Research Consultant

MIDiA Research, the leading provider of analysis, advisory and data for digital entertainment, is seeking a highly-motivated and enthusiastic consultant. The role focuses on music and entertainment, supporting all of our consulting projects and activities, reporting to MIDiA’s Head of Research & Consulting.

The position will cover conducting research and analysis, preparing and presenting project outputs, and end to end project management, serving MIDiA’s client base of leading global entertainment and tech companies.

The successful candidate will contribute to the MIDiA team’s wider thinking, brand development and all-round culture and work life.

• 5+ years of experience in a consulting or research environment across music or cross entertainment industries (with an understanding of client models)
• Proven consulting project management skills: ability to lead projects end-to-end
• Proven track record of using multiple qual and quant research techniques: interviews, surveys, secondary analysis
• Strong experience in business analysis and diagnostics
• Strong creative problem-solving with the ability to apply concepts, models & frameworks to their work
• Hypothesis driven thinking coupled with systems thinking (seeing causes not just symptoms)
• Ability to run discovery processes, needs analysis, root cause analysis and define success metrics
• Ability to synthesise large amounts of data and information into actionable insights - using MS Excel
• Solid business writing and thought leadership – blogs, reports, white papers
• Commercial skills including using a pricing matrix, client negotiation and proposal creation
• Stakeholder management: internal stakeholder management and client relations
• A meticulous attention to detail to ensure high quality of outputs
• Excellent communication and presentation skills - written and verbal, with the ability to deliver insights, results and recommendations confidently to clients
• Advanced presentation and reporting skills using MS and Google suites
• A good collaborator who can also comfortably work autonomously
• A good understanding of working in an agile manner
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university

• Master’s degree or MBA from an accredited university
• Business acumen and commercial skills - understanding of financial statements, business models, pricing
• Advanced creative problem-solving and ability to develop concepts, models & frameworks
• Model-building skills – opportunity sizing, financial modelling

The successful candidate will need to be a confident worker who can manage both relationships and workload spanning multiple global entertainment client projects at any one time.

The role is hybrid, the candidate should be London based or commutable distance to London at least once per week.