Qualitative Research Director London / Hybrid (office and home) To c.GBP 85,000 + exceptional benefits - (posted Mar 11 2024)

Company: Pollen Recruitment
Advertisers Ref: SF327046
MrWeb Ref: 160940

Job Spec:

Outstanding mid-sized boutique; entertainment/tech/gaming clients; exceptional culture.

This highly regarded, award-winning, mid-sized boutique agency has a well-earned reputation for delivering great quality work. They have long-standing and close relationships with prestigious, high- profile clients and their work really does make a difference to their client's strategic direction and decisions.

The other stand-out is their culture: this is a people-focused agency with a supportive, kind and caring culture. They know their people are their greatest asset, it is truly collaborative and they have a good work/life balance.

This role heads up the qualitative entertainment, tech and gaming client portfolio. This is a very well-established client portfolio; they work with many leading brand names on a global basis. The focus is about nurturing, retaining and growing existing accounts as well as having an eye on external opportunities within this space.

The work spans everything from consumer understanding to blue sky innovation, product development, character development, naming, comms development/testing, branding - a very wide variety of client questions and challenges.

This role will suit someone who enjoys variety in terms of client questions and methodologies. You must be passionate about and interested in people: what makes them tick and what this means for your clients' brands. And there is a small team to lead - so this is both a hands-on and a leadership role - you must be genuinely interested in developing your (brilliant!) team.

Integrated research is at the heart of what this agency does so whilst this is a qual role, the quant and qual teams work closely together. They have specialisms including behavioural science, digital and an internal analytics team and they look for smart new ways of doing things - they have won awards for their innovative use of AI, for example.

For this role, we are looking for someone with strong experience in entertainment, gaming and/or tech. We need a relationship builder: someone who can develop collaborative partnerships with clients and who is a strong (and fun!) team player. And someone strategic who loves the thinking and consulting but who is also able to roll their sleeves up when required along with coaching and mentoring those more junior in the team with a view to ensure the highest outputs go to the client.

This agency has a very real commitment to diversity so they are keen to hear from people with a wide range of backgrounds. They are open to candidates who do not have a degree. And they are open to someone who wants to work 4 days/week.

Who to contact: Please send your CV to Stephanie Fairbank or telephone: 07595 821 535 for an informed discussion.

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