Market Research Manager or Senior Manager- For Future Consideration

About NRG NRG is a leading global insights and strategy firm at the confluence of content, culture, and technology.  We stay ahead of what’s next, providing fresh insights to spark new ideas. We’re a trusted partner to our clients, working behind the scenes to bring imagination, depth, and clarity to their biggest challenges—in entertainment, technology, lifestyle, sports, and gaming.  Together, we create with confidence. We’re proud of our company’s values – these values guide us as we navigate sunny days, gray skies and everything in between:    Do what you love. With conviction. Where discovery lives. And impact drives. Celebrate difference. Cultivate belonging. Big thinking. Collectively inspired. Embrace the journey. Be human. The Opportunity At NRG , we’re always on the lookout for sharp, curious, and creative minds who are excited about diving deep into what makes audiences tick—across entertainment, technology, gaming, sports, and beyond. This posting is for future opportunities across all of our client services teams at the Research Manager or Senior Manager level. We’re always on the hunt for great talent and are excited about the possibility of teaming up in the future. If you’re passionate about working with a team that partners with the world’s top brands to shape content, products and strategies that fuel cultural conversations, we want to hear from you! Below is a snapshot of what a typical Research Manager or Senior Manager role looks like at NRG. The specifics may shift depending on the hiring needs, but this should give you a sense of what we’re about and what we’re looking for. If you don’t hear back for several weeks, don’t worry – we regularly review general applications but prioritize active openings. If there is a potential fit when the position opens, we’ll be in touch!  In this role, you will manage a wide range of initiatives across the full project lifecycle from proposal to report delivery. You will bring your intellectual curiosity, entrepreneurial mindset, and storytelling ability to lead research initiatives that help solve our clients’ biggest challenges. If you’re passionate about qualitative and quantitative research; if you enjoy visualizing data and discovering insights with confidence; if you love being a trusted consultant to clients – this opportunity is for you!     Your Impact Manage all phases of quantitative and qualitative research projects, including research design, questionnaire and discussion guide development, data analysis and storytelling. Projects will include audience, landscape, and brand studies, with methods such as concept and creative testing, messaging/positioning evaluation, market sizing, and segmentation. Translate research data into clear, actionable insights and recommendations through visual, creative and story-driven reports. Partner with internal and external operations teams (programming, fieldwork, facilities, moderators, data processing) to drive projects forward on stringent timelines. Assist with proposal writing through researching relevant industry trends and topics. Build relationships through effectively managing day to day client interaction and helping solve client issues and concerns. Troubleshoot any issues that arise in an efficient and effective manner. Help provide direction to analysts on the team, giving meaningful feedback on all aspects of a project and training analysts across methodologies. Drive successful project execution, collaborating with senior team members and providing input and oversight to junior team members on quality control processes at each step of the research lifecycle, from checking survey programming logic, questionnaire proofing, number checking and proofing reports and presentations for accuracy. Who We're Looking For Experience – We’d love for you to have 3+ years’ experience working in consumer insights, consumer research or in an analyst/strategy role at an entertainment/media/technology company. Your degree(s) – Ideally looking for a B.A./B.S. degree in areas such as Social Sciences, Business, Marketing, Market Research, Statistics, Economics or a related field. Additional degrees are welcome! Passion – An enthusiasm for research, data driven approaches, and strategic thinking. You enjoy staying up to date on industry trends and developments. Small talking or deep diving on entertainment, technology, gaming, sports and or/lifestyle fuels you. Research practitioner – Experience with and flexibility to work on both qualitative and quantitative projects. Curiosity and critical thinking – You are genuinely interested in seeking information on the “whys,” always digging for more information to understand what makes consumers tick. Whether it’s understanding why one marketing message is more effective than another or what consumers think we could be using AI for in the future, you can always find something interesting to sink your teeth into. Simply put, you love to learn. Data driven – Excellent at working with data to identify trends and insights, including both structured (i.e. data and hard numbers) and unstructured (i.e. interviews and qualitative) data. Experience visualizing data with tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs and Slides. Data analysis techniques and software – Experience with the following data analysis techniques would be awesome: statistical significance testing, correlation analysis, multivariate analysis techniques (such as cluster/segmentation analysis) and conjoint and discrete choice analysis. Experience with statistical packages, like SPSS or Q, are a plus. Communication and storytelling – Strong writing skills where you can craft a story around data insights and clearly communicate key points in a succinct manner. You have great verbal communication skills as well and are comfortable with presenting to groups and sharing your point of view. Client- centric – You love nurtu