Senior Research

1 week ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Havas Lynx Full time

What if your expertise could help someone, somewhere, to live a better life?


Helping children living with juvenile idiopathic arthritis to communicate their pain, giving people with psoriasis their confidence back, shocking 2.3 million HCPs into taking action against second heart attacks to proving to the world that eczema isn’t a skin condition.


Havas Lynx Group is a creative communications agency dedicated to changing the way the world does healthcare communications for the better. We are committed to bringing about change. Change informed by experience, driven by innovation and proven in delivery. We work alongside healthcare professionals, patients, carers, and pharmaceutical brands to overcome the complex challenges of modern healthcare. Our work blends strategic insight and deep scientific understanding with creativity and digital innovation, delivering healthcare campaigns and solutions that really make a difference to people’s lives.


We’re a team of over 500+ people in Manchester and London, with a history of over 35 years and an ever-evolving future. You can get a feel for the #LYNXLife via YouTube, #LYNXLife playlist, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.


Everything this company achieves, every life it saves, every penny it makes, every policy it changes, every award it wins, is down to everyone that works here.


Our Role:


As a Senior Research Executive, you will have established the foundations of what it means to work in a strategy team, know where you can contribute to the overall strategy for client brands and ultimately improve the quality of the agency's outputs. You will be expected to have increasing autonomy on putting into practice the skills and tools you have gained but also develop a thirst to continue to learn from everything you do and the people around you that you work with.


What you can expect to be doing:

  • Have a refined understanding of brands and their role in marketing communications
  • Develop a thorough understanding of the categories you work in and proactively advise the team as to developments
  • Recognise where research is needed, define how the information gaps will be filled and draft the objectives for primary research
  • Understand the critical insights that are relevant to strategic, scientific, and creative decision making on your brands
  • Keep track of multiple briefs and projects simultaneously and be able to explain their process and progress at all times
  • Collate and review all client research
  • Manage workload with your manager, Operations and Client Services Teams, ensuring timely delivery of all tasks and projects
  • Ensure that you clearly understand the brief for any work you are producing, referring to it regularly and challenging aspects where you are able to improve or add value


What we’d like to see from you:


  • Previous experience in a similar role - this is not a graduate role
  • Experience working in a brand planning team or similar
  • Expertise in market research and and insights
  • Client facing experience
  • Confidence and eager to learn and develop


What you can expect from us


A supportive and challenging environment in which you will have the opportunity to learn, grow, and make an impact that matters. We put a huge investment into #LYNXLife and our #LXAcademy internal programmes. It’s a unique initiative that aims to reward hard work, reduce pressures, and ensure that we can all enjoy our time at Lynx. Our strategy is to build capabilities internally and inspire the best talent, so we can continue to deliver on our mission.


You can also expect a whole host of benefits, including:


  • Hybrid Working -3 days a week in the office (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, flexi hours are available)
  • Starting holiday allowance of 28 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, with increasing allowance connected to length of service
  • Option to buy, carry or sell holidays
  • Early Friday finish throughout the year
  • Seasonal working hours
  • Enhanced family leave, pay and return to work benefit scheme
  • Extensive L&D support
  • Sabbatical opportunities
  • Season ticket interest free loans for travel
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Life insurance (4x salary)
  • Company pension scheme
  • Fully compensated company events
  • Volunteer days
  • Wellbeing programme including sports clubs, discounted gym memberships, free onsite flu vaccinations, extended lunch breaks on Wellness Wednesdays and much more
  • +Medicash healthcare benefit
  • 24/7 access to a free, confidential and independent Employee Assistance Programme
  • Workplace nursery benefit


Get in touch to find out how we can make an impact that matters together.

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