Sr. Associate Insights

Material•Los Angeles, CA

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

Senior Associate, Insights This is a hybrid role to be based near one our offices in Los Angeles, Austin or New York City About Us We drive intelligent growth for ambitious businesses and leading brands. Customer understanding is more potent and drives greater value when insights go to work directly within marketing and experience priorities. To give our clients that advantage, we put an insights-driven operating system at the core of our design, go-to-market and digital experience solutions. Material clients make smarter growth choices because they can see clearly how and when to take the shots that count. Together, we connect consumer intelligence with customer demand generation to build lasting, profitable relationships. Job Description As a Senior Associate of Insights, your primary role within the Strategy & Insights team is to provide support and ownership of day-to-day needs associated with medium to high complexity research engagements, leading to high quality delivery of insights and related recommendations for a wide range of clients and categories. Specific operations-oriented responsibilities include, but are not limited to, questionnaire development and publishing support, link testing and data QC, field management with internal teams/field partners, data running / tabulation, field management with internal teams/field partners, and addressing quality control issues throughout the project lifecycle. External-oriented responsibilities are focused on creation and support of building deliverables including slide creation, charting and data QC with direct involvement in writing and synthesis. High attention to detail and accuracy, autonomy in self-management, creativity and flexibility is required. Must be able to manage and prioritize multiple competing deadlines and needs with limited senior oversite. Skills required for success include critical thinking, strategic thinking, strong analysis, project management and pattern and problem identification orientation around solutions and point of view (POV). Ability to learn and adapt to cutting edge technologies to drive efficiency. You will be mentored by senior leadership and receive on-the-job formal training through Material.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree preferably in Marketing, Business, Economics, Social Sciences, Psychology, Statistics, or related field.
Minimum of 2 years of market research experience required.
Quantitative or Mixed-Methods Insights experience preferred.
Experience and understanding of basic concepts of market research.
Entrepreneurial spirit with a strong drive to do whatever it takes to make a big impact for your team and clients.
Strong eye for detail and make a conscious effort to understand the actual cause behind an occurrence.
High level of accountability.
High level of initiative and an interest in growing as a manager and leader.
Positive attitude and a strong desire to grow your career.
Ability to adapt to changing priorities to meet multiple project timelines and client needs.
Strategic and critical thinker with basic business acumen.
Thrive in a team environment but also can perform independently.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to collect, analyze, and interpret complex data sets.
Excellent attention to detail to ensure accuracy in data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Effective verbal and written communication skills to present research findings in a clear and concise manner.
Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment and effectively manage multiple projects while meeting deadlines.
Demonstrated curiosity, willingness to learn, openness to sharing, receiving, asking for, and applying feedback.
Adaptability to new methodologies and technologies in the market research field.

Responsibilities

Questionnaire development and publishing support
Link testing and data QC
Field management with internal teams/field partners
Data running / tabulation
Addressing quality control issues throughout the project lifecycle
Creation and support of building deliverables including slide creation, charting and data QC
Direct involvement in writing and synthesis of research findings