Want to help bring products to life? Looking for a varied, fast paced role which will enable you to use your creative flair?

We are looking for an exceptional Graduate to join our team as a Qualitative Trainee Research Executives and build a career in Consumer Market Research.

MMR is an independent, global consumer and sensory research agency specialising in food, drink, personal and household care research. This means that when you join us, you’ll have the chance to work with a number of well-known brands to help create, shape and develop products and packs.

We are global leaders, guiding innovation for our clients – partnering with over 50% of the top 100 global food and drink brands. Our head office is in a beautiful 18^th century barn in Wallingford - a picturesque village in between cultural Oxford and lively Reading. We also have busy offices in London, New York, Shanghai, Singapore, Mumbai, Sao Paulo and Durban.

This entry level role will be based in our Wallingford office and we are looking for this individual to start as soon as possible.

You would join our team of over 280 highly engaged, multi-disciplined employees, who are primarily dynamic research professionals, sensory experts and data scientists. We’re a diverse bunch, with backgrounds in R&D, insight, marketing, sensory science, data sciences and psychology.

No two projects are ever the same, often involving exciting innovations, varied methods and international markets. It’s a great opportunity to challenge and add value to client decision making, all while working with our passionate, friendly teams across the globe.

The opportunity…

MMR’s qualitative footprint is expanding, especially in terms of Sensory Qual Research, and we are looking for a Qualitative Trainee Research Executive to join this team. This role will be responsible assisting with the execution of fieldwork, helping with interpretation of information and report writing
 . You will suppory senior qualitative researchers to ensure that the research design, analysis and interpretation of results fulfils clients’ needs.

Trainee Research Executive’s get the opportunity to work across a number of well-known international brands helping to manage projects across all stages of the project cycle working within a dynamic, fast paced team environment. Responsibilities include:

Working across teams, with all members of staff as required, for a variety of clients

Conducting depth interviews, moderating online communities and assisting focus groups.

Helping the team design research methods and writing proposals, screeners, discussion guides and supporting field materials.

Producing qualitative output and assisting in initiatives to improve the visual aspects of MMR output generally.

Assisting with project management and brief colleagues from other departments on all aspects of projects, to ensure accurate and timely execution of the research. Drawing up schedules for all aspects of each project and ensure that they are issued and agreed by all relevant personnel, notifying people immediately of any changes.

Liaising with international agencies and attending international fieldwork as appropriate

Analysing qualitative data, providing interpretation and recommendations for discussion with a manager in story meetings

Benefits include…

• Full training across every level of the Market Research process
• Sponsorship to study for the MRS Advanced Certificate in Market & Social Research qualification (an industry recognised qualification).
• Clearly defined path of progression
• Potential international opportunities as you progress within your career (job swaps/secondments)

You will…

• Have a degree (or higher) in a social science related or analytical discipline (ideally a 2.1 or above) or similar experience/qualifications
• Ideally, you’ll possess some relevant work experience, industrial placement experience would also be beneficial
• Have strong organisational, time management and self-management skills
• Be happy to travel both nationally and internationally on a regular basis- expect lots of opportunities to travel and explore new countries
• Excel in working in a team environment, and relish the challenges that brings
• Possess great communication skills (including fluent written/spoken English)
• Be happy to be based in our Wallingford office when not travelling.

Interested? PLease click here

MMR offers an open, dynamic, varied and non-hierarchical environment, where bespoke MMR Academy training is offered at every level. We also offer exciting secondment opportunities at our other global locations, as well as a selection of fantastic employee benefits.

MMR delivers a class leading set of marketing science tools and approaches, many of which are proprietary to MMR. We are endorsed by our global client base for our agility, technical expertise and willingness to adapt research solutions to directly focus on specific client challenges. We’ve built a reputation of providing innovative statistical analysis and techniques, coupled with optimal research design consultancy, that successfully delivers against our clients’ specific business objectives.

