwork, insight generation, storytelling and presenting, with the opportunity to work with some amazing FMCG brands across all categories within the food, drink and shopper sector.
You'll expand your qualitative toolkit running focus groups, workshops, in-depth interviews, empathy interviews, in-store observations, shop-a-longs and immersive ethnography.
The essentials:
- 1+ years of qualitative research experience in insight, research or strategy
- Experience running in-depth interviews, workshops and focus groups
- An ability to build connections with consumers and understand what and why
- Confidence in storytelling and presenting to clients.
This agency offers awesome benefits:
- Full pay for 4-day working weeks!!!
- 5+ weeks leave
- Hybrid working - split between home and office
- Fast-tracked progression + merit-based promotions
- Modern office, fun culture, regular socials
- 1:1 mentoring + L&D plans
- Genuine & transparent leaders
- Amazing offices with onsite focus group rooms.
About Resources Group
We are the Leading Global Talent Agency for Insights, Analytics & Data Strategy. Our consultants take the time to truly understand your career aims and are dedicated to providing tailored, impartial advice to find you the very best career move. We have access to an unrivalled and exclusive range of job opportunities with trailblazing agencies and blue-chips across Australia, NZ and APAC.
Resources Group's Diversity and Equality Policy determines that we submit applicants to our clients on the basis of merit and ability, regardless of race, colour, age, disability, family responsibilities, gender, marital status, nationality, religious or political views or affiliations, sexual orientation or socio-economic background.
Who to contact: Please contact Emily Moser at Resources Group on +61 2 9258 1121 or email emoser@resourcesgroup.com
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