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Anouk de Ries
HR Manager (interim)
+31 6 3872 2633
anouk.deries@blauw.com
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Junior Research Manager

Junior Research Manager Start your career at Blauw, the best research agency in Rotterdam! Are you an ambitious starter and would you like to work as a researcher at a leading full-service market research company in Rotterdam? Then the position of Junior Research Manager at Blauw Research is just what you need!

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Anouk de Ries
HR Manager (interim)
+31 6 3872 2633
anouk.deries@blauw.com

What will you do?

You will start working as a Junior Research Manager with a focus on one of the Expertises at Blauw. You will have the opportunity to:

  • Gain versatile experience: Work with different research methods and clients so that you discover where your strengths and interests lie.
  • Grow and specialize: As you gain more experience, you gain more responsibility and can specialize in a direction that suits you best.
  • Contribute to impactful projects: Your insights contribute directly to the strategies of major brands.

Your responsibilities:

In this role, you will be involved in the entire research process from the beginning:

  • Collaboration and learning: You will work with a senior researcher to discuss briefs and strategies. Together, you'll figure out how to solve clients' marketing issues through research.
  • Research design and supervision: You will be responsible for research design and project management. You draft questionnaires or devise assignments for online communities. In addition, you supervise the execution and ensure quality.
  • Client Communication: You proactively keep clients informed of progress and coordinate schedules and next steps.
  • Analysis and reporting: Together with a senior researcher, you analyze results, whether from a data set or stories from an online community. You translate these insights into a report that provides valuable strategies for the client.
  • Evaluation and improvement: After the presentation of the results, you evaluate the project and your own contribution with both your team and the client. Together you discuss what went well and where there is room for improvement.

What do you get in return?

  • A dynamic starter position at the nicest research agency in the Netherlands with a starting salary of € 2,557.
  • Personal development: You will have plenty of room to develop yourself, with guidance from experienced colleagues and access to Blauw's training program.
  • Flexibility and freedom: At Blue, you can determine your own route to success, with flexible working hours and the freedom to grow in the direction that most appeals to you.
  • An inspiring work environment in the middle of Rotterdam, together with enthusiastic and ambitious colleagues.

We have a perfect match if:

  • You are a curious entry-level researcher eager to learn the craft on the job
  • You are naturally a bit headstrong, have good communication skills and enjoy doing new things.
  • You keep the goal in mind, bring out the best in yourself and others and are a fearless go-getter.
  • You see challenges as an opportunity to grow, even if you have to step back from time to time, you stay focused on your development.
  • You already have some knowledge of SPSS, but this is not a requirement
  • You are eager to learn, ambitious and have the drive to continuously develop yourself.
  • You are enthusiastic about one or more work fields, namely Market, Sports & Sponsorship, Brand, YourUX, CustomerExperience or Sprint. Check out Blue Expertises on our website to learn more about these work fields. ‍

A good command of the Dutch language and living in the Netherlands is a requirement for this position.

What we offer you

Develop yourself

It is important to us that you continue to develop yourself. Employees are given the space to deepen knowledge and the freedom to choose their own route to success.

Cool club people

You'll work with colleagues who want to move forward and encourage each other to make it ever a little better, smarter or easier for our customers and ourselves.  

Most beautiful workplace in Rotterdam

You can use our mega terrace above City Hall Square to work, have lunch, coffee, meetings or exercise with colleagues.

Nice working conditions

24 vacation days per year for full-time employment and the opportunity to redeem additional days.

A good mobility arrangement: use of the NS Business Card for public transportation or an allowance for travel expenses for own transportation.

Bonus for achieving annual goals.

The freedom to decide where and when to work. In addition to occasionally working from home, it is nice to meet in the office.

A full and healthy lunch will be waiting for you every afternoon.

Twice a week there is a Blauw Bootcamp on our roof terrace or in downtown Rotterdam.

A weekend away to the Ardennes or the Austrian snow.

The application process

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Do you have a university degree, less than three years of relevant work experience and are you ready to kickstart your career? Then apply now and discover how you can make a difference at Blauw!
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These will be your colleagues

Esra Knook

Esra Knook

Research Manager CX & yourUX
Thomas Boudesteijn

Thomas Boudesteijn

Research Manager Product Development
Fien de Haas

Fien de Haas

Research Manager Marketing Strategy
Tobias Simandjuntak

Tobias Simandjuntak

Research Manager Branding
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Anouk de Ries
HR Manager (interim)
+31 6 3872 2633
anouk.deries@blauw.com
Anouk de Ries