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Job Title: Consultant / Senior Consultant, Market Intelligence
Full-time
Location: Islington, London
Salary: £30,000 – £50,000 (OTE £50,000 – £100,000), level and base dependent on experience
Join a successful and growing desk at a specialist recruitment consultancy with more than thirty years in the market intelligence sector.
The hire is open at either Consultant or Senior Consultant level. Title, base salary, and the scope of the desk you inherit will be set by the experience you bring, so a proven recruiter can step in and run the desk with autonomy from the outset, while someone earlier in their career will be supported to build towards that.
The market intelligence desk runs with one Director and one Researcher and holds a healthy book of business in a growing market. Clients range from FTSE 100 companies to boutique startups, across sectors from leveraged finance to celebrity research. For an established biller, that means live roles and existing relationships from week one, and a pipeline with more in it than the current headcount can work.
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Plans to break into new markets and geographies are underway, so this is a well-timed move, with a clear path to developing your own niche and building a team around you. Relationships sit at the centre of the work, and consultants spend a substantial amount of time out of the office at client meetings and networking events.
The culture is meritocratic and supportive; the Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director, and Associate Director all joined straight from university and built their careers within the business. The team works four days a week from an Islington office, with one day from home.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the full 360 recruitment process, providing a best-in-class service to clients and candidates.
- Cultivate relationships across the market intelligence sector, networking in person as well as over the phone.
- Grow the desk and book of business through existing accounts, warm leads, and new business activity.
- Establish yourself as the go-to recruiter in your sector, with scope at Senior Consultant level to mentor and build a team beneath you.


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Key Requirements
- Recruitment consultancy experience with a consistent billing record, ideally within a specialist or niche market. Candidates from other B2B sales, business development, or market intelligence backgrounds are also encouraged to apply.
- Confidence holding detailed client conversations and interviewing candidates across levels of seniority.
- A track record of exceeding financial targets, and of driving growth from expanding existing accounts through to sourcing and pitching for new clients.
Everyone who applies will receive a response within one week.
Media Contacts partner with news, data, and intelligence companies on hires that move markets. For information on our services, email ben@media-contacts.co.uk.
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