Research Manager (Insights & Analytics)

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Company

Global sports and entertainment agency providing talent representation, brand consulting, partnership strategy, media rights, sponsorship, and advisory services.

What you will do

• Establish and build the regional Insights & Analytics function for domestic and international clients.
• Advise clients on partnership opportunities and evaluate partnership rights and asset portfolios.
• Generate insights for campaign strategy and channel planning across existing and new business.
• Design, implement, and manage campaign measurement and evaluation frameworks.
• Identify growth opportunities among existing clients and support new Middle East-based business development.
• Collaborate with client servicing, strategy, London, and US-based Insights & Analytics teams.

Requirements

• Considerable experience in a data or analytical role at an agency, consultancy, brand, or rights holder in sports or media.
• Experience working in the Middle East or with Middle Eastern-based clients and brands.
• Strong data literacy and extensive experience with analytical tools such as NetBase, Meltwater, CreatorIQ, TGI, GWI, or YouGov.
• Excellent spoken English required; Arabic is highly desirable.
• Experience conducting research using qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
• Ability to translate multiple data sources into concise, coherent, and actionable recommendations while working across time zones and tight deadlines.

Nice to have

• Arabic language skills.
• Experience in marketing or brand strategy.
• Curiosity about consumer trends, technology, and socio-political forces affecting media, sports, and entertainment.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to help build a newly launched UAE-based Brand Consulting team.
• Exposure to domestic, international, sports, and entertainment industry projects.
• Collaboration with established teams across London and the United States.
• Work with a broad portfolio of proprietary and syndicated data tools.