About The Role We’re looking for an experienced (c.7years +) insight and innovation practitioner who believes inbuilding market leading client recommendations based on a deepunderstanding of consumer psychology and behaviour. You will applyand progress the C Space Way of doing client work and willconstantly look to push the quality of our client recommendationsfurther. You will have a proven track record in hands-on insight(qual and/or quant), focusing specifically on innovation projects.In the role, you’ll sell & deliver high-impact innovationprojects and work together with your Innovation Director to createthought leadership and training for the team. * Reporting into oneof our Innovation Directors, your role is focused in three mainareas: * Delivering market leading work within your practice area *Supporting in the sale of new programmes of work to new clients *Building a thriving Innovation Crew within C Space (alongside yourDirector) We expect you to spend the majority of your time (60%)leading & delivering chargeable client work – across long termprogrammes of work and ad hoc projects. You will work with yourDirector to see how to advance the thinking in Innovation so youcan develop proprietary IP (approaches, models and frameworks, etc)and training which you would share with the rest of the business.This role is setting you towards a direction of becoming a marketleading expert in innovation; speaking at conferences, drivingforward new thinking and approaches, coaching upcoming talent innew models, frameworks and approaches. As part of this, we’d expectthat you are actively experimenting with different technologies andAI tools to enhance the innovation process. We would also expectyou to work on new-new opportunities – pitches / proposals / RFIsas well as build strong client relationships deep intoorganisations, accessing new buying centres. This role may havesome line management responsibility. You should have A toolkit madeup of a variety of innovation methodologies: You understanddifferent methodologies within innovation (e.g. trends, innovationsprints, co-creation with consumers and clients, onlinecommunities, opportunity sizing, white space identification,proposition design, go-to-market or launch strategy). You getenergy across the innovation journey – from opportunity areacreation, trends research and ideation to concept writing andworking with the client on implementation. Specialised innovationexpertise: You will have honed an expertise within innovation (i.e.a type of innovation such as service or proposition design, or aspecific sector focus). You can fluently and confidently expressthe consumer and market dynamics within the sectors you have workedacross. Experience in IRL workshop facilitation: You thrive offfast-paced work and enjoy designing and running IRL co-creationworkshops and sprints. A sense of “team”, shared ownership andpassion for coaching: You enjoy working as a team and can bothupskill junior team members on the job, as well as bring in seniorteam members at the right point. The ability to influence keystakeholders: You get energy from getting stuck into clientchallenges and you’re comfortable running workshops and interviewswith senior client stakeholders. You are able to simplify andclarify the way forward for clients and advise/influence/challengestakeholders across the business. A curiosity-led mindset: You areintrigued by different ways of running innovation approaches andare constantly looking outside day-to-day projects and to parallelworlds for inspiration. A commercial mindset: This role is sellingAND doing, and you may have a target that you’re responsible for.Of course, we’ll get you support from our dedicated Growth team,but you are entrepreneurial and enjoy making a sale. You also mustbe comfortable and confident managing scope, pushing back onclients when their asks are unreasonable, so that projects aredelivered on time and on margin. About C Space We are the world’sleading insight community, customer strategy and innovationexperts, putting relationships at the heart of business to drivegrowth. We make relationships count by building mutual valuebetween people and brands as the ultimate competitive advantage. Aspart of Escalent Group, we’re a team of 1,800 researchers, datascientists, moderators, creatives, developers and UX professionals.We put the power of our customer expertise, Escalent’s industryexpertise and Hall & Partner’s brand expertise at yourfingertips. Desired Experience & Ethos * Strong relationshipbuilder. You get your energy from working with others and reallylistening to their needs. * Successful problem solving. You have acreative outlook, ‘Yes, and’ attitude and the ability to bring newthinking to problems with energy and enthusiasm. * Demonstrategravitas and EQ in all your stakeholder management interactions:you can manage relationships with both senior and junior teammembers, and bring people of all levels into exploring solutions togiven problems and communicating those solutions in a way thatensures buy-in. * Able to balance commercial needs with peopleneeds. You can operate, and deliver, within a fast-pacedenvironment whilst appreciating the individual differences ofpeople and their resourcing constraints. * Super organised. You’vedeveloped ways of working to successfully juggle multiple needs atthe same time. You understand what goes into a successfulend-to-end innovation project, can think several stages ahead andbring the team with you/ delegate accordingly. * Greatcommunicator. You have excellent creative writing and oralcommunication skills. * Ownership and able to work autonomously andmake judgement calls about how projects should run. * Flexibilityand adaptability so you can pivot and adapt priorities as projectsrun their course. * Growth mindset and passion for new ways ofworking – always being on the lookout for how we can add most valueto our clients. We pride ourselves on our friendly buthigh-performing culture. We love people who are self-starters, seethe glass as half-full and thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurialenvironment: six directors of the EMEA business have started theircareer at C Space as entry level consultants. About We arepassionate about our people and proud of our culture. We have six‘behaviours’ to ensure that we are delivering fantastic work,continuing to learn and develop and building a high-performanceculture which creates opportunities for those who work here: * I’vegot this: taking responsibility, doing what we say we will. * Onlyaccept awesome: delivering high quality work that we are proud ofand has impact. * Show the love: celebrating successes &ensuring everyone has a voice. * Do what scares you: challengingourselves, taking risks and learning more. * Tell it like it is:being honest and freeing ourselves from "office politics" and"hidden agendas". * Open up and listen: Listening first and fullybefore we respond or react. Salary/Package Alongside a competitivestarting salary and bonus structure we offer a comprehensive suiteof benefits – from a contributory pension, private medicalinsurance, cycle to work, paid sabbatical, individual wellbeingfunding, free breakfasts, weekly drinks and regular company socialsincluding our Summer Sports day and renowned Christmas parties too.J-18808-Ljbffr
