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Frederieke van Leeuwen
Business Lead Marketing Strategy
40 hours
junior

Junior Research Manager Marketing Strategy

Start your career at Blauw, the research agency for strategic marketing solutions! Are you an ambitious starter who would like to gain on-the-job experience at a leading research agency in the heart of Rotterdam? Would you like to work on exciting projects for major B2C A-brands and retailers? This is your chance to make an impact!

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Frederieke van Leeuwen
Business Lead Marketing Strategy

What will you do?

You will work within Blauw's Marketing Strategy team, which helps major brands in FMCG and Retail better understand and grow their consumers. 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 briefings and strategies. Together, you will 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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What do we offer?

  • A dynamic entry-level position at a leading research firm with a starting salary of €2,557.
  • You will have plenty of room to develop yourself, with guidance from experienced colleagues and access to Blauw's training program.
  • 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 are a match if:

  • You are a curious and driven junior researcher.
  • You enjoy solving complex international marketing issues and have a can-do mentality.
  • You have a passion for understanding consumer behavior and human needs.
  • You see challenges as opportunities to grow and even if you have to take a step back, stay focused on your development.
  • You already have some experience with SPPS, but this is not a requirement.
  • You are eager to learn, ambitious and have the drive to continuously develop yourself

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.

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

Apply by Nov. 17, 2024

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If you are convinced to be our new Junior Research Manager Marketing Strategy, we would like to receive your resume and cover letter via the application button.

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Frederieke van Leeuwen
Business Lead Marketing Strategy
Frederieke van Leeuwen