Graduate Research Executive

3 weeks ago

St Albans, United Kingdom Kokoro Global Full time

**New grad Are you curious? Love to know what makes people tick? Fascinated by brands? We are**

Kickstart your career, join us in consumer insight that matters

**St Albans based**

We are Kokoro
- Kokoro is an independent, award-winning agency with bright brains and a big personality
- We believe that by being plugged in to consumers, trends and the world around us we can anticipate their needs, so businesses can adapt, gain an advantage and be future-fit.
- We are human understanding experts. And we partner with businesses to ensure they understand their customers inside-out. Then we work with them to turn insight into action.
- We do new product and brand innovation, concept, comms & advertising testing, customer closeness & brand strategy to name but a few
- We embrace new and innovative research techniques as well as create our own approaches
- Our client portfolio spans the sectors - grocery, FMCG, fashion, finance, tech, homeware, travel and leisure

We want exceptional graduates
- ‘Kokorers’ from our graduate scheme usually rise fast - we provide expert training plus ‘on the job’ development, so we will have you flying in no time
- You’ll get stuck in from day one - working on live projects within one of our close-knit teams
- You will develop skills across the entire project lifecycle - from initial brief to presenting to the client team
- You will quickly learn the tools to conduct your own quantitative and qualitative research, with the latter bringing opportunities to travel the UK and beyond in the pursuit of customer insights
- You’ll soon build a strong understanding of consumer behaviour by crafting research materials, conducting interviews, analysing data, and creating story-led reports

What you will bring
- we are looking for ambitious, recent graduates keen to develop a career in consumer insight - the type of people who can see a trend ahead of the crowd
- Kokorers are sharp and intuitive, and so we’re looking for bright, energetic people who want to develop quickly, and who possess:

- an interest in brands and what makes consumers tick
- a desire to learn fast, embrace new ideas and challenge thinking
- a calm, flexible nature - you can prioritise, and problem solve in fast-changing situations
- logical and rigorous thinking skills, an analytical mind, and excellent attention to detail
- the ability to spot key insights and tell an engaging story
- a can-do attitude and willingness to go several extra miles
- a strong academic track-record
- proficiency in Microsoft Office

What you will get
- A competitive starting salary of £26,000
- Expert-delivered, training programme across the full project life-cycle
- Brilliant career-progression opportunities, with a clearly defined path to achieving your goals
- Incentives throughout the year, linked to company performance
- 28 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays and your birthday off
- Paid-for team and company-wide socials and events, including our legendary fancy-dress Christmas Party
- Chef-cooked lunches, well stocked snack drawers and great coffee machine
- Other perks include - gym discounts, dental cover, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and paid for volunteer days

A feel-good role you’ll love
- our supportive, collaborative culture meaning we are stronger together
- being free to experiment in a place which enables and welcomes insatiable curiosity
- turning insight into action, creating real impact for businesses

Kokoro is committed to encouraging and valuing equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. We recognise that having a diverse team brings fresh ideas, thinking and approaches to our work, provides a better understanding of the world we research and ultimately delivers better insights for our clients.

How to apply
- Part 1 - **attach your CV** as a word doc or PDF to the WhatsApp message

Part 2 - We’d also like you to tell us about a **brand** that you personally admire and record a **3-minute (max) selfie video** telling us what it is about the brand that you admire, how they connect with you on an emotional level and what other brands could learn from them to win emotionally.

Please send your CV & videos, via WhatsApp, to the following phone number - **00 44 7557393397**

Pay: £26,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 23/06/2024
Expected start date: 02/09/2024

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