Senior Research Executive (12 month Maternity Cover)

Company Overview
Pulsar Group Plc is a tech innovator, delivering high quality SaaS products that address the fundamental business needs of clients in the marketing and communications industries. We combine AI technologies with human expertise to analyse data and create insights to understand what has impact on an organisation and their key audiences – from customers to stakeholders, politicians to influencers and the media.

Role Overview
The Senior Research Executive is responsible for delivering high-quality social and digital research outputs, taking ownership of defined sections of client reports from analysis through to delivery. The role requires a solid working knowledge of social data platforms, strong analytical and writing skills, and the ability to manage tasks and timelines with minimal supervision. Working closely with Research Managers and Research Directors, the role contributes to insightful, client-ready research that meets agreed objectives and standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Data & Platform Management
  • Design, build, and maintain complex Boolean queries, dashboards, and datasets to support client projects and ongoing accounts.
  • Ensure data collected and presented is relevant, accurate, and aligned to client objectives.
  • Conduct ongoing data checks and cleaning to maintain high data quality standards.
  • Build example datasets, dashboards, or demo environments where required to support client understanding of methodology or outputs.
  • Maintain a strong working knowledge of the Pulsar platform and associated tools, acting as an early adopter of new functionality.
  • Proactively identify platform limitations, bugs, or data risks and work with internal teams to resolve them.
  • Leverage advanced platform features, where appropriate, to support client use cases or internal workflows.
• Analysis & Report Writing
  • Analyse social and digital data to explore, test, and develop insight hypotheses aligned to client briefs.
  • Translate complex datasets into clear, compelling insight narratives that address client business questions.
  • Produce client-ready charts, analysis, and written outputs in line with reporting templates and quality standards.
  • Contribute to insight summaries, key learnings, and recommendations across client deliverables.
  • Review analysis and report sections produced by Research Executives to ensure consistency and alignment with project objectives before submission to project leads.
  • Use emerging technologies, including LLM-supported workflows where appropriate, to support efficient analysis and report production.
• Client Deliverables
  • Take ownership of defined sections of client reports from analysis through to final delivery.
  • Demonstrate through reports, presentations, and supporting materials how insights meet client objectives and project goals.
  • Present findings, methodologies, and recommendations clearly and confidently in client-facing settings.
  • Quality-assure assigned sections of client deliverables to ensure accuracy, clarity, and consistency.
  • Support ongoing client accounts by contributing to updates, debriefs, and delivery communications as required.
• Project Management
  • Manage own workload and timelines effectively, delivering work with minimal supervision.
  • Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies proactively to project leads and account teams.
  • Support the transition from project scoping or proposal discussions into clear delivery plans for internal teams.
  • Contribute to the briefing and coordination of external analysts or freelancers when required.
  • Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to ensure smooth project delivery and a high-quality client experience.

Profile Experience
At least 2 years’ relevant professional experience in research, analytics, or insight roles. Experience working with social or digital data, ideally using social media analytics platforms. Familiarity with research methodologies and applying them to client briefs.

Skills & Attributes
Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear insight narratives. Confident and effective written communicator with high attention to detail. Comfortable working independently while contributing collaboratively within a team. Strong PowerPoint or Google Slides skills, with an eye for structure and design. Confident user of technology and research tools.

Additional (Desirable)
Experience working with social data or digital analytics tools. Interest in LLMs and AI workflows, with a basic understanding of how they work. Foundational knowledge of Python. Additional languages beyond English.

We know that innovation thrives in teams where diverse points of view come together to solve hard problems. As such, we are explicitly seeking individuals who will bring diverse life experience, diverse educational background, diverse culture, and diverse work experience. Please be prepared to share with us how your perspective will bring something unique and valuable to our team.

Benefits
A competitive salary of £30,000 to £35,000 dependent on experience. This is a 12 month contract to provide Maternity Leave Cover. 25 days holidays + 8 public holidays. Day off on your birthday. Hybrid working (2-3 days a week in the office). Up to 4x salary Life Assurance. Opt-in Private Healthcare. Access to self-paid Dental Insurance. Other benefits such as Perkbox (for discounts), Cycle Scheme, Season Ticket Loans, a Workplace Nursery scheme and SmartHealth (for access to private GP appointments as well as a range of health and wellbeing services).

Pulsar Group is an AIM-listed innovator, pioneering an audience-first approach to the marketing, communications and media industries. Our SaaS products and services help thousands of organisations – from leading consumer brands and blue-chip enterprise companies, to marketing agencies and public sector organisations – understand their audiences and stay relevant in an increasingly noisy world.