People

The quality of our people not only determines our own success, but also ensures our clients get a blend of the very best that the consulting and market research fields have to offer. White Space conducts an extensive candidate screening process from start to finish giving us an elite team of first class employees.

Graduate Positions

Our Graduate Development Programme provides a fast-track introduction to consultancy, working with White Space's Consumer Research, B2B Strategy, Competitor Strategy and Data Analysis divisions.  You will be based in central Oxford, working with some of the world's biggest companies, analysing their markets and developing insights which help them improve performance.

Your first year with us will be extremely varied, highly demanding but, above all else, fun and rewarding. Client experience is likely to include: Sales & Marketing, Customer Experience, Strategy and Competitive Environment, Proposition Development and New Market Entry.

Position Description

Business Analyst activities and responsibilities will include the following:

• Business development
• Desktop research
• Qualitative primary research
• In-depth telephone research
• Quantitative primary research
• Advanced data analysis; SPSS & Excel modelling
• Strategic thinking; identifying issues and forming hypotheses
• Developing bespoke market sizes
• Presentation writing
• Client presentations
  

We pride ourselves on having an open, friendly working environment and hold regular office days and evenings out. There are regular opportunities for career progression at White Space and amongst other benefits we also offer sabbaticals to staff after they've been with us for two years.

We are always looking for bright, energetic and enthusiastic graduates from leading universities to join our team.  We require a minimum of a 2.1 degree in any subject. Successful candidates will have a track record of high achievement both academically and socially and be ready to take on new challenges. Good communication skills and the ability to build a rapport with people are particularly valued, as is the ability to work in a deadline driven environment.  While business experience is not essential, commercial awareness, confidence with numbers and the ability to build tailored market sizes is desirable. A perfect command of the English language and an excellent phone manner is required.

Applying For The Role

At White Space we offer both immediate starting roles and an annual September position for new and recent graduates.

We require a CV and detailed Covering Letter clearly stating the start date of the role you are interested in (Immediate or Graduate 2012) and how you came to know of the position (University Careers advertising, Website, Local advertising, Google).

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Candidates must be fully eligible to work in the UK and we are unfortunately unable to offer any form of sponsorship for Post Study Visas.

Applications for both Immediate Start and Graduate 2012 roles are now CLOSED until further notice.