About the role
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in consumer insights, market research, strategy consulting, social intelligence, cultural insights, or a related research environment.
- Experience independently owning custom research projects from ambiguous briefs through analysis, synthesis, recommendation, and client presentation.
- Strong qualitative and quantitative reasoning. You can work with both nuance and numbers without overstating what the data proves.
- Exceptional PowerPoint or Google Slides craft: storyline, executive writing, information hierarchy, charts, visual examples, and disciplined editing.
- A portfolio of client-ready research decks or case studies that demonstrates synthesis and storytelling, not merely attractive slide design.
- Confident client presence and clear spoken communication, including experience presenting to senior stakeholders and navigating difficult questions.
- Hands-on fluency with modern AI tools for research and creative production. You know how to prompt, critique, verify, refine, and combine outputs into work that does not feel machine-generated.
- High ownership, speed, curiosity, and composure in a startup where priorities can move quickly, and important projects can arrive with short timelines.
You will stand out if you have:
- Experience in beauty, personal care, food and beverage, nutrition, home care, or another consumer category.
- Agency-side experience managing multiple clients and deadlines without sacrificing quality.
- Experience with social/video intelligence, digital ethnography, online communities, search, reviews, or creator/influencer data.
- A strong visual instinct and comfort using image-generation or design-assistance tools to make abstract insights tangible.
- Experience leading or mentoring researchers, even if you have not formally managed a large team.