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 an exceptional Graduate/Masters/PhD holder to join our team a Trainee Research Executive 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 18th 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 position is to be based in our Central London (Blackfriars) office.

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 our London office when not travelling 

To find out more please apply 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

Are you an experienced market research professional looking for an exciting next step in your career? Do you thrive in dynamic environments and enjoy both delivering fantastic work and developing strong client relationships?

MMR Research Worldwide is looking for an ambitious, energetic and self-motivated Associate Director - Market Research to join our growing London research team to help manage and drive growth on global client accounts within the FMCG industry.

This is a client-facing role within the research team, with the primary aim of developing client accounts by growing, managing and maintaining strong client relationships. Key responsibilities within the role will include proactively developing client relationships, advising on appropriate research design for various client challenges, impactful proposal writing and taking responsibility for quality of project delivery. This means adding value to debrief presentations via data interpretation and commercial awareness skills to ensure actionable results consistently land with stakeholders. The focus of business development will be in strengthening immediate client relationships, extending relationships within the client company beyond immediate contacts as well as helping develop brand new relationships.

As a hands-on researcher with sector knowledge, commitment to excellence in delivery, a proactive working style and assured confidence, you will be able to add real insight at debriefs and have a track record of developing client accounts. Experience in, and enjoyment of management is essential as you will be required to help coach and mentor more junior team members. This coaching and mentoring aspect will require you to build a complete understanding of the full project cycle in order to be able to help develop others.

Agency experience (ideally ad hoc) is essential for this role. Much of MMR’s work is within the food, drink, household care and personal care industry so relevant experience of this sector is advantageous and product testing experience is ideal. Experience within both small and large agencies would be beneficial. Quant experience is essential and qual is desirable (though not necessarily as a practitioner). It is also vital that you have strong self-management and communications skills.

Apply here  to find out more!

About MMR

MMR is an independent, global company specialising in food, drink and consumer packaged goods research. We work regularly with over 50% of the top 100 global food and drink brands. We have offices in London, Oxford, New York, Shanghai, Singapore, Mumbai, Durban and Sao Paulo and have a team of 280 highly engaged and dynamic research professionals that is multi-disciplinary in nature covering fields such as R&D, insight, marketing, sensory science, data sciences and psychology. 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 and technical expertise and willingness to adapt research solutions to directly focus on specific client challenges. We have built a reputation for providing innovative statistical analysis and techniques, coupled with optimal research design consultancy that successfully delivers against our clients’ specific business objectives.

MMR Research Worldwide is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Are you a qualitative researcher looking for an exciting next step in your career? Do you enjoy working on high profile global accounts within the FMCG industry?

Role

We are looking for an exceptional qualitative researcher who is energetic, innovative and enthusiastic individual to join our dedicated qualitative team as a Qualitative Research Manager to be based either in our Oxfordshire head office or our Central London Blackfriars office.

Our specialist qualitative team work across many of our account teams to lend qualitative weight to projects at all stages of the project cycle. Key responsibilities will include planning individual projects from start to finish, being hands on in terms of fieldwork (moderating workshops/focus groups/IDIs etc), client liaison and report writing. Experience of and an interest in online qualitative research would also be highly desirable.

As well as offering a wide range of both traditional and more creative techniques, MMR has developed unique qualitative approaches that helps clients create and shape detailed product briefs right at the start of the innovation process. One approach, called EROS brings together the clients R&D and marketing teams, MMR’s qualitative, sensory and product experts and creative, sensorially articulate consumers. It really plays to our strengths and has proven very popular with clients, and is definitely one of the reasons why the qual function’s grown so strongly.

As many of our projects are multinational, this role also provides a great opportunity to travel internationally and work across different cultures all over the world.

Essential Skills/Qualities

• Previous experience within qualitative research (in a market research environment) both face to face and online
• Passion for and experience in FMCG research
• Proposal writing/research design
• Strong client management skills essential
• Moderation of fieldwork (groups, depths, workshops, online qual, etc)
• Observation of overseas fieldwork
• Report writing/delivery of presentations
• Articulate/expressive/credible/easy to work with

Desirable Skills / Qualities

• Recent agency experience
• Line Management experience is desirable
• Product testing experience
• Ability to travel internationally

If you would like to join the team, please apply here

MMR Research Worldwide is an Equal Opportunities Employer.