Market Research Associate at TEKsystems

TEKsystems is hiring an entry-level market researcher associate to join our client for a 12 month contract.

Location: 100% on-site in St. Louis MO

Pay rate: $20-$25/hour

Qualifications:

• 1+ years of experience in market research/insights.
• Strong understanding of Excel and data analysis

Description:

The Market Research Specialist will be joining as part of our Proof Team, a newly formed team within our business that bridges Marketing Research with Marketing Technology to keep our business connected to our consumer. The role of the Associate will be to partner with the Research Manager on execution of research studies. They will help take the project from initial briefing/scoping,]to programming and analysis, to writing a final report. In addition, there will be further opportunities for the associate to lead the pilot of exploratory methods depending on their passion and experience. The role is designed to grow the individuals’ skillsets, experiences, and exposure as they choose to either pursue a career in consumers insights or explore other paths within our broader Commercial Organization.

Responsibilities:

• Enable a culture that is anchored in deep consumer learning and understanding, and not simply about creating yes or no decisions.

• Create data-backed presentations with actionable business recommendations.

The associate in the role will manage the execution of market research studies:

• Setup, development, and programming of qualitative and quantitative research studies.

• Partner with external agencies (ex. sample aggregator) for data collection/interviews.

• Analysis of data output to uncover meaningful learnings.

• Writing of the initial presentation outlining the results.

The associate will partner with the Market Research Manager on the Insights learning agenda:

• Operate in SCRUM based team structure, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of learning.

• Execute methodologies as designed and structured by the market research manager.

• Identify gaps or challenges to the process and offer recommendations as to how you believe it can be improved.

Competencies:

• Human Advocate: Thrive on wanting to know why people act and feel the way they do, love sharing this understanding with others, and be known for accurately predicting consumer behavior and reaction.

• Agile Project Manager: Adept with managing multiple projects simultaneously of varying nature

• Creative: Demonstrated ability to think innovatively connecting the dots where others cannot when it comes to consumers to create business building insights.

• Execution Driven: You flourish in a hands-on role, adding value at different levels. You will be working in a role that encourages faster delivery with information that provides 80% clarity versus longer timelines that ensure 100%.

• Growth Oriented: You are driven not just by where things are, but where they could be.

Qualifications

• Highschool degree/Diploma, Bachelor's degree preferred

• Highschool degree/Diploma, Minimum 5 years’ experience, with at least 2 of proven experience in data entry, presentation building, survey writing/fielding, programming, or user experience design.

• Bachelor's degree - Minimum 2 years’ experience, with at least 1 of proven experience in data entry, presentation building, survey writing/fielding, programming, or user experience design.

• Working knowledge of basic statistics and/or data analytics.

• Proven analytical capabilities beyond problem solving.

• Software: Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.

• Flexibility, strong work ethic, quick learner, excellent oral and written communication, strategic thinker. Ability to remain focused with competing priorities.

• Prefer experience with designing and utilizing various research methodologies (quantitative, qualitative, behavioral, etc.)

• Prefer experience with survey programming/design software (Qualtrics, Survey Monkey, EyeQuestion, ConfirmIt, etc.)

• Experience with shopper marketing or category insights is a plus

• Experience with web-based programming languages (html, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) is a plus.

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.