Senior Project Manager (Qualitative)-Media Development

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Job Description

Role overview

The Media Development team helps clients to: understand the media marketplace, including what people are using and why; identification and understanding of target audiences; optimisation of content and media platforms; demonstrating the value of media and services; tracking performance against KPIs.

We are a passionate team who focus on all forms of media, with a special interest in tech, gaming, kids/youth, sports and audience representation.

What will I be doing?

• Your role will be focused on leading the process for recruitment of participants across international markets, to take part in a wide range of qualitative studies.
• You will liaise with our UK and international colleagues and partners to ensure smooth and successful running of the recruitment process.
• You will be a key point of contact for the client, collaborating with them and providing project updates, ongoing expert advice and understanding of their business needs.
• You will be a pivotal support and right-hand person to the Project Director and Associate Director.
• You will have the opportunity to join our welcoming team and contribute positively towards our inclusive and people-focused culture, being a great team player and a positive role model to others.
• You will work on a broad variety of tasks across the project recruitment life cycle, from continual improvement of processes for the programme, to receiving and responding to client briefs, to liaising with recruitment partners, project costing, writing recruitment specifications, monitoring recruitment progress, and providing feedback on performance and project success.
• You will be responsible for ensuring projects run efficiently, effectively and to budget.
• You will liaise with recruitment partners positively (alone or alongside a project director), ensuring they are well-briefed, organised, motivated, and meet client needs.
• You will demonstrate strong research knowledge and PM skills, ensuring all projects you are involved in meet business excellence and MRS requirements.
• You will be invited to join our 'passion networks' to debate and build knowledge of key media related topics and news that we and the wider industry are passionate about.
• You will also have the opportunity to develop your own skills further, through our extensive training academy.

Ipsos UK offers a hybrid working environment, 3 days in the office and working the rest from home.

What do I need to bring with me?

• Our ideal candidate will be someone who is genuinely as passionate about media and technology as we are!
• A strong understanding of how media and technology clients work, including their research needs, ways of working and business questions.
• Proven experience in project management for market research (qualitative experience is ideal).
• The capability to build and maintain positive client, team and supplier relationships.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work across multiple projects at one time.
• A clear appreciation of the nuances of international research.
• Good understanding of project finances, project roles, efficiency and profitability.
• Curiosity, great ideas and a focus on identifying new and better ways of doing things.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Self-motivation, enthusiasm, team spirit and collaboration.
• Strong communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Google Docs.
• Good knowledge of existing project management tools.

What is in it for me?

Ipsos UK offer an attractive basic salary and a rewards package including 25 days annual leave, a pension scheme and a great range of flexible benefits to suit your personal needs. For roles at Research Manager level and above we also offer private healthcare.

In addition to this we have a fantastic Learning & Development offer delivered through a mix of face to face, online or on-demand; you can read more by clicking here.

We realise you may have commitments outside of work and will consider flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.

Ipsos is committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We also recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients.

About Us

Ipsos is one of the world's largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers, ranking as a #1 full-service research organization for four consecutive years. With over 75 different data-driven solutions, and presence in 90 markets, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts to deliver top-quality research and insights. Simply speaking, we help the biggest companies solve some of their biggest problems, serving more than 5000 clients across the globe by providing research, data, and insights on their target markets. And we're proud to share we've received our Great Place to Work Certification in 2022 & 2023!

About the Team

The Media & Entertainment Platforms Service Line helps media companies leverage insights to grow their audiences and engagement and realize their full brand and commercial value. We use our expertise in advertising, media and technology to measure and amplify how media, brands and consumers connect through content, communication, and media. We offer services in audience understanding, content strategies, platform optimization, ad sales and subscription monetization, and development of brand strategies to influence attraction to a media property or platform.