Academy Executive

Introducing … the Walnut Academy 2025

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our highly anticipated Academy for 2025. Our Academy is a 12-month immersive entry-level graduate research training programme that has been successfully running for over 10 years. During the programme, you will gain valuable hands-on experience, receive comprehensive structured training, and have dedicated mentorship opportunities. We will be offering opportunities within the FMCG and Tech/Media teams.

After successfully completing the programme, you will graduate to a full Research Executive role. You will work alongside experienced research experts, engaging in a wide range of projects. This will enable you to develop a high level of proficiency in various research methodologies and make a significant impact for brands and organizations.

In addition to honing your practical skills, we provide extra training to accelerate your growth. You will receive practical support and training to obtain the Advanced Certificate in Market and Social Research from the Market Research Society (MRS). This means that upon completion of our Academy, you will possess a recognised industry qualification.

At Walnut, we combine the best of both worlds – traditional quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, along with cutting-edge neuroscience, behavioural science, and AI, and you’ll get to experience it all. You will be assigned to one of our specialist sector teams where you will become fully proficient, whilst getting to experience across other sectors and methodologies.

If you have an insatiable curiosity to better understand people and a strong desire to contribute to making a difference, we would love to hear from you. We prioritise talent and are committed to helping you achieve your personal and professional aspirations.

Applications close on Friday 10th January 2025

Who are we looking for?

We welcome people from all backgrounds and encourage diversity. If you have a relevant degree or equivalent qualification and are seeking an exceptional opportunity to collaborate with top industry professionals, we are eager to hear from you.

Who will you be?

• A motivated self-starter, approaching tasks with a determined mindset and eagerness to learn from new challenges.
• Eager to jump in, have a can-do attitude and relish the chance to tackle new challenges.
• Naturally inquisitive, genuinely interested in understanding human behaviour and investigating it.
• A clear communicator, enjoying interaction with people and working collaboratively as part of a team.
• A problem solver, approaching challenges creatively and striving to find solutions.
• Organised, paying strong attention to detail and demonstrating excellent time management skills.
• Adaptable, comfortable working in various industries, projects, and with different research methodologies (both quantitative and qualitative).
• Flexible, willing to occasionally work from either our London or Winchester office.
• Ready to embrace the Walnut brand, our research, and our values.

What we offer you…

We believe in Hybrid working, which for us is a blend of working remotely and across our teams in London and Winchester. This role we’d expect to see you in the office 2-3 days per week. It’s all about choosing the best environment for you, your team, your manager and the business on any given working day…

• Flexible hybrid working
• 25 Days’ Holiday per annum
• Flex Bank Holidays
• Christmas Closure, Birthday and Volunteer Day
• Contributory Pension, Life Assurance, Eye Tests, Flu Jab
• Cycle to work, and Electric car Schemes

We are Walnut Unlimited: the human understanding agency. Not just researchers, we’re human behaviour experts and attentive consultants.

We are leading the way in blending the latest research techniques and approaches to really understand what people think, say and do. Whether that is applying neuroscience, behavioural science or simply different ways of approaching problems, we are constantly looking for ways to better understand human behaviour.

We Value:

• Respect – Respect for self, for each other and the work that we do.
• Think Beyond– Embraces challenges, no matter how rare. Sees solutions over problems. Finds a way to make things happen.
• Be Inspiring– Inspiring colleagues will embody the traits we aspire to, and help elevate those around them.
• Collaboration – Partnership across colleagues, across the Group, with suppliers and clients to achieve the best outcome.

Need a flavour of what to expect as part of our team? Visit out Instagram feed @WalnutUnlimited or our LinkedIn page (https://www.linkedin.com/company/walnut-ltd/) to see what we’re up to…

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. All candidates will be considered equally, however, unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship.

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