Research Associate

Forrester Research • Cambridge, MA

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About The Position

The Research Associate is part of Forrester's B2B marketing research team. The Research Associate works with a team of analysts whose research and advisory guide today's marketing leaders to proactively engineer alignment within their organizations and harness the collective capabilities of the organization to ignite customer-obsessed growth. This team carries out primary research, performs technology and business analysis, writes actionable reports, and advises clients to help advance the initiatives and success of B2B marketing leaders and the professionals they support. Clients work with Forrester to inform and accelerate their strategic decisions, understand market trends, and compare their strategy with industry best practices. The Research Associate plays a key role supporting the team's analysts to produce high-quality reports, presentations, and client advisory materials.

Requirements

• A BA/BS degree with a strong academic record.
• One to two years of varied undergraduate or postgraduate work experience.
• A working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software.
• The ability to write precisely, logically, and professionally.
• Attention to detail and the ability to build reusable resources such as survey questions and formatted data outputs.
• The ability and willingness to actively engage intellectually with colleagues, including more senior colleagues such as analysts.
• Enthusiasm to learn about technology and its impact on business and society.
• The ability to multitask and work independently with a team under tight deadlines.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

• Any quantitative or statistics interest is a major plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage research projects by working with assigned analysts, formulating a project plan, establishing a check-in process, coordinating research, and managing schedule.
• Take part in client calls with a professional demeanor, primarily in a notetaking/support role.
• Assist analysts with primary and secondary research for published reports, including telephone interviews, online surveys, and internal and third-party data.
• Support analyst presentations with well-formatted charts, appropriate callouts, meaningful titles, and a slide sequence that tells a story.
• Maintain the report production schedule, from inception through publication.
• Learn to conduct and be responsible for quantitative work with Forrester's datasets.
• Assist in collecting and analyzing team performance metrics through data dashboards.

Benefits

• Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
• Encouragement for veterans and individuals with disabilities to apply for employment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree