National Careers Week Task

Linking to our research task, for national careers week, we looked into research jobs into the creative field and wider fields. All information is collected from Find your perfect role in the creative industries - Creative Careers (discovercreative.careers)

Market Researcher:
This position is an interviewer. They interview people to find out what they think about products or services. This position may include:

Going up to people in the street, phoning them or visiting them at home

Persuading people to take part in a survey

Asking people questions and possibly video them

Recording people’s answers

Organizing the results and passing them to your supervisor

This position is entry level and can be obtained through an apprenticeship or after high school.

Market Research Analyst:
This position takes in the data from the researcher or a survey and study the statistics for preferences. The duties for this position are:

speak to clients to understand their needs

write proposals, describing how research will be carried out

manage relationships with clients

advise researchers about survey methods and design

project-manage teams

check the quality of the data collected

analyze the data using statistical software programs and computer models

present results in a useful way, through talks, written reports, graphs and tables

explain findings to market research executives

This usually requires A-Levels in a similar field or a degree.

Media Researcher:
These researchers support producers in looking for people and places to film media products. This position is entry level and can provide you with many entries into the media industry. The media industry is built on contacts the more people you know the more opportunities you have. Usually you would need A-levels or a degree primarily in media related courses to get this job.

The day-to-day duties might include:

discussing programme ideas and researching needs with producers

finding and checking information

searching media libraries and archives

writing briefs for presenters, or briefing scriptwriters checking copyright

finding studio audiences and programme contributors looking for locations

researching and writing content for websites and social media