You’re at the top of your game in exploring consumer thinking and behaviour? You’ve got over five years of experience across diverse fields, working agency or client side, in marketing, planning and/or market research? You’re searching for a challenging, high-level managerial position that combines a great level of responsibility with plenty of room to foster your ideas and projects? In a company that will put absolutely no limits on your own professional ambitions and development?

We are an independent, research-based strategic consultancy with an international focus. Running creative workshops, conjuring up market access plans and tweaking glossy major brands’ advertising to the max is what we do on a daily basis. We use (mainly) qualitative research in all its forms as a springboard, involving everything from ethnography-done-right to integrating the newest insights from Behavioural Economics. Of course, to ensure an elegant dive, this must be of Olympic standard – at the very least.

We all come from different backgrounds, but what unites us is that we are really into communication. We prefer to talk to people rather than “consumers” or “patients” or “KOLs”. And in quite the same way that we empathise with people, we also empathise with brands.

The Job:

You will take on full managerial responsibility for one of our Consumer Research Business Units. Business development is what you are all about – you won’t stop short at making our daily dealings run smoothly, but take a leading role in helping us grow. To put it more precisely:

· From drawing up compelling proposals to picking out the best, most creative mix of methods right up to presenting in the client’s boardroom – you’re the one overseeing research projects in your Business Unit

· You’ve got a keen eye for identifying (and creating!) business opportunities; you’re a seasoned networker with a well-stocked address book

· We (and our clients, too) really want to be wowed by your presentations – in delivery, depth of analysis as well as design

· You’ll be supervising your own team, so we hope you’ll be excited about taking others under your wing

· Keeping up with the relevant literature is one thing, but we’d love you to contribute to it. Whether it’s in insightful papers or captivating conference talks – you know how to make the company and your ideas shine

· We work with mainly international clients, so you’ll need to be an excellent cultural translator, not just adept at identifying issues but great at coming up with cunning strategies to circumvent (or harness!) them

 The Deal:

We do whatever it takes to raise the bar in research. As a Business Unit Manager, you’ll take a key role in helping us achieve this. But no worries, we’re no corporate robots. We like excellent research, but a nice chat over a cup of coffee isn’t to be scoffed at either.

What, you’re still there? … Fantastic!

Get in touch – there is a fair chance that you might like what you find.

Christian Eberz
info@point-blank-international.com
+49 (0)30 – 34 74 720 – 10