This is a hands-on, technically demanding role. The core of the job is a large-scale, pan-European demographic data exercise, run twice a year, tracking gender representation across investment roles at a substantial number of member firms across multiple European markets. You will:

• Own data collection end-to-end, including web scraping of LinkedIn and other publicly available sources using Python (or equivalent)
• Build and maintain reproducible data pipelines that ensure consistency and quality across research cycles
• Merge, clean and manipulate complex, multi-source datasets to produce reliable, longitudinal outputs
• Develop and maintain Excel-based benchmarking tools used directly by member firms
• Project manage research delivery, coordinating with international committees, trade associations, and academic partners
• Produce analysis and contribute to report writing, working with an external agency on final production
• Support the wider team with data requests and presentations across the programme of work
• Identify opportunities to improve research efficiency through automation, standardisation, and AI tools

Essential:

• Proficiency in Python (or equivalent) for web scraping, data cleaning, analysis and automation — professional-grade experience, not just coursework
• A track record of building reproducible, systematic data pipelines — not just ad hoc scripts
• Strong data merging and manipulation skills across large, complex datasets from multiple sources
• Advanced Excel — complex data tables, quality assurance processes, and stakeholder-facing analytical outputs
• A genuine quality-control mindset and rigorous attention to detail with data
• End-to-end project management experience on complex, multi-stakeholder data or research projects
• Confident communicator, able to engage professionally with senior stakeholders, academic partners, and international committees
• Ability to work independently and take ownership without a technical line manager
• Genuine interest in gender diversity, DE&I, or social impact — this matters to my client

Desirable:

• Experience with data visualisation tools such as Power BI or Tableau
• Exposure to AI or automation tools applied to data or research workflows
• Background in or knowledge of alternative asset management or financial services
• Experience with pan-European data collection or GDPR compliance in a data context

• Real impact — the data you produce informs policy conversations, is used by member firms to benchmark themselves, and directly influences how the industry thinks about gender diversity
• Unique work — my client is one of a very small number of organisations collecting gender representation data at this level of granularity across European markets
• Intellectual variety — beyond the flagship annual report, you will contribute to international research projects and academic collaborations
• Technical autonomy — you will own the technical stack and have the freedom to improve and evolve how the team works
• A high-calibre team and network — collaborating with partners at leading academic institutions and major investment firms across Europe
• Permanent role with strong benefits including generous holiday, Christmas closure, and pension contribution
• Hybrid working from a central London office, with genuine flexibility

Location: Central London — 3 days in office per week, with flexibility

Contract: Permanent, full-time

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

Start date: As soon as possible — my client is looking to move quickly

Notice period: My client needs someone available by early August. Please only apply if you are on 4 weeks’ notice or less.

Nicholson Glover is a specialist recruitment consultancy founded in 2002. We focus exclusively on four disciplines: Customer Research & Insight, Strategy & Innovation, Data, Analytics & AI, and Product & Technology — placing mid-to-senior professionals with agencies, consultancies, corporate teams, and venture-backed businesses. Speak to us: francis@nicholsonglover.co.uk

Our client is a small, high-performance insight and strategy agency in London. The kind of place where quant doesn’t sit in a silo. They’re a method-agnostic agency: strategists, researchers, data scientists, ethnographers, and designers all under one roof.

Roughly 80% of what they do is strategic. The other 20% still feeds something bigger. Brand architecture, strategic positioning, concept development. The work is genuinely interesting. The clients are household names. And the team is tight, smart, and moving fast.

You’ll support the Head of Quant and senior team across a portfolio of about three projects at a time.

All ad hoc, all different. That means:

• Running and checking data in Q/SPSS
• Managing supplier relationships and fieldwork quotas
• Supporting analysis, charting, and topline reporting
• Helping coordinate timelines, stakeholders, and client comms
• Contributing to brainstorms and attending client meetings

No two projects are the same. There are no templates.

You’ve got around 2–3 years of quant consumer research experience, ideally from a rigorous agency background. You know your way around fieldwork, data checking, and DP specs. You’re not waiting to be told what to do, but you’re also honest about where you still have room to grow.

You’re comfortable in a fast-paced environment where the expectation is high and the support is real. You want variety over repetition, and you’d rather work on something strategic than process the same tracker every quarter.

You’re not the right fit if you’re looking for a highly structured environment, or if your quant experience is mostly light-touch or not in a commercial sector.

• £32,000–£36,000 base
• Profit-share scheme
• 25 days holiday
• Hybrid working
• Health insurance
• Enhanced parental leave
• Wellbeing support

Most research roles ask you to deliver findings. This one asks you to change outcomes.

