Research Director

SENSIS

Who we are:

An integrated cross-cultural marketing agency. We reflect and embrace the cultural diversity of America to develop meaningful marketing programs that drive measurable conversions.

We opened our doors in 1998 (as Focus Multimedia). We got our start building websites and have expanded into a full-service advertising agency, helping our clients take advantage of the fundamental changes taking place in the marketing world – the emergence of digital technologies, expanded multiculturalism, and the transformative impact of social media.

This is an opportunity for an entrepreneurial market research expert to help build and grow a unique research practice within a cross-cultural advertising agency.
We are seeking an experienced quant and/orqualresearcher who wants to step into the limelight and make a real difference in our advertising business –creative or media agency experience a bonus.

As a Research Director, you will bring your leadership, researchexpertise, and analytic thinking to successfully manage multiple projects, grow and develop your project team,providebusiness insights through analyzing data, and build client relationships. You will lead and develop your project team as they manage and execute research projects, as well as be the lead analyst on your own studies. You will also provide guidance to team members on various research methodologies and project management techniques.

Applying your research expertise and strong organizational skills, you will assist in developing proposals to design, and subsequently lead, complex studies that produce high-quality client deliverables and support our unique ability to use market research to have business impact, while achieving strong financial results. Applying your businessexpertiseand strong analytic thinking, you will discern meaningful patterns and connections from complex data, help extract meaningful insights and recommendations, and communicate the findings to clients in a clear and concise fashion.

Your ability and initiative to solve problems, mentor teams, analyze data, manage budgets, and support proposal development will be met with growth opportunities.

• Guide a team as they execute research project process from study design through analysis and reporting, producing thorough, high-quality deliverables while achieving excellent financial results.
• Effectively perform the Lead Analyst role on a variety of projects.
• Direct multiple projects for you and your team simultaneously, while ensuring theyremainefficient, on schedule and within budget
• Apply solid business understanding to deliver actionable, impactful findings to clients.
• Demonstratea strong senseof teamwork while providing growth and development opportunities for team members, including building morale and supporting company initiatives and efforts.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to create an inspiring environment;maintaina positive attitude in challenging situations.
• Be available to serve as a team resource for decision making and guidance.
• Proactively lead problem solving efforts; provide suggestions andtake actionon areas needing improvement.
• Develop client rapport and manage expectations through communications that develop trust and build strong relationships.
• Collaborate with Business Developers byassistingin the proposal and bid process.
• Effectively manage people managers in direct reporting relationships.
• Directly supervise a team of 2 (and growing) research team members

• B.A. in relatedfieldsuch as Business, Economics, or Social Sciences. M.A. or MBA preferred.
• At least 5 years of prior experience in market research.
• Able to lead project managers, multipleprojectsand teams simultaneously to deliver quality deliverables with strong financial performance.
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills of direct reports, projectteamand broader project members.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient analyst and report writer.
• Capable of managing workload priorities for self and team.
• Strategic thinker with strong business acumen.
• Proficient in building andmaintainingclient relationships.
• Preferredex…