As Research Information Manager, you’ll lead a small, expert team delivering high-quality analytical reports that support evidence-based decision-making. You’ll oversee workloads, mentor researchers, review and approve outputs, and occasionally represent your team’s work in formal settings as part of expert testimony.

This is a hands-on role where analytical rigour meets real-world impact — perfect for someone who enjoys both managing people and getting into the detail themselves.

We’re looking for someone who:

✅ Has strong experience in research or data analysis (labour market, economics, or social science background ideal)

✅ Is confident managing, coaching, and motivating others

✅ Can interpret complex information and present it clearly and accurately

✅ Works well under pressure and takes pride in precision

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract with the potential to go permanent — a chance to take on leadership responsibility within a trusted, purpose-driven research team.

👉 If that sounds like you, please apply!

Our client is an independent brand strategy consultancy helping ambitious consumer brands unlock growth through clarity, creativity, and commercial thinking.

From reimagining beer for the next generation to defining the future of snacking, they partner with some of the world’s most loved brands across food, drink, and consumer goods.

They’re a small, energetic team who love what they do. No layers, no politics, and no egos. Just smart, curious people who get stuck in and make a difference.

They’re looking for a Strategist or Senior Strategist to join their growing team and help deliver exceptional brand strategy work for leading global clients.

You’ll work across a mix of brand positioning, innovation, and portfolio strategy projects, supporting senior partners while also taking ownership of your own workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and lead elements of strategic projects across CPG, food, and drink.
• Turn insight into ideas : building clear, commercial stories that inspire creative action.
• Partner with senior clients and internal teams to deliver outstanding work.
• Collaborate closely with design, creative, and insight specialists.
• Contribute to pitches, proposals, and the broader growth of the business.
• Bring energy, ownership, and initiative to every project.

• A proven brand strategist with 3-6 years experience in a creative, innovation, or strategy consultancy.
• Background in CPG, food, or drink is a big plus.
• Sharp thinker, articulate communicator, and confident presenter.
• Equally comfortable with insight, analysis, and creative ideation.
• Collaborative, proactive, and positive: you make work better for the people around you.
• Thrive in a small, fast-paced environment with autonomy and accountability.
• Genuinely hardworking, grounded, and full of initiative.

• Work with big brands and ambitious briefs that stretch your thinking.
• Join a tight-knit, low-ego team where your impact is visible.
• Learn directly from senior strategists and founders.
• Shape your role as the business continues to grow.

• A chance to make a visible impact in a growing consultancy.
• Global clients across food, drink, and consumer brands.
• A tight-knit, low-ego team that celebrates curiosity and collaboration.
• The freedom to shape your role as the business scales.

Our client is an independent brand strategy consultancy helping ambitious consumer brands unlock growth through clarity, creativity, and commercial thinking. From reimagining beer for the next generation to defining the future of snacking, they work with some of the world’s best-loved brands across food, drink, and consumer goods.

They’re a small, energetic team who love what they do. No layers, no politics, and no egos. Just smart, curious people who get stuck in and make a difference.

They’re looking for a Strategy Director to play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering exceptional brand strategy work for leading global clients. You’ll be both thinker and doer: leading client engagements, developing breakthrough ideas, and working closely with the creative and design teams to bring strategy to life.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic projects across CPG, food, and drink sectors: from positioning and innovation to portfolio and brand architecture.
• Partner with senior clients, building trusted relationships and ensuring work drives commercial impact.
• Collaborate closely with creative, design, and insight teams to turn strategy into action.
• Contribute to business growth through new client development and expanding existing relationships.
• Bring energy, ownership, and accountability to every project. You’ll help shape how they deliver great work.

• A proven strategist (either at AD or junior RD level) ready to take a step up.
• A background in CPG, food, or drink is a big plus, as is experience in brand positioning, innovation, or portfolio strategy.
• Equally comfortable crafting ideas and getting hands-on with delivery.
• Sharp thinker, articulate communicator, commercially minded operator.
• Loved by clients; you bring both strategic clarity and human connection.
• Thrive in a small, fast-paced environment with plenty of autonomy and opportunity.
• Genuinely hardworking, grounded, and full of initiative.

You’ll join a global digital insights business recognised for its technology-led research platforms and proprietary online panels. With a strong track record in reaching complex and hard-to-engage audiences, the company delivers award-winning healthcare, B2B, and consumer research across more than 40 international markets.

