Commercial Insight Assistant (Placement)

We are Global

We’re proud to be one of the world’s leading media and entertainment groups. Whether it be on-air, via global player or through our outdoor advertising, we entertain and reach over 50 million individuals across the UK every week.Across our entire business, we’re committed to making more moments that matter for our audiences, customers and for each other. And every moment matters...the small, the big and everything in between. We couldn’t do any of it without our talented, passionate Globallers. Everything we do is driven by our culture and the talented people who make it happen.Here at Global, we have a saying...it’s all about how you make people feel. It’s our company ethos, our guiding belief and it’s so much more than words. It’s the vibe you get when you walk into one of our offices, it’s what keeps us honest and true to who we are, and above all, it’s the reason we all love to work here.

Description
Commercial Insight Assistant - Intern / Placement (12 Month FTC)

Reporting of the Role
This role reports to Commercial Insight Manager

Overview of job
 

This 12-month placement offers hands-on experience in a fast-paced Commercial Insight team, supporting the delivery of audience insight, research, and data-led storytelling that drives commercial decision-making.

You’ll work across a variety of projects, gaining exposure to industry-leading tools, research methodologies, and real business challenges. From day one, you’ll contribute to meaningful work that helps our commercial teams better understand audiences and unlock value for clients.

This role is ideal for someone currently in higher education looking for a placement year, or someone seeking a long-term internship in insight, research, or data and is commercially curious, data-comfortable, and motivated to understand and explain human behaviour through insight.

3 best things about the job

• Establish a solid foundation for a future career in research or insight

• Contribute to live commercial projects from day one, supporting insight that informs business decisions

• Gain exposure to the full research lifecycle, from survey design and delivery to analysis and insight generation

Measures of success – 

In the first few months, you would will

• Build a strong understanding of Global’s audiences, products, and insight tools

• Develop confidence working with data and interpreting results

• Support the delivery of research projects from setup through to analysis

• Contribute to insight outputs used by commercial teams

• Build strong relationships within the insight team and wider business

Responsibilities of the role

As a Commercial Insight Assistant at Global, You will:

Research & Survey Delivery

• Support the scripting and programming of consumer research surveys (e.g. Global’s consumer panel - Work.Shop.Play on Toluna)

• Assist in the setup, management, and quality control of research projects, ensuring best practice is followed

• Support Global’s consumer tracker (Audience Insider), contributing to ongoing research delivery

Data Analysis & Insight Generation

• Create and manipulate Excel data tables to support analysis

• Analyse survey data and audience datasets to identify patterns, trends, and key findings

• Work with industry and proprietary tools (e.g. TGI , Ad Intel and internal data sources) to extract insight

• Translate data into clear, commercially relevant insights that support decision-making

Insight & Storytelling

• Support the creation of insight dashboards (e.g. Datatile)

• Build presentations and visual outputs that bring data to life

• Contribute to clear, engaging insight narratives for internal stakeholders

Team & Project Support

• Provide day-to-day support to the Commercial Insight team across multiple projects

• Develop knowledge of Global’s proprietary research systems and tools

• Maintain high standards of accuracy, organisation, and attention to detail in all outputs

What you'll love about this role

Think Big: See how insight shapes commercial strategy and drives value across a leading media business

Own It: Take responsibility for delivering insights that shape business decisions.

Keep it Simple: Turn combinations of complex datasets into understandable and actionable insights

Better Together: Collaborate with talented teams and build strong relationships across commercial teams

What you will need
The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:

• Analytical Skills: Comfortable working with data and able to spot patterns and trends

• Insight Skills: Ability to draw insight from multiple data sources and connect findings together

• Data Confidence: Basic experience handling data, with strong attention to detail

• Organisation: Strong time management and ability to support multiple projects

• Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with Excel, PowerPoint and Word

• Communication: Strong grammar and able to clearly explain findings and contribute to insight storytelling

Nice to have

• Interest in a career in research, data, or insight

• Educational background or coursework in business, marketing, market research, consumer behaviour, statistics, economics, communications, or data analytics

• Experience working with large or complex datasets