Responsibilities

• Identifies important topics for research – in collaboration with the Center Leader, Head of Research, and other Conference Board researchers – that serve our members and add value to The Conference Board.
• (Co-)writes short publications on marketing, communications, and/or consumer topics. This includes data-focused short reports, brief research notes for our member newsletters, summaries of roundtable convenings, and council meetings and conferences.
• Presents research findings to senior executives at our member companies in person, as well as at virtual roundtables, on webcasts and podcasts, and at other events.
• Designs research projects in collaboration with the Head of Research, including specifying the methodology, drafting survey questionnaires and interview guides for research with marketing and communications executives as well as questions for consumer surveys, and planning the project timeline with an eye to serving our members’ interests and needs. This might also involve desk-research, online exploration and literature reviews.
• Manages research project logistics, which will include compiling respondent email lists and keeping them updated, entering questionnaires into Qualtrics, organizing data, organizing mailings to survey participants, scheduling research interviews, and keeping our publication plan updated.
• (Co) conducts research interviews with senior marketing and communications executives.
• Analyzes and interprets data from surveys and other sources such as roundtables and interviews. Extracts key insights, draws conclusions, and highlights implications from the data that are most relevant to audiences of executives.
• Create charts and infographics from Excel data for presentations and publications.
• Writes research reports, Power Point presentations, short notes about research for our newsletters, articles for media outlets, and other types of publications for business audiences.
• Participates in, and writes reports on, roundtables, webcasts, podcasts, panel discussions, and other content creation and sharing events of the Marketing & Communications Center.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of research experience in marketing, communications, consumer insights, strategy, innovation, or a related field, for example with a market research company, consultancy, investment bank, media company, content agency, executive search firm, and/or in academia.

Preferred

• Degree in business, marketing, communications, or a related discipline is strongly preferred.
• Track record of publications is a plus.

Benefits

• The Conference Board is proud to embrace best practices in employee wellbeing.
• we offer a competitive total compensation package.
• As part of our benefits package, we offer flexibility with hybrid working capabilities,
• employer-sponsored learning and development,
• advancement opportunities,
• on-site health initiatives,
• a communal and collaborative working environment,
• a strong sense of comradery with sports teams, clubs, and employee events.