Join our team

Our paid internships provide five weeks of experience as a researcher / analyst and the chance to contribute to real-life consultancy projects. We often recruit new permanent team members from our interns.

About the role

These challenging internships are designed for talented and highly numerate final year students interested in economics, strategy, policy and the social world around us.

We need to make an impact with established contacts and prospective new clients. We want fresh and insightful research to start conversations with leaders in business, trade associations and government. You can help us by carrying out thorough desk research, conducting original quantitative analysis and identifying key conclusions and implications. You will communicate your work clearly and concisely through short reports, in presentations and online.

You may be tasked with developing a topic-specific standalone report. Previous topics have included:

• Implications of fiscal and regulatory policy changes on business

• Small, island, rural and coastal economies and communities

• Globalisation, trade, cross-border investment and international finance centres

• United Kingdom macroeconomics and labour market post pandemic

• Local skills gaps

In addition to your standalone report, you will provide ad hoc support to our ongoing consultancy projects. The balance of time you will spend between supporting other projects and on your own report will depend on our workload at the time of your internship.

You will have the opportunity to work with independence and develop your own thinking. You will report to one of our consultants, on a day-to-day basis, with support and coaching from other team members. Regular training sessions in a diverse range of consultancy skills will be provided. In previous years this has included data analysis and modelling, GIS mapping, presenting research findings succinctly to an external audience, reporting and working together in a professional environment.

About you

You will be in your final year or have just completed your degree in economics or related subject. You will be an all-rounder: highly numerate and analytical; able to write precisely and persuasively in English; a clear, lateral and original thinker; articulate and engaging; and interested in policy, economics and the social world around us.

You will understand the importance of evidenced argument, and recognise the role of robust quantification and numerical analysis in the development of sound strategy and policy.

You will be polite and professional, and look forward to working closely with colleagues in a small team.

Our entry-level roles put new graduates on a steep learning curve. You will be exposed to our full range of projects and will be making a contribution to them from Day One.

Permanent researcher / analyst positions are offered to interns or after three-month fixed term contracts.

About the role

You will be a trusted member of our small team and will contribute from the first day. We will depend on you to both deliver our consultancy assignments and support the growth of our business more generally.

You can help us by carrying out thorough desk research, managing programmes of stakeholder and expert interviews, conducting original quantitative analysis, and identifying key conclusions and implications. You will communicate your work clearly and concisely through short reports, in presentations and online.

Tasks and activities vary depending on the projects being undertaken, but they may include:

• Sourcing, synthesizing and interpreting relevant data, insight and publications

• Creating and maintaining spreadsheets, databases and models

• Analysing and interpreting a wide variety of data to draw out key messages and implications

• Coordinating programmes of interviews

• Keeping up to date with local, national and international news which is relevant to a project

• Producing informative and persuasive materials for both technical and non-technical audiences including reports, briefings, presentations and graphics

• Drafting, proof-reading and formatting reports and presentations

• Drafting of social media content, articles and press releases related to our project work

• Supporting business development and marketing activities, including social media

You will have the opportunity to work with independence and develop your own thinking. You will report to one of our consultants or the director, on a day-to-day basis, with support and coaching from other team members. Regular in-house training sessions in a diverse range of consultancy skills will be provided.

About you

A graduate with strong economics or social science research skills, you will be an all-rounder: highly numerate and analytical; able to write precisely and persuasively in English; a clear, lateral and original thinker; articulate and engaging; and interested in policy, economics and the social world around us.

You will have the ability to combine, analyse and extract insight from a variety of large datasets with Excel, and use spreadsheets to model data for forecasting, simulation and evaluation purposes – or you will have the potential to hone these skills quickly.

You will be polite and professional, and able to put clients and project stakeholders at ease. You will understand the pros and cons of working for a small business, and be keen to help develop Pragmatix Advisory commercially and share in its success.

Our marketing and business development executive is a persuasive, goal-oriented professional helping us grow our business.

About the role

You will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities and increasing revenues. You will plan and implement strategies for achieving sales goals, develop business relationships with external contacts and industry groups, and builds awareness of our services within the marketplace.

