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Internship Opportunities - Synovate (Chicago, IL)

Job Title:
Market Research Intern

Job Description:
The Market Research Intern will gain hands on work experience from seasoned Market Research Professionals! The Intern may gain exposure to the following areas: Market Research Fundamentals, Market Research Project Management, Data Collection, and Sampling.

• Requirements:
  • Student pursuing a Bachelors or Masters Degree in marketing, business, social sciences, etc.
  • Coursework, knowledge, or interest in the market research field.
  • Prior market research related school projects and/or internships a plus.
  • Good verbal and written communication skills.
  • Able to work in a fast paced work environment with minimal supervision.
  • Able to prioritize, multitask and remain organized.
  • Self motivated with a desire to succeed.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • SPSS or SAS experience a plus.
• Responsibilities:
  • Provide support to the Data Collection and/or Account Group Teams.
  • Provide support with questionnaires.
  • Review documents for quality assurance.
  • Create basic reports, assist with projects, and other administrative duties.
• Job specific duties include: Conduct research into media inquiries for media relations staff; Respond to media inquiries; Use excel media tracker to record all placements; Serve in a back-up role in answering media inquiries via phone and taking messages for senior staff; Write original content for talking points, press releases and media alerts; Provide writing assistance for other projects including NMH.org; Help maintain an accurate and up to date record of all media placements; Help maintain an organized log of all media segments; Assist in compiling e-news report; Filing / department organizing as needed; Update/compile media lists; Assisting with incoming phone inquiries.

Company Description:
Synovate is the world’s most curious company. We’re market researchers! Our job is to learn what people like, and why they like the things they like. The work we do at Synovate is continuously stretching the definitions of conventional market research. We operate across 6 continents, in 51 countries and 24 time zones. We are proud to be ranked one of the top 10 market research firms worldwide!

**This is an unpaid internship for school credit only**

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