• Grow the healthcare portfolio – win new clients and deepen relationships with existing MRAs, delivering tailored healthcare panel and data collection solutions.
• Drive new business – identify target agencies, develop outreach strategies, and convert opportunities into long-term partnerships.
• Build market presence – represent the business at industry events, conferences, and networking forums to strengthen visibility and client connections.
• Partner with internal teams – collaborate with operations, project management, and marketing colleagues to ensure seamless project delivery and client satisfaction.
• Shape client strategy – act as a consultative partner, translating research needs into innovative, tech-enabled sampling solutions.
• Travel regularly – attend client meetings and events across the UK and Europe several times a year.

• Strong sales experience within market research, focused on healthcare panels or data collection.
• Established network within MRAs (market research agencies) and healthcare research buyers.
• Demonstrated ability to prospect, pitch, and close business independently.
• Commercial mindset with the ability to spot and seize growth opportunities.
• Excellent communication skills and comfort operating in a global, remote-first environment.

Our client is a global digital insights business looking for a senior commercial lead to drive growth across its panels solutions. Known for its technology-first research platforms and multi-market panels, the business partners with MR agencies, media groups and end clients to deliver agile, data-rich insight at scale.

• Lead new business activity targeting MR agencies, media agencies and corporate insight teams
• Sell online access panel solutions across sectors
• Develop and execute a regional growth strategy, identifying key accounts and building strong pipelines
• Represent the brand at industry events and conferences, positioning it as a leader in digital-first insights
• Collaborate closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to shape UK and European growth plans

• Proven track record of selling panel solutions to MRAs, media agencies and end clients
• Strong hunter mindset – comfortable driving outbound sales and building new relationships
• Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills
• Strategic thinker with a commercial edge and passion for technology-enabled insight

As Growth Director, you’ll take a leading role in driving client growth and commercial performance.

You will:

• Lead strategic client engagements from concept to delivery.
• Develop and execute business growth strategies across customer, digital, and transformation programmes.
• Build and nurture C-suite relationships across marketing, customer, and transformation functions.
• Partner with subject-matter experts in behavioural science and data to craft innovative client solutions.
• Own a portfolio worth approximately £2m annually, including £800k in new business.

You’re an experienced management or strategy consultant with a strong commercial mindset.

You’ve led or contributed to customer strategy, growth, or transformation projects within a consultancy (for example Big 4, MBB, or mid-tier, or from the marketing services/CX environment)) and enjoy combining strategic thinking with client development.

You’re looking for a leadership role where you can shape propositions, drive business growth, and play a central role in scaling a distinctive consultancy.

This is a high-impact opportunity to join a firm that’s redefining how behavioural science and commercial strategy come together in consulting.

You’ll lead on major client growth initiatives, collaborate with world-class behavioural specialists, and have a clear route to future senior leadership.

If you’re interested in leading growth within a consultancy that blends strategy, customer insight, and behavioural design, please apply!

Ever wondered what it’s like to see your research truly shape decisions?

This role gives you that. You’ll work on projects where your insights influence real-world outcomes – from campaigns that shift public perception to strategies that guide global brands and governments.

Our client is a global strategic advisory consultancy that blends research, communications, and intelligence to deliver results for some of the world’s most influential organisations. With offices across major international hubs, their work spans corporate, political, and social campaigns – all built on rigorous evidence and creative strategy. They’re known for bringing a campaign mindset to every brief, with research being the engine that drives every decision.

No two days look the same – one day you might be running focus groups on political attitudes; the next, analysing survey data that shapes a client’s engagement strategy.

You’ll:

• Lead multi-method research projects from design to delivery.

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis that informs client strategies.

• Present findings to senior stakeholders with clarity and confidence.

• Collaborate with colleagues across research, communications, and strategy.

• Guide and mentor junior consultants, ensuring high-quality outputs.

• Contribute to new business proposals and be part of client pitch teams.

The ideal candidate will have:

• 3–5+ years’ experience in political, market, or policy research.

• Strong qual and quant skills — focus groups, survey design, analysis, storytelling.

• The ability to turn complex data into clear, actionable recommendations.

Our client is a strategy and behavioural insight consultancy that helps global brands like HSBC, Danone and Shell decode human decision-making.

Rooted in the work of Daniel Kahneman, their frameworks uncover the subconscious motivations behind consumer behaviour… and translate them into growth strategies.

Now, they’re entering a new chapter: transforming their consultancy IP into automated insight products. Think dashboards that don’t just show what people do… but why.

With backing from board advisors like the CMO of Boots and ex-CEO of John Lewis Partnership, they’re on a mission to redefine how behavioural data powers marketing and media decisions.

You’ll be the bridge between consulting and product, shaping the roadmap for automated ad testing, retail media analytics, and behavioural tracking tools.

