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PLACED: Research Director (Qual), $120-150K, NYC

Ready to join a new breed of qualitative research company?

Global insight and strategic branding group is seeking to add an inspirational Research Director to their nimble and entrepreneurial team.  These folks believe research should be creative, rigorous, and flexible.

The Research Director will have various responsibilities including client management and drafting proposals, to workshops and creation of documentaries, reporting, new business pitches, invoicing, strategic initiatives, conducting various modes of research (ethnographies, shop-alongs, in-depth interviews, moderation of focus groups, etc.), development of junior staff, operations/P&L.  An important aspect of this role will also be helping to develop and secure new business either through existing or forged relationships.  Present projects touch on myriad categories such as CPG, technology, retail, hospitality, lifestyle, etc.  Enjoyment is key; please love what you do.

YOU are a talented senior researcher, planner or strategist with an involved, passionate, connected, collaborative spirit. You are smart, ambitious, exciting, a strategic thinker up for the challenge of growth.  You’ll need to be able to win business from and work with some of the most cutting edge clients that are out there. You’ll want to work on some of the most exciting projects in research and brand development with some of the most experienced practitioners. Experienced in tackling strategic, high profile briefs and projects, you’ll be happy working in a creative, informal but intellectually demanding environment.

Further, a forward-thinking qualitative researcher with 7+ years experience (planning, brand consulting and/or research), involved in all stages of the research process, from designing and setting up projects and conducting fieldwork, through to analysis, report writing/storytelling and presenting findings. You must have experience leading projects and being the main client point of contact.  You should relish the idea of working in a small growing team that offers progression through achievement and attitude rather than moving up a static career ladder.  Please be human, creative and full of energy; resourcefulness, flexibility, individual passions, and confidence mixed with quirkiness are highly valued.

You will be fully supported by a well developed project management team, back office support team, film team and a very ambitious group of qualitative researchers and brand consultants who delight in getting on planes to go to places to solve client problems. Compensation will be competitive based on the skills and experience of the candidate and will include healthcare, 4 weeks vacation as standard, participation in the company bonus scheme and of course invitations to our various outings, shindigs and away days.

If this is you, send us your resume and a presentation showing that you are as smart as f*ck and never boring and why we would be mad not to have you on the team.  Email: hunter@thehuntinglodgenyc.com

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Research Director, Pharma, NYC, $90-150K

Creativity. Commitment. Flexibility. Delight.

Collaborative and thoughtful strategic research consultancy working with vibrant companies to make smart business decisions seeks insatiably curious Research Director. You’ll use research and design strategy to unearth market opportunities and enhance client’s products, offerings, customer experience, brands and business practices. Consulting on a mix of branding, innovation and customer experience projects, you’ll be part of a thriving Health & Wellness practice engaging with patients, healthcare providers, and other stakeholders to drive business decisions for pharmaceutical, biotech, publishing, and healthcare technology clients.

What you can expect from US:

· Tapping into respondents’ creativity and imagination; engaging them as co-creators in the development and positioning of brands

· Approaching each project with fresh eyes – benefiting from collective experience but never with a cookie cutter; continually evolving, inventing and integrating methods to address specific client challenges

· Recommendations always rooted in research insights, offering strategic and tactical direction to inform all aspects of marketing, branding, product development and messaging

· Passion about each project and its successful outcome; most clients partner in a long term relationship and view the agency as a part of their own team

What we hope to find in YOU:

· 4+ years of experience in qualitative research (1-on-1 interviews, focus groups, ideation sessions, workshop facilitation, UX, etc)

· Experience moderating with both patients and healthcare professionals (KOLs a plus); comfortable adjusting to in-the-moment changes and incorporating team and client feedback

· Ability to identify objectives, design and conduct research (incl. writing proposals, screeners, DGs), and present findings to industry stakeholders, clients and colleagues

· Ability to translate insights into a powerful story that can be adapted to different audiences

· Proven ability to build and foster client relationships with a healthy balance between strategic thinking and scrupulous attention to detail

· Passion for Health and Wellness as a category

· Ability and willingness to travel, including international travel; fluency in another language a bonus

Sounds great? Shoot a resume/portfolio to hunter@thehuntinglodgenyc.com. Not for you? Share with your network and get someone working!

