Here’s a summary of the role:
Join our team as a Senior Research Executive! With 3+ years of experience, you'll design surveys, manage projects from start to finish, analyze real time quantitative data, and present key findings clients based within the MENA region.
Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll do (not all of it, just the important stuff):
Sample & Questionnaire design:
• Design questionnaires and sample frames which uphold the principles of accuracy and clarity in order to best meet client objectives
• Understand and apply the principles of good questionnaire design and test programmed surveys
• Use communication skills to understand client’s objectives and ensure the research design addresses them
Survey implementation & Project Management:
• Work with teammates and other departments to design and run projects from start to finish
• Manage all projects elements from A to Z while adhering to project timelines – these include questionnaire development, translations, testing survey links, survey setup, monitoring fieldwork, data processing and reporting
• Work on multiple projects at different stages simultaneously whilst meeting deadlines and being the day-to-day point of contact for your clients
• Write proposals which are effective, concise and accurately communicate all relevant project parameters to potential clients
• Work-flow planning, organizing and troubleshooting issues with support teams – including scripting, fieldwork, data processing and finance
• Cost basic projects unassisted, and work closely with line manager for larger/complex proposals
Data analysis and presentation:
• Check data tables, reports and client deliverables to ensure accuracy
• Prepare summary reports in PowerPoint to identify key findings from research
• Accurately interpret data, employing attention to detail and knowledge of statistics to recognise when findings are inaccurate or unclear
Subject knowledge and commercial awareness
• Develop basic industry sector/subject knowledge required to carry out specific projects, with the opportunity to develop areas of expertise in the future
• Possess a natural curiosity and interest in the clients’ operating environment, and use knowledge gained from this to inform better research design
• Understand and, where relevant, communicate the whole of YouGov’s offerings to clients
Organisational management:
• Ensure client satisfaction and represent YouGov in a professional and ethical manner at all times
• Operate with a strong commercial awareness in order to minimise exposure and ensure quality business is being generated and retained
• To ensure all reporting and management requests are accurate and delivered on time
These are the essentials you’ll need to get an interview:
• 3+ years of quantitative research experience in the market research industry
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint as well as an ability to learn and other technology platforms with ease
• Comfortable at analysing numbers, producing insights and visually simplifying data for presentations
• Strong interpersonal skills – a good communicator, a strong team player, a self-starter
• Well organized and the ability to prioritize and multi-task
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Company Description and Culture
YouGov is a global online research company, offering insight into what the world thinks.
We speak daily to our panel of over 27 million registered members to understand opinion and behaviors around the world. We have a strong reputation as a source of accurate data and we’re trusted by the world’s biggest brands to get it right, making us the most quoted market research source in the world.
Why join YouGov?
Join our global team to help us achieve our social mission: to make millions of people’s opinions heard for the benefit of our local, national, and international communities.
Understanding diversity of opinion requires diversity of background. Although our global panel of millions of people worldwide powers our research, our biggest asset is our people. If our research is to be truly representative of what the world thinks, we need people from all walks of life to be part of the team to bring their perspective to the work we do.
Life at YouGov
We are driven by a set of shared values. We are fast, fearless, and innovative. We work diligently to get it right. We are guided by accuracy, ethics, and proven methodologies. We respect and trust each other, bringing these values into everything that we do.
We strive to provide YouGovers with best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. We want our employees to have a sense of belonging and uniqueness in a supportive workplace, so they can bring their full selves to work.
Equal Opportunity Employer
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, HIV status, political affiliation, socioeconomic background, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law or in line with our responsibilities as a fair and ethic employer. All employment decisions are made based on occupational qualifications, merit, and business need.
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