MMR is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Want to help bring products to life? Looking for a varied, fast paced role which will enable you to be both creative and analytical?

We are looking for exceptional Graduates/Masters/PhD holders to join our team as Trainee Research Executives and build a career in Consumer and Sensory Market Research.

MMR is an independent, global consumer and sensory research agency specialising in food, drink, personal and household care research. This means that when you join us, you’ll have the chance to work with a number of well-known brands to help create, shape and develop products and packs.

We are global leaders, guiding innovation for our clients – partnering with over 50% of the top 100 global food and drink brands. Our head office is in a beautiful 18^th century barn in Wallingford - a picturesque village in between cultural Oxford and lively Reading. We also have busy offices in London, New York, Shanghai, Singapore, Mumbai, Sao Paulo and Durban.

These entry level roles will be based in either our London or Wallingford office. Whilst we are looking for individuals to start as soon as possible (ideally by Easter at the latest) we will also consider individuals who are finishing their studies in 2019 for a later start date.

You would join our team of over 280 highly engaged, multi-disciplined employees, who are primarily dynamic research professionals, sensory experts and data scientists. We’re a diverse bunch, with backgrounds in R&D, insight, marketing, sensory science, data sciences and psychology.

No two projects are ever the same, often involving exciting innovations, varied methods and international markets. It’s a great opportunity to challenge and add value to client decision making, all while working with our passionate, friendly teams across the globe.

The opportunity…

Trainee Research Executive’s get the opportunity to work across a number of well-known international brands helping to manage projects across all stages of the project cycle working within a dynamic, fast paced team environment. Responsibilities include:

• Designing and organising fieldwork both in the UK and overseas (so plenty of opportunity to travel!)
• Creating questionnaires against client objectives
• Analysing data (both quantitatively and qualitatively)
• Creating insightful presentations

Benefits include…

• Full training across every level of the Market Research process
• Sponsorship to study for the MRS Advanced Certificate in Market & Social Research qualification (an industry recognised qualification).
• Clearly defined path of progression
• Potential international opportunities as you progress within your career (job swaps/secondments)

You will…

• Have a degree (or higher) in a science/social science related or analytical discipline (ideally a 2.1 or above) or similar experience/qualifications
• Ideally, you’ll possess some relevant work experience, industrial placement experience would also be beneficial
• Have strong organisational, time management and self-management skills
• Be happy to travel both nationally and internationally on a regular basis- expect lots of opportunities to travel and explore new countries
• Excel in working in a team environment, and relish the challenges that brings
• Possess great communication skills (including fluent written/spoken English)
• Be happy to be based in either our London or Wallingford office when not travelling.

Interested? Please click here to apply!

MMR offers an open, dynamic, varied and non-hierarchical environment, where bespoke MMR Academy training is offered at every level. We also offer exciting secondment opportunities at our other global locations, as well as a selection of fantastic employee benefits.

MMR delivers a class leading set of marketing science tools and approaches, many of which are proprietary to MMR. We are endorsed by our global client base for our agility, technical expertise and willingness to adapt research solutions to directly focus on specific client challenges. We’ve built a reputation of providing innovative statistical analysis and techniques, coupled with optimal research design consultancy, that successfully delivers against our clients’ specific business objectives.

MMR is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Introducing Huxly

Huxly is a new brand strategy and innovation consultancy, launched in April 2018. We believe that people are complex, and great brands are simple. We are changing the way our clients build brands, with a range of innovative approaches to help our clients to understand the true complexity of their consumers. For example, our innovation teams work with sensory scientists to gain unprecedented insight into consumers’ product expectations, allowing us to develop rounded and coherent propositions for food, drink and personal care categories. The Huxly ‘pitch’ has been highly successful in 2018, leading to project wins and highly satisfied clients, and we now have big growth plans for 2019.