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PLACED: Strategic Planners, Junior and Mid-level, $50-65K, NYC

Do you have a constant curiosity?  Boutique strategy, research, and branding agency is seeking to add magical thinkers to their nimble team.  Join a collective of imaginative and thoughtful folks whose clients are progressive brands working to reinvent their products and their companies through strategic consumer insight.  As such, candidates should be brand-loving and relationship-building while displaying a flexible and challenging intelligence in an entrepreneurial setting.  This is a fast growing shop who thinks research should be fun!  The major offering of the agency is the creation, engagement and mining of online consumer communities with innovative reporting that comes in the format of videos or compelling images rather than static PowerPoint decks.  You’ll design and analyze research, present to clients, brainstorm daily, and write like the wind.  Client categories include CPG, fashion, youth, airline, beverage, etc.  Please be human, creative and full of energy; resourcefulness, flexibility, individual passions, and confidence mixed with quirkiness are highly valued. Previous qualitative research, brand consultancy or ad agency planning work preferred.  Intelligence and cultural awareness a must.

Sounds perfect?  Shoot your resume and a work sample to hunter@thehuntinglodgenyc.com.  Not for you?  Share with your network and change someone’s life!

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Business Development Director, NYC

Are you someone who isn’t afraid to take risks and be creative?  We’re looking for a self-starter who will design and build a growth engine for a collective of imaginative and thoughtful folks whose clients are progressive brands and ad agencies seeking new ways of doing things; clients who say “why not” more than they say “why.”  At core, you’ll be part of a problem solving company that uses insight, strategy, and innovation to get clients unstuck.  Your goal is to discover, reel in, and ultimately catch those misfit clients.  As such, you should have a history of leading pitches, closing deals, defining and executing  B2B marketing strategy, crafting RFPs, archiving assets, etc.  Please have Vision (yes, with a capital V) and personal magnetism that matches your smarts.  Be human, creative and full of energy; resourcefulness, flexibility, individual passions, and confidence mixed with quirkiness are highly valued. These guys believe the purpose of a job is to expand your horizons and give you less of a reason to hit the snooze button in the mornings. With that in mind they’ve designed jobs that will give you responsibility and control, a canvas for your creativity and plenty of room to stretch yourself and grow.  Open to exploring candidates with 5-15 years of experience.

Sounds perfect?  Shoot your resume and a work sample to hunter@thehuntinglodgenyc.com.  Not for you?  Share with your network and change someone’s life!

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Strategy roles, all levels, NYC and Boulder

Senior Director, Director, Senior Strategist, Strategist; NYC

Senior Strategist, Strategist; Boulder

Ready to escape the agency rat race?  Join a collective of imaginative and thoughtful folks whose clients are progressive brands and ad agencies working to reinvent their worlds, their companies and their teams.  They seek new ways of doing things; they’re the ones who say “why not” more than they say “why?”, and they’re into solving real problems not checking boxes.

At core, you’ll be part of a problem solving company that uses insight, strategy, and innovation in tandem to get their client’s business unstuck.  Please be human, creative and full of energy; resourcefulness, flexibility, individual passions, and confidence mixed with quirkiness are highly valued.

These guys believe the purpose of a job is to expand your horizons and give you less of a reason to hit the snooze button in the mornings. With that in mind they’ve designed jobs that will give you responsibility and control, a canvas for your creativity and plenty of room to stretch yourself and grow.

Sounds perfect?  Shoot your resume and a work sample to hunter@thehuntinglodgenyc.com. Not for you?  Share with your network and change someone’s life!

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