Senior Associate, Quantitative Insights - Gaming & Entertainment

at  Material

Senior Associate, Quantitative Insights - Gaming & Entertainment Industry.
About us
We turn customer challenges into growth opportunities.
Material is a global strategy partner to the world’s most recognizable brands and innovative companies. Our people around the globe thrive by helping organizations design and deliver rewarding customer experiences.
We use deep human insights, design innovation and data to create experiences powered by modern technology. Our approaches speed engagement and growth for the companies we work with and transform relationships between businesses and the people they serve.
Job Description
As a Senior Associate of Insights, your primary role within the Strategy & Insights team is to provide support and ownership of day-to-day needs associated with medium to high complexity research engagements, leading to high quality delivery of insights and related recommendations for a wide range of clients and categories. An ideal candidate would have experience working in the Gaming industry or consider themselves a “Gamer”.
Specific operations-oriented responsibilities include, but are not limited to, questionnaire development and publishing support, link testing and data QC, field management with internal teams/field partners, data running / tabulation, field management with internal teams/field partners, and addressing quality control issues throughout the project lifecycle.
External-oriented responsibilities are focused on creation and support of building deliverables including slide creation, charting and data QC with direct involvement in writing and synthesis.
High attention to detail and accuracy, autonomy in self-management, creativity and flexibility is required. Must be able to manage and prioritize multiple competing deadlines and needs with limited senior oversite.
Skills required for success include critical thinking, strategic thinking, strong analysis, project management and pattern and problem identification orientation around solutions and point of view (POV). Ability to learn and adapt to cutting edge technologies to drive efficiency.
You will be mentored by senior leadership and receive on-the-job formal training through Material.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required preferably in Marketing, Business, Economics, Social Sciences, Psychology, Statistics, or related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of market research experience required.
• Experience and understanding of basic concepts of market research.
• You possess an entrepreneurial spirit with a strong drive to do whatever it takes to make a big impact for your team and clients.
• You have a strong eye for detail and make a conscious effort to understand the actual cause behind an occurrence.
• You possess a high level of accountability.
• You have a high level of initiative and an interest in growing as a manager and leader.
• You have a positive attitude and a strong desire to grow your career.
• You can adapt to changing priorities to meet multiple project timelines and client needs.
• You are a strategic and critical thinker with basic business acumen.
• You thrive in a team environment but also can perform independently.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to collect, analyze, and interpret complex data sets.
• Attention to Detail: Excellent attention to detail to ensure accuracy in data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Communication Skills: Effective verbal and written communication skills to present research findings in a clear and concise manner.
• Technical Proficiency: Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word). Experience using data analytics tools such as Dimensions, Decipher, or SPSS.
• Team Player: Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment and effectively manage multiple projects while meeting deadlines.
• Curiosity and Learning Mindset: Demonstrated curiosity, willingness to learn, openness to sharing, receiving, asking for, and applying feedback. Adaptability to new methodologies and technologies in the market research field.
• Passionate about the video game industry. Play video games regularly - on a console or gaming PC and play with online friends.

Why work for Material?
In addition to fulfilling, high-impact work, company culture and benefits are integral to determining if a job is a right fit for you. Here’s a bit about who we are and highlights around what we offer.

Who We Are & What We Care About

• Material is a global company and we work with best-of-class brands worldwide. We also create and launch new brands and products, putting innovation and value creation at the center of our practice. Our clients are at the top of their class, across industry sectors from technology to retail, transportation, finance and healthcare.
• Material employees join a peer group of exceptionally talented colleagues across the company, the country, and even the world. We develop capabilities, craft and leading-edge market offerings across seven global practices including strategy and insights, design, data & analytics, technology and tracking. Our engagement management team makes it all hum for clients.
• We prize inclusion and interconnectedness. We amplify our impact through the people, perspectives, and expertise we engage in our work. Our commitment to deep human understanding combined with a science & systems approach uniquely equips us to bring a rich frame of reference to our work.
• A community focused on learning and making an impact. Material is an outcomes focused company. We create experiences that matter, create new value and make a difference in people’s lives.

What We Offer

In addition to Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability and FSA, Material offers:

• A work environment that works best for you. Whether that’s fully remote, in one of our offices, or hybrid.
• Flexible & synchronous time off. We trust our colleagues to take responsibility for and manage their workloads. That’s why we offer Flexible Time Off along with synchronous companywide closures and 11 company holidays.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave. Every parent deserves to spend the first few months of their new child’s life with them.
• Help planning for your future. We offer 401K match, as well as periodic financial wellness and planning sessions throughout the year

Pay range: $28/hr - $29/hr
The range shown represents a grouping of relevant ranges currently in use at Material. Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work itself.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.
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