My client is a leading international strategic research and advisory consultancy — trusted by corporations, law firms, and governments to provide the research and intelligence that shapes high-stakes campaigns and decisions. Their London research team is small, senior, and embedded directly in the heart of the business. They’re looking for someone to join it.

You’ll own complex, multi-method research projects end to end — from design and fieldwork management through analysis and client delivery. The portfolio spans regulatory and lobbying campaigns, litigation and dispute resolution, corporate and sovereign reputation, defence and security, and energy and infrastructure. No trackers. No repeat briefs. Every project is bespoke, often international, and built around a specific client objective.

You’ll manage senior client relationships independently, contribute to pitches, and help shape how the team uses AI to work smarter — practically, not theoretically.

• 6–8+ years in political, strategic, or market research
• Strong quant instincts: survey design, sampling, regression, max diff — and the ability to tell the story in the data
• Comfortable in qual too: moderation, depths, analysis
• Commercially minded and consultative — you solve client problems, not just answer research questions
• Credible with senior stakeholders and curious about the political and business world your clients operate in

Background is less important than mindset. Polling firm, strategic comms, large agency — my client is open, provided you think like a consultant and not just a researcher.

The work is interesting, often sensitive, and genuinely international. You’ll sit alongside campaigns and advisory colleagues on one floor in central London — close to the work, close to the clients, and with real visibility of how research shapes strategic outcomes.

Five days in the office (some practical flexibility of course). Some international travel. Exceptional salary, with genuine flexibility for the right candidate.

Interested? Get in touch or send me your CV. And if this isn’t right for you but you know someone it might suit, I’d welcome an introduction.

Nicholson Glover is a specialist recruitment consultancy founded in 2002. We focus exclusively on four disciplines: Customer Research & Insight, Strategy & Innovation, Data, Analytics & AI, and Product & Technology — placing mid-to-senior professionals with agencies, consultancies, corporate teams, and venture-backed businesses. Speak to us: francis@nicholsonglover.co.uk

As a Behavioural Designer, you’ll work directly on client projects — translating behavioural research and BeSci frameworks into designed interventions that actually change what people do. That means working across communications, UX, physical environments and service experiences, applying proprietary neurodesign frameworks and a deep bias bank to produce polished, multi-touchpoint outputs.

You’ll be supported by a team of behavioural scientists and designers who take the quality of their work seriously. You’ll also be expected to bring your own perspective — on the brief, on the behaviour, and on the best way to design for it.

You don’t need to have been doing this for a decade. What matters is that the BeSci and the design craft are both genuinely present — even if you’re earlier in your career. We’re open to candidates with as little as one to two years of relevant experience, provided the fundamentals are there.

Specifically, we’re looking for:

• A grounding in behavioural science — whether through a psychology, cognitive science or behavioural economics degree, or through applied experience working with BeSci frameworks
• Hands-on design execution capability — you can produce client-ready outputs in Figma and/or Adobe Creative Suite independently
• Some exposure to client-facing work, or a clear appetite for it — this team presents and defends their work directly with senior stakeholders at major brands
• Curiosity, rigour and a genuine interest in why people behave the way they do

You’ll be working on genuinely complex briefs for household-name clients, within a team that has built one of the most credible BeSci practices in the UK. There is real opportunity to develop your framework knowledge, your design craft, and your commercial skills in parallel — in an environment where all three are taken seriously.

London-based, hybrid working.

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.

Nicholson Glover is a specialist recruitment consultancy founded in 2002. We focus exclusively on four disciplines: Customer Research & Insight, Strategy & Innovation, Data, Analytics & AI, and Product & Technology — placing mid-to-senior professionals with agencies, consultancies, corporate teams, and venture-backed businesses.

Our client is a global streaming giant, home to some of the most iconic entertainment brands on the planet. They launched a new product, and it’s growing fast. This role sits at the heart of that growth, supporting the UK Ad Sales team with the data and insight they need to win big.

• Use BARB and TechEdge daily: scorecards, competitor context, nickable charts, regular reporting.
• Translate syndicated data (TGI, GWI, AudienceProject) into audience stories advertisers actually want to hear.
• Work alongside sales teams to build bespoke responses for individual clients and category briefs.
• Support 3rd-party campaign effectiveness studies and primary research programmes.
• Stay close to industry measurement trends, and bring that knowledge into the room.

