Market Research Director Creative Excellence

Culver City, CA (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $120K/yrDirector/Executive6+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Drive research-led client impact by owning end-to-end advertising insights, leading a growth-focused research team, and turning data into clear executive recommendations.

  • Leadership and design: own research design, data visualization, and storytelling to translate complex data into actionable business guidance.
  • Client impact and growth: advise on advertising research programs, manage multi-project delivery, and pursue new partnerships to grow the service line.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as a trusted strategic advisor with a focus on growing the business through impactful solutions rooted in quantitative and qualitative market research techniques
  • Lead a team through impactful solutions, project execution, and deliverables to meet and exceed client objectives related to their advertising research needs
  • Lead and manage strategic approaches to research design, insights development, data visualization, and storytelling that brings data to life
  • Act as a service line mentor and champion to foster team collaboration, development, and expertise through purpose-driven leadership
  • Identify operational efficiencies and empower the team to implement on a consistent basis
  • Provide coaching and guidance to junior team members, may act as manager to one or more account managers
  • Lead questionnaire design, analyzing data, and interpreting results that provide clear and actionable insights and recommendations
  • Contribute to team growth through new business development and expanded partnerships
  • Participate in initiatives that support our service line (i.e., growth/new product/employee training & engagement)

Requirements

  • At least 6 years of experience in market research, advertising, marketing, or consumer insights
  • A bachelor’s degree or higher; Business, Marketing or Communications Degrees preferred
  • Experience leading a high performing team
  • Experience working with large datasets, complex logic, and extracting meaningful insights
  • A client-driven and solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • At least 3 years experience with quantitative research, including survey design, sampling plans, analysis, and delivery
  • Some experience with qualitative research, including focus groups, in-depth interviews, and analyzing qualitative research
  • At least 3 years of project management experience
  • Strong communications skills: you know how to translate complex data into easy to understand and actionable insights
  • An understanding of advanced analytics
  • Ease and confidence with thinking on your feet – can lead a workshop with a group of senior executives
  • Complex survey design, sampling plans, proposals, analysis, and delivery
  • Proficiency with MS Office & Google Workplace (Excel, PowerPoint, Sheets, and Slides)
  • Proficiency with survey building tools

Nice to Have

  • Experience in ad sales marketing, media or tech a plus
  • A keen eye for design/visual storytelling
  • Knowledge of advertising sales platforms and desire to tackle challenging problems

Benefits

  • At Ipsos you'll experience an exceptional benefits package including generous PTO, healthcare plans, wellness benefits, a flexible workplace policy, and a strong collaborative culture.
  • We also are committed to investing in the whole professional with career development opportunities aimed to build your personal career equity at Ipsos and beyond.
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In our world of rapid change, the need for reliable information to make confident decisions has never been greater.At Ipsos we believe our clients need more than a data supplier, they need a partner who can produce accurate and relevant information and turn it into actionable truth.This is why our passionately curious experts not only provide the most precise measurement, but shape it to provide True Understanding of Society, Markets and People.To do this we use the best of science, technology and know-how and apply the principles of security, simplicity, speed and substance to everything we do.So that our clients can act faster, smarter and bolder.Ultimately, success comes down to a simple truth: YOU ACT BETTER WHEN YOU ARE SUREFirst listed on the Paris Stock Exchange: July 1, 1999Total revenues in 2024: 2,440.8 million eurosPresence in 90 marketsFull-time employees: ≃ 20,000Clients around the world: + 5,00050 million interviews conducted in 2024, of which 2/3 million online.Find out more about Ipsos at www.ipsos.comFollow us on X: @IpsosFollow us on Bluesky: @IpsosGroup

Founded in 1975
Paris, Île-de-France, FRA
19K employees (1,866 in marketing)
61% recommend to a friend
76% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.3M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.7%
Direct
41.7%
Referral
10.6%
Social
1%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~18.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,694 (9% of company)
Median Career Experience
17 years
Median Tenure
5.4 years

Funding

Total Funding
$411.9M
Last Raise
$411.7M
Post IPO Debt, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $411.7M
  • May 2015
    Grant • $119.8K

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