Research Associate

<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>

Chicago

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: <strong>About the role</strong> <br />As a Research Associate, you will bring your understanding of consumers and a desire to influence business decisions to collaborate with like-minded professionals and support a project team.&nbsp;<br /><br /><strong>About us</strong> <br />We are a fast-growing market research firm with an entrepreneurial culture. We&rsquo;ve spent the past 40 years using analytics and research to help businesses understand their customers, and we work across industries in more than 80 countries with some of the largest brands in the world. We value diverse perspectives and believe that different voices and viewpoints make us stronger! We&rsquo;re also proud to have a helpful and encouraging culture, where we take time to celebrate accomplishments both large and small. And while we&rsquo;re grounded in our rich history, we never stop searching for new approaches and tools; we were named the #1 Most Innovative Insights Firm in North America by the GRIT Report in 2019. With offices around the world, our 500+ teammates work across a dozen business units, collaborating with clients in entertainment and media, pharmaceuticals, technology, consumer packaged goods and more. Our experienced leadership team offers stability and structure, while our dedication to innovation fosters groundbreaking initiatives that help us improve our research approaches&mdash;like our Pragmatic Brain Science teams, who explore new psychological frameworks to better understand customer motivations.&nbsp;
Responsibilities: In this role, you will: <ul> <li>In this role you will use your attention to detail, creativity and flexibility to assist your team in the creation, execution and analysis of research projects for a diverse range of companies.</li> <li>Write questionnaires, manage relationships, lead all aspects of data collection, address quality control issues with programs/data tables/reports and develop report charts</li> <li>You will be mentored by senior leadership and receive on-the-job formal training through LRW University</li> <li>Engage in supporting all phases of quantitative and qualitative research, including managing participant recruitment, attending research sessions and supporting report development</li> <li>Strong skills around strategic thinking, project management and problem resolution.</li> <li>Learn and adapt to cutting edge technologies in order to drive efficiency</li> </ul>
Requirements: About you <ul> <li>Bachelor&rsquo;s/Master&rsquo;s in Business, Economics, Social Sciences or related field</li> <li>You possess an entrepreneurial spirit with a strong drive to do whatever it takes to make big impact for your team and clients</li> <li>You have an eye for details and make a conscious effort to understand the actual cause behind an occurrence</li> <li>You can adapt to changing priorities in an effort to meet multiple project timelines and client needs</li> <li>You are a business minded strategic problem solver</li> <li>You thrive in a team environment but also are capable of performing independently</li> </ul>