Market Research Analyst

USA (Remote)

$50K/yr – $65K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 10 days ago

Job Summary

Own and shape the market research program to inform strategy across competitive landscapes, consumer insights, and campaign planning.

  • Lead primary and secondary market research to map landscapes, sizes, and opportunities.
  • Build buyer personas and journey maps from quantitative and qualitative data.
  • Provide research-driven recommendations to strategy, media, and creative teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Comprehensive Market & Competitive Research: Conduct primary and secondary market research across various industries to map competitive landscapes, market sizes, category dynamics, and emerging opportunities.
  • Consumer Insight Generation: Analyze audience demographics, psychographics, buying behaviors, and cultural trends using quantitative data and qualitative synthesis to build detailed buyer personas and customer journey maps.
  • Campaign & Strategic Support: Collaborate closely with strategy, media buying, and creative teams to inform campaign strategies, product launches, brand positioning, and messaging frameworks with research-backed insights.
  • Social Listening & Trend Analysis: Monitor digital conversations, online communities, and social media trends using specialized tools to identify shifts in consumer sentiment and emerging category trends.
  • Data Synthesis & Storytelling: Synthesize complex data sets from multiple research tools and databases into clear, visually compelling presentations and executive summaries for internal teams and clients.
  • Reporting & Effectiveness Tracking: Benchmark baseline market data and design post-campaign measurement frameworks to track brand health, campaign performance, and ROI.
  • Client Consultation: Participate in client discovery calls and pitch presentations, confidently presenting research findings and strategic recommendations to stakeholders.
  • Pay: $50,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year
  • Work Location: Remote

Requirements

  • Experience: 2–4 years of experience as a Market Research Analyst, Consumer Insights Specialist, or Strategic Planner (agency experience highly preferred).
  • Research Methodology Knowledge: Proficiency in both quantitative research (surveys, data analytics, market size modeling) and qualitative research (focus groups, depth interviews, social listening, desk research).
  • Tool & Platform Proficiency: Hands-on experience with market intelligence and social listening platforms (e.g., Mintel, Euromonitor, Statista, Brandwatch, Meltwater, GWI/GlobalWebIndex, Google Trends, or SimilarWeb).
  • Analytical Mindset: Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills with an ability to connect disparate data points into a cohesive narrative.
  • Presentation & Storytelling: Strong skills in PowerPoint/Keynote/Google Slides, with a proven ability to translate complex data into clean, visual, and easy-to-understand slide decks.
  • Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting insights directly to clients and executive leaders.

Salaries

Posted range

$50K/yr – $65K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.