M+C Saatchi is building the agency model of the future. At the heart of this transformation is CEP - our global engine that unites Consulting, Experience, and Performance into one culturally powered growth platform.

We’re looking for a Consultant to work in our Consulting team with a good grounding in brand, business and growth strategy. As a Consultant, you will play an important role in delivering high-quality work for clients across Consulting. The role is for someone with a passion for using qualitative and quantitative research to solve strategic challenges, and who wants to develop their skills across a range of brand insight and strategy projects.

This role will report into an Associate Director and is a full-time role based in our Dayton, OH or New York, NY offices on a hybrid working basis (typically, 3 days a week in the office).

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Consultant role sits within our Brand & Experience Strategy Consulting team and stretches across a breadth of brand/marketing strategy projects (customer strategy, innovation, positioning, portfolio strategy, brand experience strategy & design, commercial growth), qualitative and quantitative research and strategic insight work.

As a Consultant you’ll be a strong contributor to projects, supporting in the delivery of qualitative and quantitative research, developing strategic recommendations and working with senior team members to create compelling project deliverables.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of a range of brand insight, strategy and innovation projects, working closely with Senior Consultants and Directors in the team

• Support qualitative and quantitative insight phases of projects, including contributing to discussion guide and questionnaire design, assisting with fieldwork, and helping to analyze and synthesize findings

• Identify insights from multiple sources e.g. qualitative research, quantitative data, trends, secondary data etc. to inform strategic recommendations

• Support project management, including fieldwork coordination, timeline management and day-to-day client liaison

• Contribute to clear and inspiring debriefs and recommendations, developing presentation narratives with team support

• Communicate clearly with clients, building positive working relationships across key accounts

• Support proposal writing and contribute to new business initiatives

• Work across teams & geographies to deliver projects as required

ABOUT YOU

This role is a fantastic opportunity to be part of an ambitious business where the opportunities are endless.

We’re looking for someone with a stellar mix of relevant experience and skills. Ideally, the successful candidate will have the following experiences and strengths:

• 2–3 years’ experience working within a strategic insight agency, brand consultancy, market research agency or marketing role

• A passion for using qualitative and quantitative research and data to tackle insight, strategy and innovation challenges

• Good analytical skills – ability to analyze problems from multiple perspectives and draw insights from qualitative and quantitative data

• Developing ability to build strategic narratives from insight analysis, with experience of writing and structuring clear presentations

• Strong organizational skills – able to manage multiple workstreams, stay on top of timelines and keep projects running smoothly

• The ability to think laterally and creatively about problems and briefs

• Some experience of contributing to client presentations and workshops

• A genuine curiosity about brands, consumers and culture, with an interest in brand, experience and innovation strategy and how strategy connects to design and activation across channels

WHAT YOU'LL GET

For the right candidate, we will offer a competitive benefits package including: 20 vacation days, 401k match, annual pay reviews, flexible working, and WFH opportunities. Salary is commensurate with experience in the range of $70,000-$85,000 per annum . Full time, permanent role. All candidates must have the ability to work in the US; we are unable to sponsor any work visas for this role.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Sunday 19 April 2026. We reserve the right to close the role to new applications early should we deem it necessary. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis so early application is encouraged.

ABOUT M+C SAATCHI CONSULTING

We are a global brand, strategy and design consultancy with offices in the US, UK, UAE, Australia and Singapore. We build enduring brands that move at the speed of culture and shape what’s next.

We work across verticals and have an amazing list of clients including, PepsiCo, McDonald’s, Toyota and the NFL to name a few.

We’re committed to an ethos of excellence – championing, challenging and supporting one another to stretch and grow. No egos here, simply a diverse group of brilliant, creative people working together every day to create real impact for the world’s biggest brands.

Our New York office is steps from Manhattan’s Madison Square Park. We have a collaborative open-plan space full of natural light, free drinks and snacks, and Team Tuesdays where we all get together for lunch.

Our Dayton office is located in a southern residential suburb with ease of access to major highways. Our cozy office offers us a collaborative working space and weekly lunch with the team!

ABOUT M+C SAATCHI GROUP

M+C Saatchi Group has pledged its commitment to create a company that values difference, with an inclusive culture. As part of this M+C Saatchi Group continues to be an Equal Opportunity Employer which does not and shall not discriminate, celebrates diversity and bases all hiring and promotion decisions solely on merit, without regard for any personal characteristics.

If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please make us aware as part of your application.

All employee information is kept confidential according to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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