Expect to:

• Turn behavioural models into scalable data products.
• Define product vision and oversee prototypes and MVPs.
• Collaborate with consultants, engineers, and client teams.
• Ensure outputs are intuitive, actionable, and commercially powerful.
•  Work directly with major brands like Shell and HSBC.

You’re a strategic product thinker with commercial instincts and empathy for clients.

You thrive where psychology meets data, and you can turn a spark of behavioural insight into a tangible product that clients love.

• 7–10 years’ experience in product, insight, or data strategy.
• Comfortable bridging tech, data, and business needs.
• Structured, proactive, and curious… with a growth mindset.

Our client is one of the world’s most iconic lifestyle brands, known for shaping culture through style and storytelling. They’re looking for a Senior Digital Insights Manager to join their Consumer & Market Insights team in London. This is a unique opportunity to sit at the intersection of data, culture, and creativity, helping a global brand stay relevant, resonant, and ahead of the curve.

• Track and analyse global social conversations across key markets in the US, Europe, Asia.
• Deliver real-time insights on emerging cultural trends and consumer shifts.
• Provide strategic recommendations that inform social strategy, creative direction, and campaign optimisation.
• Manage relationships with global social listening agencies and regional insights teams.
• Blend qualitative and quantitative data into powerful, actionable insights to drive growth, engagement, and brand relevance.

You’re not just an analyst. You’re a cultural decoder. You have a sharp eye for trends, a strategic mindset, and the ability to connect the dots between data and opportunity. You’re digitally curious, always exploring new tools and platforms, and you thrive in fast-changing environments. You know how to balance rigor with creativity, and you’re excited by the idea of helping a world-leading brand make smarter, bolder moves on social.

Their Clients

My client partners with a diverse mix of forward-thinking organisations, including:

• Global beverage brands seeking to understand youth culture and lifestyle trends.
• Leading telecoms companies aiming to connect more meaningfully with customers in a fast-changing market.
• Social movements and equality campaigns driving cultural change and inspiring collective action.
• Climate and sustainability initiatives working to engage audiences and spark positive impact.

Their projects span commercial, cultural, and social impact spaces, but always with one common thread: they only work on projects that excite them and where they can deliver meaningful impact.

The Role

My client is seeking an ambitious and experienced qualitative researcher (3–8 years’ experience) to join the team as Associate Director. This is a leadership role with scope to shape projects, guide clients, mentor researchers, and contribute to the agency’s reputation for delivering best-in-class insight.

Key Responsibilities

Research Leadership

• Design and lead qualitative research projects across methods such as ethnography, semiotics, cultural analysis, digital ethnography, and depth interviews.
• Shape project frameworks, from scoping to synthesis, ensuring clarity, originality, and impact.
• Elevate the team’s thinking with new approaches and ideas.

Client Engagement

• Build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Translate complex cultural and human insight into compelling stories that influence strategy and decision-making.
• Contribute to new business proposals and pitches, ensuring alignment with the consultancy’s selective, quality-first ethos.

Team Mentorship & Development

• Guide and mentor junior and mid-level researchers, fostering curiosity, rigour, and creativity.
• Encourage high standards across the team, while creating a supportive and collaborative environment.

Thought Leadership

• Contribute to the consultancy’s profile through articles, trend pieces, talks, or workshops.
• Share perspectives on cultural and human behaviour to spark conversation and inspire clients.

What You Bring

• Experience: 3–8 years in qualitative research, cultural insight, brand strategy, or adjacent fields.
• Expertise: Strong methodological toolkit (ethnography, semiotics, immersive studies, cultural analysis).
• Storytelling ability: Can turn data and observation into meaningful, strategic narratives.
• Client-facing skills: Confident communicator who builds trust and brings clarity to complex questions.
• Curiosity & standards: Inquisitive about culture, selective about what matters, and committed to excellence.
• Leadership: Experience mentoring or guiding colleagues, with a collaborative and empowering style.

• Experience: 3–8 years in qualitative research, cultural insight, brand strategy, or adjacent fields.
• Expertise: Strong methodological toolkit (ethnography, semiotics, immersive studies, cultural analysis).
• Storytelling ability: Can turn data and observation into meaningful, strategic narratives.
• Client-facing skills: Confident communicator who builds trust and brings clarity to complex questions.
• Curiosity & standards: Inquisitive about culture, selective about what matters, and committed to excellence.
• Leadership: Experience mentoring or guiding colleagues, with a collaborative and empowering style.

• Opportunity to join a tight-knit, dynamic team where your contribution will have real impact.
• Work on projects that matter—they only take on briefs that spark curiosity and passion.
• Be part of a culture that values intellectual rigour, creativity, and high standards.
• Develop your expertise in an environment where quality always comes before quantity.