Duties include:

(i) Planning, researching and delivering direct marketing campaigns across our key service areas. This will include contacting potential customers by telephone, email and social media to generate business, and following up on new business opportunities and organising meetings for our directors and consultants

(ii) Managing day-to-day our social media (predominantly LinkedIn) and website activity, and developing and implementing new ways to use social media to secure greater brand awareness among our target audiences and support direct marketing campaigns

(iii) Arranging and managing online and in-person events for our clients and prospective clients, and identifying and securing our team’s attendance at others’ events that would secure us greater brand awareness among our target audiences and support direct marketing campaigns

(iv) Ensuring the company’s corporate success and good governance through consistent use of CRM and performance tracking tools, and provision of administrative support

(v) Supporting the production of high-quality new business tenders, working closely with the relevant lead director to develop compelling pricing, proposals and presentations

About you

You will likely have prior marketing, sales or business development experience – preferably over two years in a business-to-business, professional services or consultancy environment.

We are looking for someone with:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to persuade and negotiate effectively

• Networking, prospecting and research skills and be capable of a consultative approach working with customers to sustain ongoing active relationships

• High IT proficiency (Microsoft Office365, CRM, LinkedIn Sales Navigator), who can help us be more creative across digital platforms

• Strong administrative, organisational and time management skills with the ability to work accurately, and high attention to detail

• A confident and positive attitude, ability to work confidently and independently, and a flexible approach to meet needs of the team

• Proven ability to generate leads, convert opportunities and manage accounts within a target-driven B2B environment

• Strong commercial capability, with excellent negotiation, influencing and closing skills to achieve optimal outcomes

Our early-career roles provide talented consultants, analysts and specialists with a few years of experience the opportunity to work on a wide portfolio of projects and clients and develop their project management and commercial skills, as well as a potential professional specialism.

About the role

You will be a trusted member of our small team and will contribute from the first day. We will depend on you to both deliver our consultancy assignments and support the growth of our business more generally. You will represent the whole team, our brand and our values.

You will take a leading role in the delivery of the widest range of our consultancy projects. You can help us by managing and delivering our smaller client assignments as well as significant discrete components of larger projects. You will carry out: thorough desk research; manage programmes of stakeholder and expert interviews: design, implement and/or commission surveys; conduct original quantitative analysis; and identify key conclusions and implications. You will communicate your work clearly and concisely through reports in our distinctive and compelling style, and in presentations and online. You will take personal responsibility for and ownership of the quality of the projects you work on, and the impact they have.

In addition, you will support our responsive management of clients and accounts as well as our broader marketing, business development and commercial activities.

You will have the opportunity to work with independence and develop your own thinking. You will report to the director, on a day-to-day basis, with support and coaching from other team members. There may be opportunities to pursue further academic or professional qualifications on a part-time basis.

About you

You will likely have two to five years of experience in a relevant equivalent role – in consultancy, industry, think tanks or the public sector. A graduate with strong economics or social science research skills, you will be an all-rounder: highly numerate and analytical; able to write precisely and persuasively in English; a clear, lateral and original thinker; articulate and engaging; and interested in policy, economics and the social world around us.

You will have the ability to combine, analyse and extract insight from a variety of large datasets with Excel, and use spreadsheets to model data for forecasting, simulation and evaluation purposes. Familiarity with using Excel to model official, industry and/or market data is essential.

You will be polite and professional, and able to put clients and project stakeholders at ease. You will understand the pros and cons of working for a small business, and be keen to help develop Pragmatix Advisory commercially and share in its success.

Our senior consultant roles provide consultants with several years of experience the opportunity to develop their team and account management responsibilities.

About the role

You will be a trusted member of our small team and will contribute from the first day.

You will have the full range of consultant-level technical skills and proficiency. In addition, you will take a leading role in the delivery of the widest range of our consultancy projects, including some of our largest and most complex.

We will depend on you to deliver and manage our consultancy assignments, take responsibility for building strong relationships with new and existing clients, and support the growth of our business more generally. You will be an ambassador for the whole team, our brand and our values, and work with the directors to deliver the corporate strategy.

About you

You will likely have several years of experience as a consultant or senior consultant in similar organisations to Pragmatix Advisory, or senior management experience in a relevant industry or the public sector.

You will be polite and professional, and able to put clients and project stakeholders at ease. You will understand the pros and cons of working for a small business, and have a desire to win new business and find and retain new clients.

Our associates work with us on a freelance project-by-project basis.

We are always looking to expand our network of collaborators.

Our directors, who are normally promoted from within, are our most senior consultants and advisors.

They not only consistently deliver research excellence on time and with value for money, they are also our clients’ trusted advisors and work to ensure the research has maximum impact.

All directors take personal responsibility for the performance of Pragmatix Advisory, and contribute to its day-to-day management.