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Graduate Business Analyst
Forethought is an award-winning strategic marketing consultancy underpinned by a significant marketing research focus. Forethought specialises in acquisition, retention, brand and communications research, and partners with organisations to develop and monitor commercially effective market strategies.
The Forethought team enjoy offices in a landmark Collins Street building right in the heart of Melbourne. As Melbourne is our head office, some travel may be required to our clients interstate and overseas. We currently employ approximately 40 consultants and are looking for 12 graduates to join the team in 2011.
Forethought provides talented individuals with dynamic and challenging careers in marketing research. Forethought offers a fun and stimulating environment, flexible and rewarding roles, and the opportunity to work with skilled and learned colleagues. Forethought is passionate about employing the highest-caliber staff and as such offers highly competitive remuneration packages that include a rewarding bonus structure.
As leaders in services marketing research, Forethought is a hub of innovation and creativity and a place where employees are exposed to the very latest Marketing Research methodologies and techniques. Ongoing Professional Development is top priority at Forethought and as such employees have access to a range of training and development programs, including training with internationally renowned Marketing Research experts.
At Forethought we recruit from the following disciplines:
- Double degrees with a Marketing major
- Honours degrees - particularly Marketing, Maths, Science, Engineering or Psychology
- Post-graduate degrees
- Post-Doctorate - PhD students
The successful candidates will have:
- Excellent marks - Distinction average or above AND
- Extra-curricular involvement OR
- Work experience - not necessarily in the industry OR
- Leadership experience
The type of people who succeed at Forethought are:
- Achievers - enduring need for achievement; volunteer for extra-curricular positions, leadership or work experience
- Intelligent - pick up new skills quickly, have good marks
- People-oriented - have strong interpersonal skills and can work with clients
- Team-oriented - can work well within a team; contribute to the team; go above and beyond their role
- Flexible - can work across many facets of a project
- Tenacious - respond well to feedback, cope when things don’t go to plan
- Good at time management - can balance many things at once and still do all well
Our training is inclusive of world experts and every year selected staff members are invited to attend the most prestigious international marketing research conferences. At Forethought we encourage and support employees with the continuation of relevant studies.
Our graduate training programmes include:
- End to end marketing research process
- End to end project management
- Proposal writing
- Questionnaire development
- Field work overview
- Report writing
- Quantitative methodologies
- Client management
Our graduate recruitment programme will commence in April 2009. The positions will commence in March/June 2010, or earlier if your availability is earlier.
As a graduate analyst with Forethought consulting, the work you will be involved in will include:
- Client liaison - attending client meetings and briefings
- Completing project tasks for clients within your team
- Converting client briefs into discussion guides for in-depth interviews
- Conducting industry- or methodology-specific research
- Conducting primary qualitative interviews
- Summarising focus groups, interviews and quantitative data
- Interpreting analysis findings and relating them in a clear and concise manner
- Preparing draft reports for clients
- Preparing draft presentations
- Identifying value-add recommendations using Forethought tools and methodology
- Attending internal and client presentations as well as focus groups and interviews
- Establishing and designing questionnaires
- Attending internal training
- Attending team and company meetings
Please send a resume to careers@forethought.com.au. You can address this application to:
Karen Cohen, Talent Acquisition Manager.
Please include:
- Academic transcripts
- Letter of introduction - 1 page only - addressing skills and attributes stated above, as well as addressing the following: why you believe a career in Marketing Research appeals to you
The interview process will happen in April/May 2010, but late applications will still be considered throughout the year.
The process may include:
- Phone or face to face interview with Talent Manager
- Interview with team manager and team member
- Interview with Managing Partner
- Meetings with team members
Enquiries can be addressed to:
Karen Cohen, Talent Manager
Forethought Research
Phone: +61 3 9614 3000
Email: karen.cohen@forethought.com.au
