Junior Market Research Specialist

South Pole is an energetic, global company offering comprehensive sustainability solutions and services.
With offices spanning all continents across the globe, we strive to create a sustainable society and economy that positively impacts our climate, ecosystems and developing communities.
With our solutions, we inspire and enable our customers to create value from sustainability-related activities.
Our Marketing and Communications teams are the key ambassadors of our corporate brand.
From overseeing the way in which we approach our clients and showcase our products and services, to positioning South Pole as a global thought leader in the fight for climate action, we sharpen and strengthen our brand positioning and multiply our impact in the market through our strong value proposition.
If you are a smart, ambitious and dynamic professional with a strong passion to make a real difference in the fight against climate change, the below position may be right for you!
**Job summary**:
As a Junior Market Research Specialist, you are responsible for executing all incoming market research tasks.
You will play an active role in managing and maintaining the prospect databases and ensuring Salesforce accurately reflects our best view of the market.
You will engage with the wider Marketing and Sales teams to present the information with the right tools and through learning sessions in collaboration with the senior market research specialist.
You will prepare target lists and conduct background research to support campaign development, using the company segmentation model, different personas and different industries and regions.
In addition, you will research background information on newly identified leads to brief the key account and business development team.
**Main tasks & responsibilities**:

- Conduct market insights screening and update Salesforce to show ambition data for prospects and clients
- Regularly add new accounts, clean up segmentation model and maintain account level data in Salesforce
- Communicate with marketing and sales to ensure accurate understanding of data in dashboards and clarify open questions
- Support with ad hoc market insights requests, including, benchmarking, and data research
- Support contact research and target list creation for marketing campaigns in different sectors
- Conduct internet-based market research to identify contact details of potential leads
- Support Public Advisory prospects screening

**Requirements**:
Essential
- Degree in a related discipline such as Marketing, Management, or Business Administration
- Experience conducting high-quality market research activities and reports
- Good understanding of market research activities and how those link to new business generation
- Proven experience in customer relationship management, preferably using Salesforce or a similar system
- Proficiency in English
- Excellent written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately to a specific audience
- Excellent skills in handling spreadsheets such as GoogleSheets and Excel
- Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team as well as independently

Desirable
- Eagerness to grow and learn in an evolving environment
- Good planning skills
- Ideally proficiency in other data analytics and business intelligence tools such as Tableau, GDS, etc.
- Diligent, reliable, and proactive
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced international environment
- Passion for environmental issues and understanding of sustainability, CSR and related topics

**What we offer**:
At South Pole, we care about our employees as much as we care about the planet.
South Pole is not just an employer, we are a Team.
South Pole does not just offer people a job, we offer you a career.
By joining our team, you will find strong purpose and deep meaning in everything you do.
You will have the chance to make a real difference for our clients and for the planet, working alongside a passionate team of like-minded colleagues, while building your knowledge/skills and developing your career in a fun, dynamic, international and fast-growing organisation.
We're a planet of 7.5 billion unique and different people.
We all have a contribution to make and South Pole is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status or disability.
Our recruitment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.