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Business and Related Research Professionals

Business and related research professionals carry out a variety of research activities for the broadcast and print media, for the police and armed forces intelligence services, for national security agencies and in other non-scientific areas.

Daily Tasks

  • Discusses possible changes that need to be made in terms of design, price, packaging, marketing and promotion etc. in light of market research with appropriate departments.
  • Manages and directs research, collates and interprets findings and presents results to clients.
  • Liaises with client to understand their market research needs, establishes an appropriate quantitative and qualitative market research methodology and prepares proposals outlining programmes of work and details of costs.
  • Deals with copyright issues and negotiates fees.
  • Liaises with client on the appropriate image/s to be used.
  • Researches images for clients in a wide range of media using specialist picture libraries and archives, museums, galleries etc., or commissions new images.
  • Presents findings in the required format, via written reports or presentations.
  • Provides support to criminal intelligence or to military or other security operations by gathering and verifying intelligence data and sources.
  • Provides administrative support for programme development such as booking facilities.
  • Briefs presenters, scriptwriters or journalists as required via verbal or written reports.
  • Research sources for accurate factual material, finds suitable contributors to programmes or print features and deals with any copyright issues.
  • Liaises with production team to generate and develop ideas for film, television and radio programmes.

£24,048

Entry Level Salary

£33,678

Average Salary

£58,681.50

Potential Salary

Number of Jobs

224

Past two years

120

This year

913

7 year projection

What are the key skills for this job?

What course level do I need to study?

Required Level

Requirement Percent

Level 1

2%

Level 2

4%

Level 3

10%

Level 4-5 (Higher Education)

6%

Level 6 (Bachelors)

44%

Level 7 (Masters or equivalent)

21%

Level 8 (Doctorate)

12%

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