Consultant - AI-Powered Quant/Qual

Ready to build your research experience at pace, with real variety?

This is a standout opportunity to advance your research career in the fast-evolving world of AI-powered insight – with Verve, an award-winning agency leading the way in combining human truth with artificial intelligence.

We’re Verve, an insight consultancy trusted by major brands to deliver sharper, smarter decisions through a powerful blend of human understanding and cutting-edge AI. Our platform, Vero, brings together real-world data, cultural intelligence, and machine-learning tools to create new ways of understanding people - through simulations, scenario-building, and always-on audience insight. It’s not just about doing research faster, it’s about doing it better - pushing for answers that are sharper, more imaginative, and firmly grounded in human truth.

We work with a wide range of clients including Samsung, Mars, the BBC, John Lewis Partnership, Colgate-Palmolive, and Zurich - helping them navigate brand, comms, CX and innovation challenges with greater clarity and speed.

We’re growing quickly and looking for a new Market Research Consultant to join our Manchester team.

What the role offers

This is a great next step for someone with 1–2 years of primary research experience in the commercial sector who wants to build their skills and confidence in a fast-moving, supportive environment.

You’ll work across a wide range of clients, sectors and project types, combining traditional techniques with new approaches powered by AI. You’ll get early exposure to innovative tools like Verve Intelligent Personas (VIPs) - realistic, validated audience simulations - and see how data is analysed, structured and used in new ways through Maven, our machine-learning engine.

Verve is changing the way insight gets done. That means we’re looking for ambitious thinkers: people who are proactive, up for learning fast, open to experimenting, and ready to challenge convention when something better is possible.

The work is varied, the pace is quick, and the opportunity to grow is real.

What we’re looking for

• 1–2 years’ hands-on experience in market research (quant, qual or mixed methods)
• Curiosity about AI and new technologies in insight
• Someone proactive and collaborative, who enjoys working in a high-performing team
• Based in or near Manchester and happy to be in the office at least 2 days a week

This is a role that gives you both breadth and depth - from audience understanding to concept testing, foresight, and comms development. If you’re looking to grow your research career in a role that’s varied, stretching and future-facing, we’d love to hear from you.

Find out more:

View the full job spec on Verve's website.

How to apply:

Just fill in this Google Form – you’ll need to upload your CV, a short video, and answer two open-ended questions.