You’re probably in a media owner, broadcaster, or commercial research environment right now. You know BARB inside out. You use TechEdge regularly. And you understand that your job isn’t just to produce analysis, it’s to help someone sell.

You’ll be a strong fit if you:

• Have hands-on BARB experience and working knowledge of TechEdge (non-negotiable).
• Can cross-tab TGI or GWI and extract a compelling insight, not just a number.
• Are comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders at agencies or advertisers.
• Understand what makes a good ad campaign, and why that matters for this role.
• Have the communication skills to back up your data fluency.

Operating internationally, the company provides research and insights services that help businesses make better data-driven decisions.

They specialise in market intelligence, competitor analysis, and sector-specific research across industries such as Finance, Asset Management, Private Equity, Tech, Management Consulting & Luxury Retail.

A high-impact role for a researcher who wants real ownership – working directly with sophisticated asset management and financial services clients, turning complex primary research into strategic insight that shapes decisions. The visibility and variety here is what larger firms rarely offer at this level.

With direct exposure to senior leadership and client relationships, the path to Director is clear and actively supported – ideal for someone ready to step up without waiting for a seat at the table.

Key attributes of the successful candidate include:

• Quantitative research expertise – survey and questionnaire design, fieldwork management, and techniques such as Conjoint, Max Diff, Segmentation, and Key-Driver Analysis
• Financial services background – a good understanding of B2B client dynamics and the strategic questions that matter in this space
• Strong communication skills — able to hold their own in client interactions, answer questions directly, and present findings with confidence and clarity
• Commercial mindset – a willingness to take on revenue responsibilities and grow into a client-facing, commercially accountable role over time

We are working with a strategy-led, BCorp-certified market research agency in Warwick, working with some of the UK’s most recognisable consumer brands. They specialise in brand tracking, segmentation, campaign effectiveness and commercial impact. No tobacco. No gambling. Just meaningful work for brands that matter.

You’ll be managing end-to-end on quantitative and tracking projects – designing surveys, interrogating data, and building commercially meaningful PowerPoint narratives that senior clients actually act on. You’ll take the lead on client debriefs and work alongside directors who will push you to be better. This is not a role for someone who wants to hide behind a process!

• 3–6 years’ experience in research or insights
• Experience in managing research projects independently from start to finish
• Can tell a clear strategic story through a slide deck

Hybrid working – 2–3 days in the Warwick office. £35,000–£50,000 depending on experience

Our client is a boutique research agency, working with major brands across communications, EV, financial services, health & wellbeing, FMCG and retail. The team is small, expert, and genuinely collaborative, with a growing portfolio of international and global rollout projects. A place where good work is noticed and open communication is the norm.

🔢 Leading quant projects end-to-end within a qual-led agency
🌍 Contributing to international and global research programmes
🤝 Working closely with a tight-knit, senior team
🎯 Bringing rigour and clarity to data that informs major brand decisions
📈 Helping shape how quant capability grows within the business

• You have 3-5 years of consumer research experience
• You are an experienced quant researcher who’s comfortable owning projects independently and working at pace.
• You thrive in smaller environments where your work has real visibility

A boutique qualitative research agency that punches well above its weight. They work with major brands, including household names in FMCG, on communications strategy across EV, financial services, health & wellbeing, and retail. The team is small, expert, and genuinely collaborative. Think tight briefs, shorter sessions, smart thinking, and a culture where your voice is heard.

🗂️ Leading projects end-to-end, from proposal through to ‘So What’
🎙️ Moderating across a range of qual methodologies (often paired sessions rather than large groups)
🤝 Building and owning direct client relationships
🌱 Contributing to new business by nurturing existing contacts
👩‍🏫 Mentoring junior team members and supporting their development

• You’re an established AD with a strong track record in qual research
• You manage your own workload, take pride in your analysis
• You know how to turn findings into genuinely useful strategic thinking.

An independent global insight, research and strategy consultancy with behavioural science at its core. With offices across the globe, they work with some of the world’s most recognisable brands – helping them better understand and influence consumer behaviour. You’ll work with cutting-edge behavioural science tools, apply rigorous BE frameworks on every project, and operate in a culture that genuinely invests in your growth.

No two weeks look the same. You could be exploring search behaviour for a global tech giant, shaping comms around weight loss medication, or running innovation workshops for a major media brand. You’ll manage projects end-to-end, lead junior team members, present to clients, and apply behavioural science thinking to everything you do.

• 3–6 years’ agency-side experience in a predominantly qual role
• Confident moderator across multiple methodologies including online
• A genuine curiosity about behavioural science and human behaviour
• Consumer research background essential