Apply: Retail Week - Analyst

We’re Retail Week.
 
Retail Week is the leading authority on retailing in the UK, providing industry news, insightful analysis, comment and key data. We cover the entire UK retail sector, including, food, fashion, home and DIY, entertainment and general merchandise as well as e-tail, multi-channel, store interiors, finance, technology and property.

About the role

We're looking for a Retail Analyst to join our team in London. As part of our Content team, your key responsibilities will include:

• Working in a team of analysts, you will be tasked with creating and maintaining in-depth profiles on a wide range of retailers, including key individuals leading those businesses
• Ensure that the retailer insight is as up to date as possible through quantitative and qualitative research as well as in-depth interviews with key decision makers
• Converting data into actionable insights & analysis and produce well-written content
• Produce trend-led articles, looking at the macro trends in the sector and picking out interesting themes and producing agenda-setting content.
• Assist the sales team with client meetings and there will be opportunities to deliver trend presentations to customers.
• Drive usage of Prospect data and analysis within the core Retail Week brand.

 
Your experience
 

• The role requires an analytical and creative mindset in equal measure
• You must also be able to perform in a time sensitive environment and initiate updates when events happen
• The ideal candidate could be a recent graduate with one or two years of experience within media or market research companies.

 
What we offer    
 
We offer our employees a great package of perks, including:

• 25 days of holiday per year – with the option to buy or sell between 1-5 days
• Great learning and development opportunities
• Bonus, Pension, Private Medical and Dental Insurance plans
• Life Assurance; Income Protection and Critical Illness covers
• Option to opt into the Ascential Shares Scheme
• Volunteering opportunities

 
In addition, we offer flexible benefit packages that include Childcare Vouchers; Cycle to Work; Retail Vouchers; Gourmet Card; Gym Flex; Gadget Insurance, Health Assessments and Will Writing.
 
We also place great importance on health, lifestyle and wellbeing consistently, in which you will have the options to fuel up on free fruit, attend yoga sessions, join our running club, or perhaps taking up on a lunchtime massages.
 
More information provided on:
https://careers.ascential.com/our-benefits
 
About Ascential
 
Retail Week is a part of the Ascential group.
 
Each of our products and brands has its own unique heritage and voice, but all align to one common goal: to enable an eco-system that better informs and connects the business world.
 
Here at Ascential, we have a deep knowledge of our customers, their businesses and industries. Our aim is for our products – increasingly offered both face to face and online - to offer content and connections that professionals rely on for growth and value creation.
 
Operating from 14 offices around the world, Ascential serves customers in more than 150 countries, providing local and global knowledge, connections and access.
 
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