Research Executive Job Description
Research executive
provides recommendations on marketing strategies and tactics based on qualitative research insights and any supporting consumer data.
Research Executive Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Preparing and submitting all types of project documentation and communication, candidate communication, source letters, templates, Web ads, mailing lists, and solicitation scripts
Create an end to end process that allows effective measurement and evaluation of performance of campaigns across formats and channels working across BI, Team News and Marketing stakeholders
Manage brand and campaign tracking research – providing the business with an in-depth, rigorous evaluation of our key brand health measures and to evaluate the effectiveness of marketing campaigns
Offering support for all needs and goals of the Country manager and all local and regional teams (channel, affiliate/ distribution, ad sales and marketing & PR teams in all the CEE countries with focus on Bulgaria)
Ensuring and managing the relationship and communication with the Bulgarian ad sales reps (and other region countries if necessary) and the rating providers or other relevant partners
Excellent communication skills and evidence of the client relationships you have built in your current/past role
Insights – Develop, create and coordinate strategic research studies on key issues that will benefit decision making across programming and commercial departments
Innovation – Pan-CEEMEA research has been successfully utilized over the past 3 years to drive both commercial and editorial advantage within the local markets
Provide real-time responsiveness with key networks executives based in Los Angeles, interact with the highest levels of management on a regular basis building relationships with key personnel at all levels around the world
Evaluating annual performance and developing annual training plans for CR and MI
Research Executive Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Research Executive
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ACLAM, ACLS, BLS, R&D
Education for Research Executive
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the research executive job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Marketing, Economics, Business, Statistics, Psychology, Social Sciences, Education, Sociology, Communication, Management
Skills for Research Executive
Desired skills for research executive include:
Research techniques and methodologies
Statistics
Tools is an advantage
Various statistical and analytical techniques
Statistics and multivariate analysis
Business strategy
Communication
Consumer research & insights
Marketing
Excel
Desired experience for research executive includes:
5/6 years in a media research role
Significantresearch experience – broadcast or media, from analysis of peoplemeter data, to commissioning and managing primary qualitative and qualitative research projects
Passion for TV, media, factual and lifestyle entertainment programmes
5 years’ experience in market research and efficacy development in a field related to educational publishing
Strong understanding of publishing business practices
Strong understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and applications for each
Research Executive Examples
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Research Executive Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of research executive. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for research executive
- Offering support for all editorial and commercial needs for the CEE countries with focus on Hungary
- Manage supply and quality of data and software from Hungary and SEE peoplemeter data suppliers
- Manage supply and quality of data and software from Bulgaria and CEE peoplemeter data suppliers
- Explore further automation of the existing data runs
- Assisting in the coordination of all interviewing/research material (sample, questionnaire design/artwork/programming (CATI)/testing, outputs )
- Management of small projects throughout their lifecycle, including commissioning, daily project management, analysis of results and presentation of findings
- Support wider team with larger projects as part of a project team
- Ability to be very detail-oriented
- A commercial mind
- This position will primarily deal with quantitative research.A working knowledge of the following is strongly preferred in order to apply for the position
Qualifications for research executive
- Mastery of online and other research related technology, such as Qualtrics
- Mastery of research-related technology such as databases, automation, and web site development
- Task orientation
- Intellectual curiosity about publishing industry processes and dynamics
- Ability to build productive relationships with outside vendors
- Ability to educate and train publishing professionals on preferred methods and techniques for information gathering, analysis, planning
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of research executive. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for research executive
- Managing executive’s calendars and telephone coverage
- Scheduling and coordination of meetings and video conferences
- Arranging travel for department
- Preparing expense reports for department
- Overseeing and processing department invoices and contracts with a mindful eye on the budgets and required processes
- Keeping track of team’s vacation and group calendars
