Associate Consultant

C Space; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insight community firm in the UK is searching for an Associate Consultant fluent in German and English. This role involves engaging with community members to provide insights and reports. You will work closely with true industry experts and gain consultancy skills in branding and research. A competitive salary and numerous benefits are provided, including private medical insurance and company socials. Ideal candidates will be energetic, passionate about brands, and possess strong organizational skills.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus structure

Private medical insurance

Wellbeing funding

Company socials

Qualifications

• You must be fluent in both German and English, both spoken and written.
• A passion for consumer-brand interactions is essential.
• Strong writing and organizational skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Engage community members and steer discussions.
• Create research activities and moderate community discussions.
• Write reports that provide insights and recommendations.

Skills

Fluent written and spoken German

Fluent written and spoken English

Passion for brands

Empathy with online individuals

Strong PowerPoint skills

Good numerical skills

Positive energy and enthusiasm

Excellent writing and communication skills

Strong organizational skills

Tools

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

Job description

Overview

Join Our Team! Are you looking for a new challenge this year? We’re looking for people who can add to (not just fit in with) our culture. Explore open roles below.

About the Role

We are looking for a bright, committed and passionate Associate Consultant, with fluent written and spoken German and English language skills to join our team. You will be an expert on German culture, be creative, self-aware and able to draw on personal experiences to have authentic conversations and discussions with German consumers, colleagues and our clients. Together with lead Consultants you will be responsible for handling and delivering client projects by conducting analysis, writing presentations and converting community conversations into clear client recommendations. This is not a ‘back-room’ role: we are looking for someone to support the lead Consultant in building and developing the client relationship from day one. This role is a perfect stepping-stone to develop consultancy skills in the world of branding, research and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Research: Moderating communities: engage community members – consumers of a specific client brand, steer discussions and probe consumer comments to drive relevant insight.
• Designing research activities for communities which will generate the right responses to meet the client’s brief: ideation sessions, brainstorms, surveys, blogs and live online workshops.
• Conducting qualitative analysis of the activities to understand the ‘what’ and the ‘why’ behind what consumers say and do.
• Desk research.
• Report writing: Driving clear recommendations and implications from your analysis and findings to clients and colleagues.
• Creating professional & convincing client-facing documents in a range of formats.
• Client management: Providing support to lead Consultants and Consultancy Director in nurturing good client relationships
• Developing good personal presentation skills, for co-presenting to client

Skills required

• Fluent written and spoken German and English language skills – an essential requirement.
• A passion for brands, consumers and how they interact.
• A natural knack for the online world & social media: highly empathetic & able to connect with individuals online, specifically on German markets.
• You are constantly hungry to learn and grow and have plenty of energy and enthusiasm.
• Intellectual curiosity.
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills
• Strong PowerPoint, Word and Excel skills required.
• Good numerical skills.
• You are a real doer and a proper team player.
• Fantastic organisational skills: ability to multi-task.

About C Space

We are the world’s leading insight community, customer strategy and innovation experts, putting relationships at the heart of business to drive growth. We make relationships count by building mutual value between people and brands as the ultimate competitive advantage.

As part of Escalent Group, we’re a team of 1,800 researchers, data scientists, moderators, creatives, developers and UX professionals. We put the power of our customer expertise, Escalent’s industry expertise and Hall & Partner’s brand expertise at your fingertips.

Over the years we have helped clients like Google, PepsiCo, IKEA, British Airways, Philips grow by developing new products, services and communication together with their customers.

Salary/Package

Alongside a competitive starting salary and bonus structure we offer a comprehensive suite of benefits – from a contributory pension, private medical insurance, individual wellbeing funding, free breakfasts, weekly drinks and regular company socials including our Summer Sports day and renowned Christmas parties too.