Overview

WARC - Research Executive - 12 Month FTC

Informa Festivals marks an exciting new chapter in B2B events, bringing together some of the world's most influential creative, technology and business festivals. We’re combining prestigious events like Cannes Lions, Black Hat, Money20/20, GDC, and London Tech Week with cutting-edge marketing intelligence platforms and advisory services to deliver unmissable experiences and insights.

Our festival-led approach reimagines traditional B2B events, creating immersive experiences that drive innovation and industry advancement. Building on decades of expertise and powered by Informa's international reach, we're shaping the next generation of business festivals.

We’re part of Informa, a global business with a network of trusted brands in specialist markets across more than 30 countries, and a member of the FTSE 100 who are #3 in Glassdoor\'s Best Places to Work 2025 UK list.

Location: Based in 5 Howick Place office.

Responsibilities

• Conduct desk research into pivotal marketing industry issues and write concise reports across a range of categories and topics.
• Provide qualitative and quantitative analysis across internal and external sources to support deliverables such as WARCs advertising spend forecasts.
• Collate qualitative and quantitative insights from partners in 100 countries, perform quality assurance, and clean/process data for pipelines and neural network modeling.
• Produce market forecasts and associated commentary to assist clients in their day-to-day strategic planning.
• collate, processing and verify advertising and media-related data from 100 countries.
• Query databases to extract information for clients and the wider editorial team.
• Write articles and summary reports based on insights within the database.
• Communicate with the data & intelligence team to prioritise workloads and maintain high standard of quality across automated pipelines.
• Proofread copy and conduct QA across WARC’s automated pipelines.
• Forecast future trends in advertising investment and media consumption.

Qualifications

• You are a recent graduate or young professional fascinated by research, media and advertising and its intersection with business and society.
• You are comfortable working with large data sets and proficient at pulling insights and trends from data.
• You have an eye for detail and are adept at visual storytelling.
• Excellent written and spoken English is essential.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel, HTML, SQL, JSON and Python skills are crucial.
• Strong organisational abilities, with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• You are inquisitive, engaging and a good team player. A background in economics is a distinctive advantage.

Additional Information

We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. We work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not in an office or at an Informa event, you have the flexibility to work from home or remotely.

We strive to make Life at Informa rewarding, supportive and enjoyable. See what our colleagues have to say at LifeAt.Informa.com.

Benefits

• Great community: welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, Walk the World charity day, and diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: up to four days per year to volunteer, charity match funding available
• Career opportunity: bespoke training, mentoring platforms and access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning; internal job moves supported
• Time out: 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after two years, birthday leave, and flexible work location for up to four weeks a year
• Flexible personal benefits and company-funded private medical cover
• ShareMatch scheme for Informa shares
• Wellbeing support through EAP, mental health first aiders, living subsidy, health apps, and more
• Recognition through global awards and kudos programs
• Opportunity to collaborate with international teams

Equal Opportunity Informa is an Equal Opportunities Employer. If you need reasonable adjustments in the hiring process or position, inform the Talent Acquisition Partner. Your request will be reviewed in confidence. See our website for full information.

See how Informa handles your personal data when you apply for a job here.