Graduate Research Executive

Conducts consumer market research by analysing data, supporting research projects, and delivering insights to help global brands develop new products.

Would you like to work with the world’s top food, drink and personal care brands to help them develop incredible new products? Are you looking for a varied, fast paced role in a welcoming environment, that will enable you to be creative and analytical? 
 
We are recruiting our next Graduate Research Executives to start in September 2025.
 
This opportunity will introduce you to the dynamic world of Consumer Market Research and set you up for an incredibly exciting and dynamic career working with the world’s most famous brands. These entry level positions will begin in September 2025 and be based in our Wallingford office. 

Key Responsibilities

As a Graduate Research Executive, you'll get the opportunity to work across a number of well-known international brands - helping across all stages of the project cycle and working within a dynamic, fast paced team environment.

• Getting involved in proposal discussions, with clients and our internal teams as well as assisting with drafting elements of the proposal.

• Researching secondary data to provide commercial and category context for proposals and reports.

• Helping brief fieldwork agencies for face to face research as well as designing the questionnaire against the clients objectives.

• Analysing data (quantitatively) to reveal the story, and then helping to turn this in to insightful and engaging reports.

• You will also be able to develop skills in client relationship and management, presentation and business development.

• Leveraging an increasingly powerful suite of AI tools as you learn the research industry processes.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Have achieved a 2.1 degree with a focus on research

• Enthusiastic with a can-do attitude, are naturally curious and have great communication skills

• Are proactive and forward thinking 

• Easily able to build relationships and relish working in a challenging team environment.

• Adaptable mindset and ability to think creatively about problem solving

A bit about us and our benefits!

 We’re MMR Research Worldwide – the global sensory and consumer research experts behind many of the world’s biggest brands in food, drink, personal and household care. From bold new flavours to breakthrough product experiences, we help turn great ideas into products people truly love.

With teams across the UK, US, Asia and Africa, we blend science, creativity and curiosity to shape the future of everyday products. Join us and you’ll be part of a fast-growing, innovative company where your ideas matter and your career can thrive.

It’s our people that make all of this possible.

We are proud of our collaborative culture which is driven by strong leadership and offers industry-leading training and growth opportunities.

At MMR, we're committed to ensuring the happiness and well-being of each employee, regardless of where they are in the world!  We offer a wide range of core and additional benefits. Competitive salaries, generous holiday allowances, and market-leading training opportunities are standard here. Our vibrant culture, talented team, and focus on employee wellbeing is what makes MMR so special.