Euromonitor International

Associate Consultant

Euromonitor International

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Cape Town • South Africa

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About the role

  • Manage end‑to‑end project delivery, including briefs, planning, templates, and supporting materials
  • Develop hypotheses and insights using robust frameworks to address complex client challenges
  • Conduct rigorous quantitative and qualitative research to deliver high‑value analysis and reports
  • Oversee day‑to‑day management of analysts, including scheduling, communication, and quality oversight
  • Partner with internal recruiters to ensure projects are properly resourced with suitable analyst talent
  • Ensure accuracy and quality of all deliverables through validation, data checking, and interpretation
  • Coordinate with regional teams to align on project goals, timelines, and expectations
  • Maintain organised project documentation and folders for easy access across teams
  • Lead and conduct primary interviews with industry experts, companies, associations, and internal team
  • Perform thorough secondary research using internal databases and external sources
  • Apply mixed‑method research (data, surveys, primary interviews, syndicated sources) to answer client questions
  • Collaborate cross‑functionally with Consulting and Syndicated teams on projects and internal initiatives
  • Share and identify new research sources to strengthen project insight
  • Manage client communication from project kick‑off through to delivery
  • Develop clear, persuasive insights and C‑suite‑ready presentations
  • Confidently present findings to clients and address all follow‑up queries
  • Build and maintain strong client relationships throughout the engagement
  • Support business development through capability pitches, needs‑assessment calls, and proposal input
  • Collaborate with commercial teams post‑delivery to explore follow‑on opportunities

Requirements

  • Bachelors or Master’s degree in finance, economics, business, social sciences, engineering or similar with proven research, consulting and/or analytics expertise with at least 2-3 years of work experience in an agency or client environment
  • Industry experience in consumer or trade sectors and niche topic areas like sustainability desired, with an ability to build strategic analysis, presentations and report writing
  • Experience evaluating, manipulating, and analysing data sets from different sources
  • A curious and commercial mindset – you are keen to learn and understand things from a client’s point of view
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to work in a high-paced challenging environment, to manage multiple projects and to meet tight deadlines
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
  • Fluency in French/Portuguese will be an advantage
  • Advanced MS Office Computer skills, especially PowerPoint and Excel skills
  • Knowledge of other research methodologies or data analytics is a PLUS
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Hard Skills & Tools
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