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Research Director (Qualitative)

Employer
Walnut
Location
Winchester or London
Salary
Dependent on experience
Closing date
21 Jun 2019

DESCRIPTION

Walnut Unlimited is more than a research agency.

We’re proud to have been recognised in the industry by achieving some great accolades along our journey (recent achievements include winning the MRS Best Breakthrough Business, and the MRS Grand Prix award for our ground-breaking work).

We are leading the way in blending some of the latest in research techniques and approaches to really understand what people think, say and do. Whether that is applying neuroscience, behavioural sciences or just different ways of approaching problems, we are constantly looking for ways to better understand human behaviour.

If you’re looking for an interesting challenge, to work with some of the smartest brains in the industry, help shape the energetic and curious bunch of researchers in our midst, whilst delivering great insights to our clients - then we have the ideal role you.

This role can be based in London (Soho) or Winchester, with regular travel between the two sites.

Our Research Director will:

  • Play a key role in shaping the future qualitative proposition – working with the team and senior team heads to shape the business as we continue to grow and evolve
  • Take a lead in seeking new business opportunities whilst managing existing client relationships, you will be pivotal in maximising profitability whilst staying true to the ethics and culture at Walnut Unlimited
  • Work with a variety of clients across domestic and international, all sectors including retail, tech, media, FMCG, financial, B2B and government / third sector.
  • Develop and maintain major business clients and run associated projects, overseeing complex tasks, leading communication, briefing teams and delegating workload effectively
  • Deliver client debriefs, overseeing presentation material, writing conclusions and recommendations
  • Lead and nurture the wider qual team – demonstrating best practice and help bring out the potential from others. Working with other seniors in the qual team to teach and coach across a range of levels within the business
  • Have a clear understanding of numbers and wider research methods – a lot of our qual work is full service integrated qual and quant, often bringing in wider techniques such as neuroscience. Having a good understanding of other methods and ability to integrate findings will be a key part of the role. 
  • Inspire and provide vision across Walnut Unlimited

REQUIREMENTS

  • Ideally you will have agency experience at a similar level and be familiar with the challenges of handling a diverse mix of clients across sectors and large teams
  • Insights, insights, insights – you will have the ability to analyse what consumers say to shape outputs that go beyond the obvious to land the real human insights
  • You’ll live and breathe qual, you’ll be comfortable with all aspects of groups, depths, ethnography, online communities, etc
  • A great presenter and communicator – pulling out the human stories behind the research and using creative deliverables (utilising different visual formats going beyond just traditional PowerPoint charts)
  • A thought leader who can inspire our team and our clients – having something interesting to say and demonstrating industry expertise as a senior qualitative practitioner
  • Successful business development – taking a lead role in all aspects of creds meetings, proposal writing, to pitching and developing key client accounts
  • You’ll have a challenger mindset – and challenge our client’s briefs, looking at ways to improve our approaches and ways of working.
  • Have a nose for new and interesting developments in the market to help us keep up-to-date and ahead of the curve in what we do.
  • Commercial acumen – costing projects, managing outgoing costs and resourcing to ensure we deliver profitable projects whilst maintaining client standards

BENEFITS

Working as part of a wider Unlimited Group of specialist agencies - we are uniquely positioned at the heart of a thriving set of companies, covering communication specialisms such as content, brand, digital, social media, influencer, PR, events and experiential.

We are a sociable bunch, with regular social events, interest groups and company parties and celebrations. We keep you healthy with weekly fresh fruit and encourage you to support local charities with team fundraising throughout the year.

  • 25 Days Holiday per annum+ Bank Holidays
  • Contributory Pension Scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Healthcare Cash Back Scheme
  • Corporate Fitness First and Third Space gym membership
  • Interest free travel loan and cycle to work scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme and Health Assured

And a whole lot more…

We will be reviewing Applications on Friday 21st June 2019

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. All candidates will be considered equally, however, unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship.

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