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Quant Research Associate Director for Media, Entertainment and IGaming Sectors

Posted 07 March 2024
Salary £55k-£65k plus bonus, benefits
LocationCity of London
Job type Permanent
Discipline Telecoms Media Technology
ReferenceTMT Quant Research
Contact NameRichard Stewart

Job description

Our client are looking for an Associate Director for the Quantitative Consumer Research team. They are looking for someone to work on their ad-hoc projects across the range of industry leading media, entertainment and tech clients that they serve. This role would particularly focus on our growing their client portfolio in the sport and iGaming (sports betting, casino etc.) sectors.

What they are looking for?

  • Leadership of smaller and medium-sized projects, or being part of a bigger team with coaching of juniors for large-scale research and insight projects, supporting Quant Directors

  • End to end project management – managing timelines, deliverables and budgets across their field and data suppliers and by liaising with colleagues

  • Delivering concise analysis and engaging outputs and collaborating throughout projects with colleagues across qualitative research and commercial strategy to ensure a seamless project

  • Line management of colleagues

  • Opportunity to attend and present at conferences

Skills and knowledge

  • Demonstrable experience within a research agency; technically competent in quantitative research in the field of media, entertainment and/or technology (essential)

  • Experience in iGaming and sports research

  • Motivated and excited by competing for new projects (and wider new business activity)

As a boutique, they offer you the chance to make a big impact quickly, get the credit for it, and develop at your own pace. We believe strongly in finding a path for development that suits your aspirations, and we’re expanding quickly so there’s always new initiatives to get involved with. You’ll learn from highly experienced seniors but you’ll be able to carve out your own style. You’ll rub shoulders and build hybrid projects with experts from adjacent disciplines too, which is a great learning opportunity. And you will work alongside multiple disciplines, such as strategic consultants, so can continuously learn and evolve.

They offer a competitive salary as well as a host of benefits including:

▪ A bonus based on both individual and team performance

▪ Support towards career development (to become a certified member of the MRS for example)

▪ An annual personal training budget

▪ Pension (Employer’s contribution will be 5%)

▪ Private healthcare with Vitality

▪ Life insurance

▪ Income protection insurance

▪ In addition to all national holidays, they offer 25 days’ leave, increasing gradually after a qualifying period

▪ Day off for your birthday

▪ Payment of a professional subscription

▪ A range of social events