Market Research Associate

at  Cambridge University Press Assessment

ABOUT YOU

• You are skilled in qualitative and quantitative research and data analysis, with an ability to synthesize, and communicate about, a large body of research.
• You have experience with in-person and online facilitation and presentation.
• You have excellent organization, communication, and analytical skills.
• Your strong prioritization and time management skills allow you to manage multiple projects at once.
• You enjoy collaborating with a team.
• You are skilled at research, with the ability to interpret results and translate these results into reports and presentations for decision makers.
• As a self-starter, you can work independently, but you welcome feedback, guidance, and direction as needed.
• You are open to exploring new and innovative ways of engaging customers throughout the product development process.
  If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

WHY JOIN US

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You’ll belong to a collaborative team that’s exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it’s safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

Come and join Cambridge Online Education as we move from start-up to scale up, supporting organisations and individuals to transform their workforce and careers for the future. COE works across the University of Cambridge to bring the very best in professional online learning together in an ‘all-Cambridge ‘approach for our clients through a market leading portfolio of online short courses. This Market Research Associate is a critical role in a dynamic and newly established Propositions team, conducting market research and market testing for COE products with customers throughout the product lifecycle, from idea inception, to proposal development, through to testing and prototyping, to post-launch feedback and insights.

• By gathering, interpreting, and analysing market research data and customer feedback, you will make strategic recommendations that will inform product development and sales strategy to ensure that our courses meet learner and industry needs and reach the right users.
• You will conduct desk research and primary research with potential customers to identify and analyse the learning needs and skills gaps of our customers.
• You will perform data analysis to size and segment target markets for our products.
• By conducting market testing throughout the product development process with potential learners, you will help to ensure that our digital products meet customer teaching and learning needs and create recommendations based on customer feedback to ensure product-market fit.
• You will design creative market testing approaches to collect feedback from learners and industry partners on digital teaching and learning needs through surveys and live events, such as interviews and focus groups.