- Previous experience working within a market research role – agency or client side
- Experience of ad-hoc/custom quantitative research and a sound grasp of data analysis software
- Strong grasp of basic research skills is essential – designing questionnaires, script checking, designing table specifications, table checking, data analysis / interpretation and charting of data
- Advantageous - Proven track record in delivering profitable research projects across a number of accounts/revenue streams
Qualifications for research executive
- Ability to follow up on projects in a collaborative, cooperative manner
- Ability to motivate part-time employees doing repetitive data entry
- 10+ years of experience within Medical Device Clinical Research
- Very good knowledge and strong understanding of the Hungarian TV/ media market
- Relevant working knowledge & full exploitation of local peoplemeter data analysis system Arianna
- Ability to manage workload and to meet deadlines
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of research executive. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for research executive
- Stewarding incoming internal and external household compliance review cases
- Verify data to ensure accuracy
- Be the key contact for the team to delve into TV viewing figures to analyze, detect and resolve inconsistencies and client driven issues
- Responsible for creating, suggesting and driving software developments to improve software functions and usability
- Maintain backend databases to ensure that Infosys+ and Xpert+ always return correct data values
- Responsible for ensuring daily data production is valid and Gold standard
- Produce data reports and ad hoc analysis to support the Client Services team
- Assist the Technical Operations Director with new developments, implementations and ad-hoc support
- Prepares the project agreements, confidentiality agreements, and/or justification memos of assigned projects, and ensures that the purchase order (PO) of such projects are released in time for target project launch
- Monitor timelines and deliverables for assigned research projects
Qualifications for research executive
- Very good knowledge and strong understanding of the Bulgarian TV/ media market
- Relevant working knowledge & full exploitation of local peoplemeter data analysis system
- Bulgarian native speaker
- Experience with data sources across advertising, audience and industry
- PhD or Master’s degree from an accredited institution with ten plus (10+) years’ experience in pharma industry
- Four (4) to six (6) years Project Management skills
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Our company is looking for a research executive. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for research executive
- Liaise with clients and their assistants
- Process and track expense reports, reconcile credit card statements monthly
- Organize and maintain appointment calendar using MS Outlook, schedule meetings and conferences
- Answer, screen and route telephone calls
- Prepare letters, memoranda and presentations
- Achieve revenue goals on a quarterly / annual basis
- Drive early stage opportunities through the pipeline
- Drive engagement with clients, usage of our product, and deliver an exceptional customer experience
- Accurately manage and forecast sales pipeline
- Grade B or above for Maths and English at GSCE
Qualifications for research executive
- Four (4) to six (6) years leadership skills
- Experience in leading cross functional/diverse teams
- Proven track record in drug discovery
- Ability to maneuver through complex global organization
- Sense of urgency, entrepreneurial thinking, problem solving skills with can-do approach and ownership
- 1 to 2 years previous Administrative Assistant experience
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Our company is hiring for a research executive. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for research executive
- To get the opportunity to work in a client facing role and to know our clients and products
- To work creatively and collaboratively to achieve individual and team specific goals
- Liaise with internal colleagues to understand briefs and pas on critical information
- Validate and Verify date and questionnaire to ensure accuracy
- Close contact with clients, being present in meetings and weekly coference calls
- Knowledge in determining statistical samples to monitor the data
- Project presentations to clients with positive impacts
- Will work with the team in order to generate Insights that meets the client's necessity
- Support the Account Manager with proposal writing
- Adopt the GreenWorks model with a specific focus on the phases of Discovery and Impact to generate relevant and meaningful deliveries according to the planned deadlines
Qualifications for research executive
- Interest in TV industry is a plus
- Detail-oriented and confident in working with numbers
- A flexible team player who can confidently manage the requested tasks of multiple people with diplomacy
- The candidate should have at least 2 years of experience in applied research (quant/qual)
- Demonstrated experience maintaining effective relationships throughout a large organization, effective teambuilding / teamwork with staff
- A persuasive communicator who possesses superior oral and written communications skills, effective organizational skills and ability to present ideas with power and persuasion