Insight Associate (AI-powered Research)

Curious. Thoughtful. Ready to learn fast.

We’re not looking for experience. We’re looking for attitude.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Verve as an Insight Associate, working within an AI-powered market research consultancy.

Whether your background is in humanities, social sciences, business, STEM – or another discipline rooted in critical thinking – we want to hear from you.

Who we are

Verve is an award-winning insight consultancy helping some of the world’s biggest brands – like Samsung, Mars, the BBC and John Lewis Partnership – make smarter decisions with speed and confidence.

We combine deep human understanding with cultural intelligence and cutting-edge AI to answer complex questions about people and the future.

We use a range of research methodologies – from qualitative exploration to advanced quantitative analysis – alongside Vero, our AI-powered platform, where we build human-like simulations, to help us understand and empathise with people’s needs and behaviours.

We don’t just do research quicker – we do it differently. More imaginative. More rigorous. More human.

What we’re offering

This role is all about potential.

You’ll join as an Insight Associate, working across client projects and AI-powered research development, learning how to design research, interpret human behaviour, and use AI as a core part of how you work.

From day one, you’ll be contributing to real work – while being supported to learn fast, experiment, and build confidence.

You’ll:

• Learn how to turn data into meaningful, commercially relevant insight
• Contribute to real client projects across sectors – from innovation to comms and brand strategy
• Be part of a consultancy team that’s embracing next-gen insight approaches
• Get hands-on with cutting-edge AI tools, simulations and workflows – while helping explore and test new ways of delivering insight
• Work closely with a friendly, ambitious team that values experimentation, creativity and collaboration

What we’re looking for

• Someone with strong critical thinking, developed through any discipline or experience. Backgrounds in humanities, social sciences, business, or STEM are of interest, but a formal degree is not required.
• Someone curious about people, culture and technology
• A clear thinker who can structure ideas and communicate them simply and well
• A proactive learner – comfortable with uncertainty, ambiguity and experimentation
• An interest in how AI can improve the way we think, analyse and create
• As a bonus, an interest or aptitude for writing clear, punchy marketing content
• Based in or near London or Manchester and happy to be in the office at least two days a week

Join us

If you’re interested in joining us, please click through to the application link. As part of the process, you’ll be asked to:

• Upload a copy of your CV
• Record a short (1-minute) video introduction and share a link to it (e.g. via Google Drive or another cloud platform)
• Answer a few short questions about yourself

Thank you for your interest in Verve – we look forward to hearing from you.

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