A pioneer in scholarly open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. Our mission is to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines. We operate more than 350 diverse, peer-reviewed, open access journals supported by over 35,500 academic editors. We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and broadly available.

MDPI is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland with additional offices in Europe, Asia and North America. We are committed to ensuring that high-quality research is made available as quickly as possible. We also support sustainability projects, with sustainability as a key theme in many journals and through the MDPI Sustainability Foundation.

At MDPI, we’re looking for a Market Research Lead (80-100%) to join the Marketing and Communications team in Manchester/remote UK. Enjoy the freedom to create, field and deliver projects to better understand our audience and stakeholders with brighter solutions for MDPI. In everything that we do, our mission is to advance open science and scientific exchange. In this role, you will generate data and insights to support activities across priority markets, and key MDPI functions with insights needed for internal strategic planning and provide the data necessary for effective engagement with stakeholder. 

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Lead quantitative and qualitative MDPI research projects with markets and internal departments
• Generate strategic insights, recommendations and action plans for MDPI services and initiatives
• Ensure the development of market intelligence briefs and regular reports to facilitate the decision making of the Management Team
• Develop new methodologies and innovative tools
• Prepare consumer insights analyses and establish internal reporting of quantitative studies
• Possibility to take over a small team in an international environment

Your Profile:

• 5+ years working experience in Market Research & Insights
• 2+ years’ experience working with insights research (agency or client side)
• Social Science / Marketing background would be an asset
• Strong project management skills; proven ability to design qualitative and quantitative research
• Strong analytical skills with excellent understanding of statistics
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate with teams across the entire organization
• Results-orientated with a can-do attitude
• Curious, organized and proactive team player

What we offer:

Join MDPI Marketing and Communications team and you too can

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to experiment and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with cross-department colleagues.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our size and scale provides opportunities to progress.
• Be exposed to high visibility research projects that will shape academic publishing for scientists around the world.