Quantitative Research Associate Director
Location: Chicago, North America
Salary: Industry Leading

Verve is hiring!

Verve is “The Artificial Intelligence, Human and Cultural understanding business”.

We’re undergoing a business transformation as AI is designed into almost everything that we do. Including how we use AI for creating greater efficiency, and, crucially, how we use Artificial Intelligence for creating better insight for our clients. 

Our offer is all about combining Artificial Intelligence, Human Intelligence and Cultural Intelligence to generate faster, deeper, and better insights for decision making. We take the ‘three intelligences’ and apply them across our four practice areas of Insight Communities, Insight Consultancy, Culture & Futures and AI for Better Insight. 

 
It’s an exciting time to be joining Verve as we communicate our new positioning to the industry and continue to build awareness of our proposition to clients and prospects. As part of this we’re looking for an Associate Director  who is highly experienced in quantitative research methods, with experience in the Financial Services sector.

What we offer:

• The opportunity to develop your career in smart, digital research on large global accounts within an entrepreneurial, can-do team environment where everyone is empowered to be all that they can be
• Direct involvement on projects with colleagues across Verve; excellent on the job training as well as enjoying the feeling of being a central member of each account team you work on
• Competitive salary and bonus package aimed to attract the best in the industry and therefore, enable you to work alongside and learn from/with the best in the industry
• A truly multi-cultural environment. We believe in building a culture that is supportive, friendly and social, and this is true in all our local teams

You will have…

• 5 years of full-service market research experience, gained within an agency environment, with experience within the Financial Services sector.
• Enthusiasm for delivering great research, ambition to progress in an entrepreneurial environment and a passion to build client relationships
• The experience to take client briefs and create compelling, commercial research proposals.
• The ability to shape and refine strong insight presentations and deliver them with impact to clients
• Experience working in an environment with a lot of pace, responsive to ever changing client needs, iterative working and juggling multiple responsibilities at once
• A desire to grow and get involved in wider business decisions and participate in strategic developments in the company

We’re confident our offer stands apart from others in market, and so we’re looking for stand out candidates!

We want to hear from you if you feel inspired and motivated by the opportunity we’ve described.