Research Executive (Media)

• Provide day to day support to Directors, Consultants and Senior Associates across a range of accounts
• Preparation of questionnaires, presentations and reports
• Internal responsibilities such as project management
• Introduction to client engagement and consultancy
• Responsible for the accurate and timely delivery of account outputs including data tables, KPIs, presentations, reports and workshops
• Responsible for accurate analyses, data checks
• writes, checks and crafts reports and presentations
• Provide constructive feedback and support for other account members
• Work efficiently by planning, reviewing, improving and streamlining processes and systems
• Responsible for coordinating and monitoring accurate and timely delivery of scripts, charting, fieldwork and data provision
• Foster good relationships with Operations team
• Responsible for maintenance of normative databases
• Implement solutions to drive meaningful insight for client business needs
• Apply appropriate basic costing, sample design, questionnaire design, data spec and chart spec principles
• Contribute to formulation, articulation and validation of hypotheses
• Understand data from various sources
• Translate data into insightful charts and deliverables
• Develop knowledge of brand tools, philosophies and techniques
• Apply basic level of knowledge and understanding of your clients and their business
• Deliver effective and timely support for your clients
• Record and contribute to client discussions
• Basic interpretation of data and ability to articulate insights
• Provide a point of view on specific client issues
• Develop good relationships with clients
• Present impactfully
• Demonstrate confidence and good interpersonal skills
• Actively contributes to client and agency meetings
• Utilises 'Goldstar' (Signature/GreenWorks) client management model
• Take an active role in self-development planning
• Provide constructive feedback to team
• Participate in the training of more junior team members
• Complete all Performance Appraisals Process responsibilities on time
• Deliver to account responsibilities sufficiently to retain clients
• Respond to new business opportunities supporting the team
• Preparing accurate costs
• Preparing proposals
• Completes timesheets accurately and on time
• Ensure Finance processes are followed through
• Monitor costs throughout projects

• Educated to degree level, ideally majoring in Communications, Marketing, Media, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Management or a related discipline
• 1–2 years’ experience in a research agency, media agency, media vendor or technology environment, with exposure to campaign measurement or media analytics
• Understanding of media research or measurement is desired (e.g., brand lift, attribution, CrossMedia, or in‑context testing) with a willingness to deepen expertise
• Strong analytical skills, including attention to detail, comfort working with data, and a commitment to data accuracy and consistency
• Proactive problem‑solver who can identify issues early and escalate appropriately
• Demonstrates intellectual and professional integrity, acting with accountability and reliability in all tasks
• Adaptable and flexible and able to manage competing demands
• Strong internal stakeholder management, able to coordinate with senior researchers, operations, project managers, and commercial teams
• Excellent written and verbal (English) communication skills
• Technically curious, with an interest in learning new platforms and tools (e.g., survey scripting, dashboarding tools, or data processing workflows)
• Collaborative team contributor, willing to assist colleagues, share knowledge, and support overall team delivery
• Organised and process‑driven, with a commitment to following quality frameworks such as ISO 20252 and internal SOPs

Understanding of media research or measurement is desired (e.g., brand lift, attribution, CrossMedia, or in‑context testing) with a willingness to deepen expertise