Research Recruitment & Sample Manager

Description

Use your powers for good as a Research Recruitment & Sample Manager for Marketing for Change Co., a national research and creative firm propelled by behavioral science and dedicated to driving positive social change.

We're looking for a resourceful, people-oriented professional to find and engage participants for consumer research, especially people whose voices are often harder to reach.

In this role, you'll build and manage our systems for recruiting participants for focus groups, interviews, online research communities and other qualitative studies. You'll also manage relationships with survey panel and sample providers to help us obtain high-quality samples for quantitative research.

You'll also build relationships with nonprofits, service providers and community organizations to help us reach older adults, people with lower incomes and other audiences traditional research channels often miss.

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain a national community recruitment network of nonprofits, service providers and other trusted organizations that help us reach difficult-to-recruit audiences.
• Develop lasting relationships with community partners and create a system for tracking their audiences, geographic reach and our history working together.
• Build and manage our participant recruitment system, including processes for screening, scheduling, communications, incentives, confirmations and tracking.
• Develop and test creative recruitment strategies across grassroots, community and digital channels to reach specific audiences.
• Manage recruitment for qualitative studies, either directly or through outside recruiting partners, ensuring we meet participant quotas, timelines and quality expectations.
• Build and maintain relationships with survey panel and sample providers, obtaining bids, comparing costs and feasibility, and coordinating sample delivery for quantitative studies.
• Monitor recruitment and sample performance, identify challenges early and work with internal teams and vendors to find solutions.
• Track what works across projects, partners and recruitment methods to improve efficiency, sample quality and representation over time.

Requirements

What We're Seeking

• 2–5 years of relevant experience in community organizing, community outreach, consumer research recruitment, grassroots engagement, field research or similar work.
• A strong relationship builder and organizer who knows how to identify community partners, earn their trust and maintain meaningful connections.
• Someone resourceful and proactive who can figure out how to reach difficult-to-find audiences and adjust approaches when something isn't working.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage recruitment logistics, timelines, participant communications and multiple projects.
• Experience working with outside vendors, including comparing proposals, managing costs and monitoring performance.
• An understanding of, or interest in learning, quantitative research sampling, including panel providers, quotas, incidence, feasibility and sample quality.
• Someone who enjoys building systems and improving processes to make recruitment more efficient, consistent and scalable.
• A collaborative communicator who works well with researchers, strategists, project managers and community partners.
• A commitment to inclusive research and social change, with an interest in ensuring that people affected by important programs and policies have a voice in shaping them.

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Washington, DC metro area preferred. This is a hybrid position requiring in-person work at our DC-area office at least one day per week. We value the collaboration and connection that come from working together in person.

Salary Range: $55,000–$65,000 annually, depending on experience.

About Marketing for Change

We are an advertising and research agency that leverages the power of social psychology, neuroscience and behavioral economics to advance social causes. Founded in 2005, Marketing for Change helps foundations, nonprofits, governments and companies "do good better."

Our 30-plus team includes copywriters, filmmakers, designers, researchers, developers and strategists, not to mention musicians, artists, podcasters, kayakers and mountaineers. Because that part of life is just as important as work.

Some of the Perks

• We care about each other. We check in. We advocate and cover for each other. We cheer each other on. And we like to hang out.
• We offer a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, sick and holiday leave, 401(k) matching contributions, and paid parental leave. We offer a range of health plans including PPO and HSA healthcare, as well as dental, disability and life insurance.
• We are a deliberately developmental workplace. That means we will help you develop and pursue professional goals that match your life goals and purpose.
• We prioritize balance and flexibility. We are at our desks most days for 8 hours, not 10. We are open to schedule adjustments and flexible schedules.
• We are a flat organization. Everyone's ideas are valued. Anyone can spearhead a new company initiative or make change.
• We care about social change. We show up each day as part of a fun and friendly work culture to do inspiring work that makes the world a better place

We know applying for a job takes time and trust, and we appreciate both! At Marketing for Change, real people review every application and make every hiring decision. We may use technology to help along the way, but people remain at the heart of our process. Thanks for considering us. We're glad you're here!

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check and Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification.

To learn more about us, check out MarketingforChange.com.

Marketing for Change is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe staff diversity enhances our work. We consider applicants regardless of race, religion, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status or disability.