MMR Research
Graduate Research Executive
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Department: Research
Location: MMR Research Oxford
Description
Would you like to work with the world’s top food, drink, and personal care brands to help them develop incredible new products? Are you looking for a varied, fast-paced role in a welcoming environment, that will enable you to be creative and analytical?
We are recruiting our next Graduate Research Executives to start in September 2026.
This opportunity will introduce you to the dynamic world of Consumer Market Research and set you up for an incredibly exciting and dynamic career working with the world’s most famous brands. These entry-level positions will begin in September 2025 and be based in our Wallingford office.
Key Responsibilities
As a Graduate Research Executive, you'll get the opportunity to work across a number of well-known international brands, helping across all stages of the project cycle and working within a dynamic, fast-paced team environment.
- Getting involved in proposal discussions, with clients and our internal teams as well as assisting with drafting elements of the proposal.
- Researching secondary data to provide commercial and category context for proposals and reports.
- Helping brief fieldwork agencies for face-to-face research as well as designing the questionnaire against the clients' objectives.
- Analysing data (quantitatively) to reveal the story, and then helping to turn this into insightful and engaging reports.
- You will also be able to develop skills in client relationship and management, presentation, and business development.
- Leveraging an increasingly powerful suite of AI tools as you learn the research industry processes.
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Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise
- Have achieved a 2.1 degree with a focus on research.
- Enthusiastic with a can-do attitude, naturally curious, and have great communication skills.
- Are proactive and forward-thinking.
- Easily able to build relationships and relish working in a challenging team environment.
- Adaptable mindset and ability to think creatively about problem-solving.
A bit about us and our benefits!
We’re MMR Research Worldwide – the global sensory and consumer research experts behind many of the world’s biggest brands in food, drink, personal and household care. From bold new flavors to breakthrough product experiences, we help turn great ideas into products people truly love.
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With teams across the UK, US, Asia, and Africa, we blend science, creativity, and curiosity to shape the future of everyday products. Join us and you’ll be part of a fast-growing, innovative company where your ideas matter and your career can thrive.
It’s our people that make all of this possible.
We are proud of our collaborative culture, which is driven by strong leadership and offers industry-leading training and growth opportunities.
At MMR, we're committed to ensuring the happiness and well-being of each employee, regardless of where they are in the world! We offer a wide range of core and additional benefits. Competitive salaries, generous holiday allowances, and market-leading training opportunities are standard here. Our vibrant culture, talented team, and focus on employee well-being is what makes MMR so special.
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