Research Manager – Brand Tracking

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London / £45000 - £50000 annum

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Salary
SALARY:

£45000 - £50000

Location

LOCATION

London

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Research Manager - Brand Insights

London| Up to 50,000 plus benefits

This is an exclusive opportunity to join a high-performing Brand Insights team at the heart of clients' brand and marketing decisions. You will work across a huge breadth of brands and sectors, lead strategic conversations with senior stakeholders, and coach a talented team while still staying close to the data and the story it tells.

The Company
They are a global data, insights and consulting business with a flagship Brand Insights team. This team partners with over 100 brands across every major sector, helping them understand how people think, feel and behave, and how that translates into brand and commercial outcomes. They sit at the centre of clients' brand, marketing and customer strategies, joining the dots between research, media, creative and customer experience. Collaboration, learning and high performance are central to how they work.

The Role

As Research Manager, you will:
  • Act as a strategic partner to brand, marketing and insight teams across multiple key accounts.
  • Lead projects end to end, from brief and proposal through to analysis, storytelling and debrief.
  • Translate complex quantitative data into clear, commercially focused brand and marketing recommendations.
  • Work across brand tracking, brand health, brand equity and segmentation, ensuring outputs drive real decisions.
  • Design and review questionnaires to make sure the right brand and comms questions are being asked.
  • Combine survey data with media, social and search data to build a complete picture of brand performance.
  • Present findings in PowerPoint to insight, marketing and wider commercial teams, often cross-functionally.
  • Coach and support internal teams, including Senior Executives and Client Executives, typically with 1-2 direct reports.
  • Collaborate closely with processing and charting teams to deliver accurate, timely and impactful work.
Your Skills And Experience

You will be a strong fit if you have:
  • Solid experience in quantitative research focused on brands, ideally within an agency or consultancy environment.
  • Hands-on experience with brand tracking, brand health or brand equity studies, from design through to delivery.
  • Confidence working with data in Excel and using tools such as SPSS or similar for data mining and analysis.
  • Experience writing or refining questionnaires, especially for brand and communications research.
  • A proven ability to build a compelling narrative from data, not just report the numbers.
  • Strong communication skills, comfortable presenting to insight teams and wider marketing or brand stakeholders.
  • Good project and time management, able to balance multiple accounts and deadlines.
  • A genuine curiosity about marketing, brand management and what makes strong brands stand out.
  • Experience mentoring or coaching more junior team members is highly beneficial.
What They Offer
  • Salary between £45,000 and £55,000, depending on location and experience.
  • Hybrid working, with around 2 to 3 days per week in London
  • Competitive pension and 25 days holiday, plus additional benefits.
  • Potential for on-the-spot bonuses linked to strong performance.
  • The chance to work on a diverse portfolio of well-known brands across multiple sectors.
  • Clear progression opportunities, with exposure to senior stakeholders and a pathway towards senior client leadership.
  • A collaborative, supportive culture that values learning, development and knowledge sharing.
How To Apply

If you are a brand-focused quantitative insights professional interested in this Research Manager opportunity, please apply with your CV to find out more.

CONTACT

Jordan Victor

Client Consultant

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