Senior Researcher

The Mix Global is a brand strategy & research agency for people who want to make insights famous for the world's leading brands.

Since 2012, The Mix has been combining the best of quantitative, qualitative, strategy, and creative to create market research campaigns that answer what, why, how, and who in equal measure. Oh, and we work a 4-day week - that is right, we don’t work Fridays!

Based in London and New York, but operating globally, the team is a bunch of diverse, committed, enthusiastic, and hardworking people. Together, we work with some of the world’s biggest brands including Diageo, Nike, Just Eat and LEGO.

This position is based in London.

What you'll be doing:

In a nutshell, you’ll be delivering compelling and commercially relevant strategies based on insight gathered from primary research which is designed, conducted and analysed by you and the team at The Mix.  This is a role for someone who loves to get their hands dirty and be IN the work, while also leading a team of brilliant researchers and strategists to achieve outputs we can all be proud of.

What this means  on a daily basis :

- You will lead the day-to-day management of multiple qualitative research projects.

- You will have an active involvement in all aspects of the research – from the study design through to client debriefing (including defining a recruitment spec, carrying out the study using different qual methodologies, moderating online or face-to-face, working on analysis documents and creating compelling strategic narratives that are insight-led and evidence-based).

- You will  utilise  and delegate appropriately to  more  junior members of the team to  maximise  the use of your time.

- You will manage clients on projects, with support from a  Director .

- You will be alert to commercial sensitivities and proactively explore better working practices.

- You will proactively investigate how we can  optimise  our research approaches in robust and creative ways.

We are looking for someone who has:

- 4+ years of agency or client-side research/insights experience.

- Full  process  knowledge – the ability to cover all aspects (from designing qualitative methodologies for brand clients, writing a recruitment spec and a discussion guide to creating reports) with no supervision.

- Proficiency  extracting insight and creating engaging deliverables from multiple sources/stages.

- Experience with  tackling clients’ business questions and presenting findings to clients.

- Experience working on large-scale multi-market projects.

- Track record  of running complex research projects.

- Initiative and creativity in problem-solving.

- Excellent written and verbal communication – the ability to  consolidate  a large amount of   information into clear, actionable recommendations .

Bonus if you have:

- Experience working with FMCG clients

- Qualitative & Quantitative knowledge/experience

- Experience delivering strategy in addition to research reports

- Line management experience, understanding strengths and areas for  development  of the different team members to successfully manage,  mentor  and develop them.

- A desire to help the agency beyond project work with thought leadership and new business pitches

- Being commercially sensitive  of  clients, with a good understanding of how decisions are made in  different kinds  of corporations.

If this sounds exciting and fitting, we’d  love to hear from you!

Perks  of working for The Mix:

- We have been working a 4-day week since 2017 - that is right, we  don’t  work Fridays!

- 25 days of annual holiday plus public holidays (in addition to Fridays off, of course).

- A lovely office based in Barbican and flexibility work from home whenever you please.

- A health cash plan via  Healthshield  with up to 100% cashback on everyday healthcare costs such  as dental, optical, and physiotherapy, up to agreed limits.

- Access to  MyPerks , a rewards platform that offers discounts on  everything from fashion,  holidays, and  entertainment to health and beauty and weekly shopping from major supermarkets.

- Access to the Cycle to Work scheme.

- Being part of a lovely culture which consistently gets praised in our anonymous internal surveys.