Research Manager (Mat Leave)

Is this the role for you?

Viewer Insight sits at the heart of the Paramount business and understanding our existing and potential viewers informs everything we do.  

This role will work across all channels in the portfolio to deliver actionable insight to drive creative and commercial success. You will be a voice of the viewer for our internal partners.

What will you be doing?

• Provide a full audience insight service for the 5 FTA portfolio – linear and streaming
• Provide daily insight to key partners including, but not exhaustive of Commissioners, Acquisitions, Scheduling, Press, Marketing and Strategy
• Continue to evolve the business understanding of viewing beyond linear TV using As Viewed reporting and other external data sets
• Work closely with the streaming team to ensure joined up knowledge and metrics
• Run and manage high profile marketing quant tracker
• Run and manage ad hoc qualitative research projects
• Work closely with Marketing and Creative teams to measure campaign success
• Represent 5 and Paramount on Barb Workstreams
• Manage relationships with external research partners
• Manage other members of the team
• Work closely with the entire Viewer Insight and Analytics, Airtime and Forecasting team
• Provide strategic insight to the wider Paramount business

What are we looking for?

• Experienced researcher ideally from a media background
• Highly numerate and competent at analysing large datasets to deliver actionable insight
• Exceptional excel skills
• Experience of managing team members
• Exceptional degree of knowledge of Barb and As Viewed Data
• Knowledge of scripting surveys using Decipher or similar software
• Detailed knowledge of data systems including Techedge, TV Beat and Adobe
• Detailed knowledge of intelligence services such as Ampere
• Good Microsoft office skills – powerpoint being key
• Strong attention to details
• Strong written, verbal and presentation communication skills
• Ability to work with autonomy and take responsibility for your own workload

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Channel 5 is an award-winning public service broadcaster and the UK's third latest commercial TV station,  reaching 3 in 4 of the UK viewing public each month. The channel has a diverse schedule of original programmes across genres including issue-led documentaries,  popular factual,  accessible history,  stunning natural history,  inclusive entertainment and reality,  top level sport,  high quality scripted programming,  headline-grabbing current affairs and critically acclaimed children's and news programming. Channel 5 is a unit of Paramount Global. 

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet. 

At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status. 

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