Senior Researcher [208365]

Are you ready to shape the future of entertainment and influence strategic decisions that resonate with millions? Join a leading global entertainment company as a pivotal Senior Researcher, where your insights will directly impact how captivating stories are developed and shared with diverse audiences worldwide. This is an incredible opportunity to be a thought leader, driving strategy and ensuring that consumer voices are at the heart of content creation and marketing efforts. Your expertise will be crucial in uncovering the passions and motivations that connect people to their favourite entertainment experiences, making a tangible difference in a dynamic and fast‑paced industry.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Researcher to join our team, leading critical research initiatives. In this role, you will serve as a trusted partner to cross‑functional teams, collaborating closely to understand their insight needs and then developing, executing, and delivering best‑in‑class research to address them. This is a senior individual contributor position with significant opportunity for leadership and impact, leading highly strategic research projects.

This is a 12 months, hybrid contract, offering £460 per day (PAYE). The role will start in July.

What You’ll Do:

• Act as a thought leader and partner, driving strategic initiatives within the region and contributing to broader organizational goals.
• Represent the voice of regional consumers across the organization, ensuring their perspectives are integrated into decision‑making.
• Lead a wide variety of research projects, from high‑level regional strategy to specific content insights.
• Deeply understand the underlying needs, motivations, and emotions that drive engagement with entertainment content to help create stories that excite and resonate with current and future audiences from many different backgrounds and cultures.
• Translate complex research findings into clear, strategic, creative, and business recommendations that inform decision‑making.
• Present and socialize insights effectively at all levels of the organization, ensuring your work has wide‑reaching impact.
• Collaborate constructively with insights colleagues both regionally and globally, fostering a strong, interconnected research community.
• Build robust relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders and cross‑functional partners, including those in content development, marketing, product, data science, and business strategy.
• Identify high‑priority research needs and develop a comprehensive research roadmap that maximizes the impact of insights.
• Proactively anticipate research needs, identify emerging consumer and industry trends, opportunities, and research gaps.
• Bring a unique perspective informed by your expert understanding of the regional business and consumer landscape.
• Connect regionally‑focused initiatives with broader organizational goals, representing the needs and voice of regional consumers.
• Work across time zones and undertake occasional travel as required.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• Relevant experience in a senior research role.
• Mixed‑methods researcher with client‑side experience.
• Hands‑on experience designing and executing end‑to‑end quantitative and qualitative research studies.
• A deep passion for entertainment content and a strong curiosity about the business and state of the industry.
• Exceptional communication skills, able to summarise complex ideas clearly and succinctly, and adapt communication style to different audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders.

Our Client is the world’s leading streaming entertainment service. Headquartered in California, they’re proud of their unique company culture. This organization has offices all over the world, and has continued to grow for almost 25 years. They now play an active role in production and distribution of original and award‑winning content.

Aquent is dedicated to improving inclusivity & is proudly an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from under‑represented groups & are committed to providing support to applicants with disabilities. We aim to provide reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, to those with a medical condition, disability or neurodivergence.