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Market Research Associate

Gravity Research is hiring a Market Research Associate to support Gravity Research’s Political and Reputational Vetting Service. 

Gravity Research, born of National Journal, is a premier custom research and insights organization supporting corporate, association, and nonprofit clients. Our mission is to empower organizations to anticipate risk, spot opportunities, and rationalize reputational concerns against a backdrop of evolving public pressures. 

What is Gravity Research's Political and Reputational Vetting Service?

The Political and Reputational Vetting service provides corporate marketing offices with custom analysis on celebrities and influencers to help inform their partnership decisions and manage reputational risk. Using our research and expertise, we also create content tailored to clients’ needs, delivering customized profiles, executive briefings, and programming to top tier Washington professionals. We are looking for curious and innovative entry-level researchers and consultants interested in helping corporations smartly navigate their marketing strategies.

The Role

Associates on the Political and Reputational Vetting team use a range of qualitative methods to research individuals’ suitability for brand campaigns and potentially controversial behavior, and use our media monitoring tools to track rapidly changing situations. Associates will also use qualitative methods to research political candidates’ policy positions and behavior. Additionally, associates will work on product development initiatives as the team begins to expand the services we offer to clients.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

  • Conducting thorough research on individuals’ potentially controversial conduct, previous brand affiliations, and alignment with client’s brand identity
  • Assisting with research on political candidates’ policy positions and potentially controversial actions, statements, and affiliations
  • Writing clear, succinct summaries of large amounts of data
  • Drafting deliverables, including PowerPoint presentations, memos, and other formats to communicate findings to clients
  • Managing research for multiple client accounts and internal initiatives; taking responsibility for the timely delivery of all work
  • Collaborating with team members to develop research methodologies
  • Contributing to product development by crafting new and innovative approaches to producing the analytic work, optimizing operations, and perfecting the research product

Qualifications Of The Ideal Candidate

  • An excellent academic record; bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
  • Up to 2 years of post-undergraduate experience in politics, marketing, research, consulting, or another relevant professional setting
  • Experience in qualitative research required; experience in a detail-oriented role, such as copyediting, preferred
  • Strong research skills and an unflagging commitment to objective, thorough work
  • Excellent writing skills; ability to distill large amounts of information into concise summaries and analytic conclusions
  • Adaptability; able to quickly adjust to evolving timelines and priorities, ready to learn new systems and adapt research and writing to product-specific guidelines
  • Outstanding time management and judgment; demonstrated proficiency managing competing project priorities and adhering to timelines
  • Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Demonstrated interest in politics and popular culture; instincts for evaluating tone and staying power of news coverage and social media activity
  • Outstanding client-service ethic
  • Entrepreneurial spirit; track record of helping to build new initiatives from conception to execution

Employment Type: Full-time

Compensation: The salary range for this role is $48,000-$52,000

Location: This job is based in Washington, DC. Gravity Research operates on a hybrid schedule, with employees required to be in the office every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.