Senior Research Executive

Who are we?

A world where complexity is the only constant demands a new breed of company. Brave Bison is a different beast: a media, marketing and technology company purpose-built for the digital era.

Our universe is made up of award‑winning business arms Brave Bison, Engage, Social Chain and MTM. And we’re underpinned by leading marketing training practice MiniMBA, as well as our very own social‑first media network that delivers monthly views in the billions for some of the biggest channels in sport and entertainment across You Tube, Snap, Meta and Tik Tok.

We’re a global collective who live and breathe digital, working with some of the boldest brands in the world to capitalize on the complexity that defines the modern marketing landscape.

New platforms, new behaviours, new audiences, new trends, new technologies, new regulations—our clients’ worlds get more complex daily. Their agency partnerships shouldn’t. It’s our job to cut through the chaos, make the complex simple and navigate a clear path to growth for them.

That’s why we make it our mission to capitalize on complexity for our clients—across consultancy, capability and execution—by crafting dynamic digital solutions that outpace tomorrow’s challenges.

• Bold Curiosity. We run at change and challenge convention because we love to push the boundaries of what the world thinks is possible. We champion discovery, go deep into our clients’ worlds and are always hungry to learn more about them, our specialisms and each other.
• Connected Clarity. We are focused in our collaboration—joining the right dots between our clients, our partners and our herd of experts to deliver agile solutions at speed and scale. We set a shared ambition from the outset, are transparent at every stage and always strive to make the complex simple.
• Positive Encouragement. We want to make working with us the best part of someone’s day. We lift one another up, find the fun in the day to day and are committed to ensuring everyone belongs.
• Constant Impact. We believe in outcomes over outputs. We’re goal‑oriented, results‑driven and data‑led. We show up with passion every day. And we’re always honing our craft.

MTM is a specialist strategy and insights consultancy trusted by world‑leading brands in media, entertainment, tech and telco—including Google, Samsung, Figma, Spotify, Sony Pictures, Formula E, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Betway, Sky Sports, the BBC, Virgin Media O2, and Ofcom. For nearly 20 years, MTM has been powering courageous decision‑making, by answering our clients’ toughest questions with a blend of services across consumer, cultural and commercial insight lenses.

MTM is a three‑time winner of the Market Research Society’s Agency of the Year award, as well as celebrating award wins with Adwanted including 2025 Best International Media Research Project and 2024 Research Effectiveness.

We’re looking for an ambitious qualitative Senior Research Executive, or an experienced Research Executive looking to step into a more senior role. In‑particular we are looking for a researcher with a passion for one of our fastest growing sectors – sports, betting and gaming.

Ideally the successful candidate would have experience conducting research in these sectors, but at the very least must be interested and passionate about working on research projects for clients in this space. This doesn’t mean that you would only be involved in these projects as, with any agency, this will depend on the type of work that comes in but when possible the aim would be to involve you in as much of this type of work as possible.

You would be joining a Qualitative team of 15 people, ranging from recent starters to veterans of 20‑years+. You’d likely work on multidisciplinary studies (mix of qual, quant, strategy, trends).

• A study on the ‘Fan of the Future’ which segmented football fans across Europe – helping leading clubs playing in the Champions League to better understand modern football fandom.
• Guiding the development of a grassroots football programme that encourages players of all abilities to…