Research Associate (AI Market Research)

Location: Hybrid; based in the Washington, DC, Chicago, IL, or New York, NY offices

Salary: $66,000 annual base salary, plus eligible variable compensation and equity grant

Company

hirify.global is a global decision intelligence company combining proprietary high-frequency data with rigorous analysis to inform decisions about what people think and how they will act.

What you will do

• Support foundational market research projects and apply research methodology and execution best practices.
• Partner with Research Managers and Directors to design custom survey frameworks, questionnaire logic, and data analysis structures.
• Refine questionnaires, analytical memos, and executive slide decks while maintaining data accuracy, formatting, and narrative quality.
• Support quality assurance and produce accurate client deliverables with Research Operations.
• Build relationships across Commercial and Strategy teams and learn to use internal and external tools across the project lifecycle.
• Integrate AI tools and automation, including Claude, ChatGPT, and proprietary models, to improve research quality, synthesize insights, and increase operational efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Business, Statistics, Data Analytics, Market Research, Public Policy, or Data Science, or equivalent experience.
• At least one relevant communications, marketing, insights, client-service, research, or related experience through an internship, project coursework, or professional work; a structured internship or cohort program is a plus.
• Applied research exposure, ideally involving questionnaires or data that produced a deliverable.
• Fluency in Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and associated tools.
• Experience working with and interpreting data sets.
• Comfort using AI tools and understanding where they help and where they fall short.
• Strong group collaboration, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Leadership or project ownership in an academic, professional, or extracurricular setting, plus a solid academic record.

Nice to have

• Light coding experience such as R, advanced spreadsheet skills, or familiarity with data structures.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, two-year cohort-based Research Accelerator program starting in July 2027, progressing from Research Associate in Year 1 to Senior Research Associate in Year 2.
• Structured onboarding, continuous Learning & Development programming, individualized coaching, and a path toward Research Manager.
• Work alongside research, strategy, operations, sales, product, tooling, and client strategy teams.
• Open-concept offices with catered lunch on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, plus beverages available in the office.
• Additional variable compensation and an equity grant are available; benefits are provided through hirify.global.

Hiring process

• Apply by December 31, 2026; applications submitted later will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
• The Summer 2027 cohort starts in July 2027.