Cultural Strategist

Sydney, Australia Market Research Hybrid

Crowd DNA is a cultural insights and strategy consultancy with offices in London, Amsterdam, New York, Singapore, Sydney, Stockholm and Los Angeles. Formed in 2008, operating across 70+ markets, we bring together trends specialists, researchers, strategists, data analysts, designers, writers and film-makers for the world's most exciting brands.

We're looking for an enthusiastic Cultural Strategist to join our team in Sydney. This individual will have a relentless curiosity for culture, connecting ideas and uncovering hidden patterns to inspire fresh perspectives and a real passion for qualitative research. However, we're looking for someone who is open to blending their skills across other methodologies, so any experience outside of qual is very much valued.

The Cultural Strategist is expected to support the wider team by managing smaller projects or fieldwork elements for multiple projects with minimal support, working towards increasing their autonomy and owning all stages of the research process. Alongside this, you'll begin to develop relationships with clients and gain category/sector expertise.

The details

Role and responsibilities:

• Knowledge about the core processes of qual and quant research – approach design, set-up, recruitment, writing discussion guides, moderation, analysis, presenting.
• Able to execute research projects from kick off to completion with minimal supervision.
• Understanding and being able to build in client's business and research objectives to overall research approach and analysis.
• Producing thorough and well thought out recruitment criteria and screeners.
• Familiarity with supplier offerings and able to manage suppliers during fieldwork including sourcing costs.
• Ability to analyse written and visual data, identify interesting and relevant themes.
• Producing visually engaging reports that draw out the key insights from data, report key findings and make recommendations to meet project objectives.
• Ability to move beyond research observation to identify strategic implications.
• Debriefing reports confidently and with enthusiasm to clients.
• Thorough knowledge and application of Crowd Values across all areas of work.

Key skills and attributes:

• Excellent attention to detail (numerical, written and visual).
• The confidence to suggest new approaches and introduce creativity to the research process.
• Resolving problems when confident and offering solutions when raising problems.
• Inspiring others around you by sharing knowledge, providing feedback and sharing your expertise.
• Desire to keep learning and developing qual skills and new methodologies.
• Apply Crowd context frameworks to research approaches and analysis.
• Managing your own time and prioritising workloads, taking responsibility to raise resource issues and help identify solutions.
• Highly organised and able to meet deadlines across multiple projects at once.
• Able to work under pressure without compromising quality.
• Supporting the wider team during workload peaks and being able to take initiative/work autonomously when needed.
• Understanding clients' working practices and meeting their specific needs.

Working at Crowd DNA

STRAT7 Crowd DNA is an entrepreneurial and energised environment, fast paced and collaborative. If you fancy working in a place where setting the agenda for the future of cultural insights and strategy is coded into the way of working, please get in touch.

The role comes with a competitive salary of up to $87,000 and clear paths to promotion and to new opportunities.

Benefits include:

• 21 days holiday plus AUS bank holidays (our office also shuts between Christmas and New Year).
• 2 volunteering paid days per year (under a formal program for a registered charity).
• Flexible, hybrid working options.
• Paid sabbatical after four years.
• Superannuation Payments.
• EAP Access and support.
• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• Generous staff events programme.

Recruitment Process

The cycle comprehends two interviews, depending on everyone's agendas at this time of the year. It could be all done virtually or we may ask you to come and meet us at the office for stage two:

1st Stage – Around 45 minutes.

2nd Stage – Around 1.5 hour – case study.

Starting date - when possible.

Disclosure

STRAT7 is an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for research. Our commitment to inclusivity is not just about race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one's identity. All of our employees' points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.