We are part of the MMR group, the UK’s largest privately owned market research company, and we have offices in Wallingford, London, Durban, Singapore, Shanghai, Sao Paulo and New York. Joining Huxly in early 2019 is a unique opportunity – to be part of a small, fast growing start up, backed by the strength and stability of a large global research business.

The Role: Associate Director – Branding and Innovation 

We are looking for an experienced brand strategist and innovation consultant who can lead branding, innovation and communications development projects with a group of clients. This role will be instrumental in the next stage of Huxly’s growth, and represents a great chance to be at the heart of a growing business.

The successful candidate will own a group of major clients, building relationships through high quality project work and the sharing of inspiring content.

Specific accountabilities will include:

Building relationships with target clients to increase our profile within the organization, and creating a global network of contacts who support Huxly.

Designing superb proposals, and delivering inspiring, unforgettable projects that make our clients come back to us for more work. Projects will be delivered alongside and with the support of:

Our qualitative team, who provide project management support and moderators around the world

Our sensory qual team, who provide sensory science support when making recommendations on food and drink innovation and positioning.

Our design team (internal and freelance) who help us make sure that project outputs are visually stunning

Ideal Insight, our in house videography team, who create videos to summarise project learnings and bring concepts to life.

Working with our new business communications team to ensure our content is sent out in a timely manner, to the right people in the accounts you lead.

Based in the Wallingford office, our geographical scope will be the UK, Europe and the USA. We will be building a separate team based in Singapore to handle APAC, but there will be some opportunities to support that team as the business grows.

Essential Skills/Qualities

Proven experience of leading, designing and delivering brand positioning, innovation and communications development projects

The ability to work collaboratively with teams who have different skill sets and are from different cultures

Passion for and experience in FMCG research

Excellence in proposal writing, research design and pitching

Advanced skills in client management, account development

Moderation of fieldwork (groups, depths, workshops, MROCs, etc.)

Experience of leading teams

Observation of overseas fieldwork

Report writing / delivery of presentations

Articulate/expressive/credible/easy to work with

Desirable Skills / Qualities

‘Smarts’ – the ability to wow your clients with incisive thinking

An ability to command an audience and present confidently in front of clients

Ability to travel internationally

Interested? Please click here to apply and one of our team will be in touch

About Huxly and MMR

Huxly is a small, informal and highly supportive team, and can provide a highly entertaining working environment. We’re also very proud to be part of MMR. MMR offers an open, dynamic, varied and non-hierarchical environment, where bespoke MMR Academy training is offered at every level. We also offer exciting secondment opportunities at our other global locations, as well as a selection of fantastic employee benefits.

MMR delivers a class leading set of marketing science tools and approaches, many of which are proprietary to MMR. We are endorsed by our global client base for our agility, technical expertise and willingness to adapt research solutions to directly focus on specific client challenges. We’ve built a reputation of providing innovative statistical analysis and techniques, coupled with optimal research design consultancy, that successfully delivers against our clients’ specific business objectives.

MMR is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Learn a new skill and help bring products to life in a permanent part-time role!

MMR Research Worldwide specialise in consumer and sensory market research in the food, drink, personal and household care sectors.

We are currently looking for articulate and collaborative people for current & future opportunities on our sensory team based in Brentford. Using the new skills that you’ll learn, you will be required to sample all sorts of oral health, skincare products and over the counter medicine.

Responsibilities:

• Working individually and within a team to evaluate products within the oral health and skincare industry.
• Products range from toothpaste and mouthwash to moisturising creams.

Hours:

• Monday to Thursday, 9.30am – 12.30pm or 1.30pm to 4.30pm 
• Flexibility to work on projects at home if required (on rare occasions)

Requirements:

• No experience necessary (full training provided)
• Good sensory acuity (this will be tested at a screening session),
• The ability to articulate yourself effectively in front of others.
• You should not have any food intolerances / allergies, smoke / vape, mouth piercings or be on regular medication

We look forward to hearing from you! Please apply here to join the team!

MMR Research Worldwide is an Equal Opportunities Employer