Graduate Research Executive - London, United Kingdom - Ipsos Zrt.

Ipsos Zrt.

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Corporate Reputation team work with the world's largest multi-national companies to shape and underpin their reputation management and communication decisions.

What drives people's trust (or lack thereof) in a company or brand? What are opinions on key issues in the tech sector, for oil & gas majors, or for FMCG companies? Which communications and messages will help maintain an organisation's reputation? These are all questions we help answer for our clients.

Working with leading tech, pharmaceutical, infrastructure and finance companies, we enable our clients to understand perceptions among stakeholders to help them build trust, our key metric

We support them by:

Gathering baseline levels of awareness of their brands, strategies and aims;
Understanding the context in which they operate through wider Ipsos data;
Assessing impact of their communications and partnerships;
Advising them how best to build trust.

Our experts provide mixed-method research using engaging new digital tools and harnessing AI, as well as advanced modelling techniques.

Our job is to be confident and challenging; using our knowledge of the sector and wider data sources to interrogate our primary research and advise our clients to help them navigate what can be tricky regulatory environments.

Role overview

As a Graduate Research Executive, you'll be encouraged to take responsibility from the outset - thrown straight into working on live projects.

You will have a real impact on client business decisions, working with data to create insight led findings and storytelling the opportunities that exist.

You will learn about the true impact of our research and how it influences our clients, appreciating their commercial imperatives and organisational challenges.

Supported by your manager & team, you will:

Develop your research knowledge and methodologies including use of Generative AI
Develop skills covering all aspects of corporate reputation and communications
Be part of a team designing and delivering research projects from inception to delivery
Be involved: from checking data files and tables, to analysing open ended response to frame rich stakeholder insights
Get the opportunity to work across a variety of clients and sectors for broad exposure to this exciting area
Quality check key deliverables, ensuring they are delivered accurately and to the highest standards
Prepare, plan, prioritise and communicate effectively to ensure deliverables are sent to schedule
Help us think about how we can deliver our conclusions and recommendations in an engaging and meaningful way

What do I need to bring with me?

A natural curiosity about the world we live in, including political and business contexts
A passion for topical issues, with an openness and motivation to get stuck in to understanding what builds trust in corporations across a wide range of sectors (from pharmaceutical to financial services, tobacco to tech)
A drive to not just deliver facts (the what), but to question and interpret those facts into the "so what" and the "now what"
The ability to work creatively and think commercially
Thrive in a team environment working collaboratively with colleagues to delight clients
Strong attention to detail and a deep interest in analysing and exploring data
Strong interpersonal skills the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively working with many people and cultures
Great organisational skills and the ability to manage projects efficiently and effectively, utilising MS tools

Along with.

The unrestricted right to work in the UK

What is in it for me?
Our Generation Ipsos programme provides a comprehensive foundation in research and how it's practically applied in a commercial environment. You'll be trained in client management, project management and the nitty-gritty of research including methodologies, sampling, weighting and ethics. You'll learn through real life, hands-on experience, webinars, seminars and specialist workshops.

We will provide you with dedicated training designed to achieve the industry recognised Market Research Society (MRS) Advanced Certificate accreditation.

Networking is a key skill so we have Early Careers events with other Graduates, Placement Students and Interns across the company.

You can read more by clicking here.

We have a flexible working culture where we support our colleagues and celebrate our successes is important to us. We invest our time in you and you will benefit from working alongside our expert teams.

Your manager will help you set goals to achieve your personal objectives throughout the year and help you exceed these.

And the fun stuff

25 days' holiday which increases over time to 30 days, plus an extra day for your birthday
Annual summer and All Staff events
Team socials, including Christmas parties
Season ticket loan
Future talent loan an optional and interestfree loan of up to £1