About the Role
We're seeking an Insight Manager to lead our brand tracking and ad-hoc research portfolio. This individual contributor role involves owning projects end-to-end, building client relationships, and delivering insights that drive business impact.
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver brand tracking studies, campaign evaluation research, and brand health monitoring programs.
- Manage fieldwork, data analysis, and reporting for both continuous and bespoke brand research projects.
- Translate tracking data into compelling narratives to help clients optimize communications and refine strategy.
- Identify emerging trends within tracking data and recommend actionable next steps.
- Own direct client communication and develop long-term relationships with key contacts.
- Brief clients on research findings; present insights with confidence, clarity, and perspective.
- Work with the Insight Director on proposal development and pitch support.
- Manage client expectations, budgets, and timelines; ensure projects deliver commercial value.
- Write questionnaires, discussion guides, and detailed research proposals aligned to client briefs.
- Manage end-to-end quantitative research workflows (sampling, fieldwork, data processing, analysis).
- Conduct qualitative research where appropriate—focus groups, interviews, workshops.
- Develop analysis using statistical software (e.g., Q, SPSS, Qualtrics).
- Create insightful, visually engaging reports and presentations that go "beyond the bar chart".
- Identify and develop thought-leadership research to build UM's market reputation.
- Introduce new research methodologies and demonstrate how our tools add value to media planning.
- Support agency new business pitches with research thinking.
- Run internal workshops to enrich agency output and foster data-informed culture.
- Deputize for the Insight Director when needed.
Requirements
- Quantitative research experience ideally from a media agency, market research firm, or client-side research role.
- Hands-on experience managing and running continuous market research tracking studies, ensuring accurate project management and reporting.
- Proven track record managing clients and delivering to commercial targets.
- Exceptional time and project management skills, with the ability to prioritize competing tasks and seamlessly oversee research projects from inception to completion.
- Strong brand and communications knowledge or demonstrable interest.
- Proficiency in statistical analysis and data visualization software.
- Excellent proposal writing and questionnaire design skills.
- Ability to work autonomously while knowing when to escalate; confident in your own decision-making.
- Curiosity and analytical rigor—you dig into the why behind metrics, not just reporting shifts.
- Strong storytelling ability; you can find the narrative in complex data.
- Attention to detail; you take pride in analytical accuracy.
- Consultancy-oriented; you think in terms of client challenges and business solutions.
- Naturally curious; you question assumptions and challenge conventional thinking.
- Independent worker who manages multiple projects simultaneously.
- Energetic ambassador for our team; keen to contribute to agency culture.
- You have a point of view and aren't afraid to express it—even if it's contrarian.
- Growth mindset; keen to develop your reputation as a research thought leader.
- Hands-on qualitative research experience (designing, moderating, analyzing).
- Background in brand planning, strategic communications, or advertising.
- Willingness to attend industry conferences and events.
Skills
- Quantitative research
- Market research
- Brand tracking
- Campaign evaluation
- Brand health monitoring
- Fieldwork management
- Data analysis
- Reporting
- Client communication
- Proposal development
- Budget management
- Timeline management
- Questionnaire design
- Discussion guide creation
- Research proposal writing
- Quantitative research workflows
- Qualitative research
- Statistical software (Q, SPSS, Qualtrics)
- Data visualization
- Thought leadership
- Research methodologies
- New business pitches
- Internal workshops
- Project management
- Time management
- Storytelling
- Attention to detail
- Statistical analysis
Location
- London
- UK travel
Work Type
- Hybrid (minimum 3 days in office)
Experience Level
- Manager
About the Company
- Omnicom Media Group is a leading global media agency.
- Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent.
- We believe that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do.
- We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together.
Equal Opportunity
- Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent.
- We believe that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do.
- We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together.
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