Director, Experience Research

<p>Material is a leading integrated marketing services company that leverages deep human understanding to help brands deliver material outcomes and experiences for their customers and the communities they serve. We build B2C and B2B brands from the insight out by providing a seamless journey that combines data and analytics, insights-led consulting, and experience activation into one integrated offering.</p>

Los Angeles; New York; Chicago; Philadelphia; San

Material

<strong>Material is a collaborative built from legendary practices across research, strategy, design, and brand building. Eleven pioneering companies united as one to solve wider, deeper, and more innovative challenges together.</strong><br /><br /><strong>We uncover what&rsquo;s important to people and create experiences that pull them in and open our worlds. We seek curious, experienced, and deeply empathetic humans to enrich our diverse teams of leaders and do-ers. Want in?</strong><br /> <h5>LRW | Kelton | T3 | Karma | Greenberg | Tonic | MotiveQuest | Salt Branding | Killer Visual Strategies | Strativity | Aruliden</h5> https://materialplus.io/

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Full-Time

Overview: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Who We&rsquo;re Looking For:</strong></span> <br /><br />We are seeking a creative and established experience researcher to join our team.&nbsp; This is an opportunity to evolve new teams and relationships within an established, successful firm already offering fully built, top-notch services and a wealth of capabilities.&nbsp; As a Director, you&rsquo;ll be focused on the development and execution of research approaches that lead to new customer and brand experiences that drive business growth for many of the world&rsquo;s best loved and well-known brands.&nbsp; You&rsquo;ll help shape a growing team and play a critical role in expanding the scope of Kelton&rsquo;s tool kit.&nbsp; You should already excel at designing and executing solutions that leverage insights to help brands develop deep, loyal connections with their customers across journeys and complex ecosystems. You should be action-oriented, enjoy working hard and have a good time doing it. You should thrive on moving fast and tackling meaty, complex challenges. As a Director, we need you to bring exceptional capacity for solving complex problems; for working collaboratively; for growing client relationships; and for putting people in a position to succeed. You must have the persistence and proven ability to develop innovative products and solutions that engage and wow clients.&nbsp; If this sounds like you, we&rsquo;d love to connect and get to know each other better.<br /><br /><strong>Who We Are: </strong><br /><br />Kelton is a strategic consultancy that builds brands and businesses from the insight out. We help organizations chart new pathways to growth by taking a creative, thoughtful and rigorous approach to interpreting insights, developing strategies, and designing solutions that deliver on consumer desires. We have a leadership team made up of seasoned research, brand marketing, and innovation professionals. We are proud of having an entrepreneurial, start-up culture where training is very &ldquo;hands on&rdquo; and there&rsquo;s an atmosphere in which teams are tight and colleagues really help each other. We serve as a strategic partner to a broad array of cross-industry clients including Target, Coca-Cola, Google, Harley-Davidson, ABI, DICK&rsquo;S Sporting Goods, and more.
Responsibilities: What You&rsquo;ll Do: <ul> <li>Design and lead research engagements, working with teams to deliver analyses, insights, experiences and actionable recommendations that create meaningful impact. This includes guiding on best practices for approaches, stim and final deliverables.</li> <li>Be the main point of contact and research lead for clients, demonstrating expertise and confidence across engagements. You&rsquo;ll work closely with junior and senior colleagues to ensure project success.</li> <li>Work with other leaders to extend Kelton&rsquo;s and Material&rsquo;s capabilities, including scoping, forecasting, and helping recruit future talent as the offerings grow.</li> <li>Lead by example to motivate and grow teams, consistently providing clear feedback to raise performance and motivate team members.</li> <li>Advance experience strategy understanding within Kelton and Material. Spearhead regular internal training and education.</li> </ul>
Requirements: What You&rsquo;ll Bring: <ul> <li>6-8+ years of relevant experience working within insights, CX, innovation, brand strategy or experience design.</li> <li>A proven track record leading design research, insights and strategy projects and multi-disciplinary teams in a reputable consulting or agency environment is a must.</li> <li>A proven workshop-leader with an understanding of, and ability to lead others through, design thinking fundamentals.</li> <li>Experience moderating focus groups, online communities or in-depth interviews, translating those findings into insights.</li> <li>Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.</li> <li>Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, flexible and innovative approach to relationship growth and management.</li> <li>Assertive, proactive, direct, articulate and charismatic.</li> </ul>