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Presentation of EDHEC Business School

EDHEC Business School was founded to train students and executives to manage people and projects in a multicultural context. The school delivers a wide range of programmes designed to cover all business needs. Its extensive international degree programme portfolio attracts students from around the world. Almost 6000 students and 5500 executives are currently enrolled in programmes on its five campuses in Lille, Nice, Paris, London and Singapore. As part of its international strategy, EDHEC Business School has developed an innovative business research policy that focuses on specific research disciplines. It is accredited by the AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS, and regularly ranks among the top European business schools.

Job description

EDHEC’s Research Chair: ‘Impact of new technologies on food brand management’, sponsored by Bonduelle Group, is looking to hire a Research Engineer for a 3-day week position based in Lille and with attractive conditions, to help EDHEC faculty to conduct research projects in the fields of e-tail, digital, social media and mobile marketing.

The successful applicant will be responsible for:

Setting up a digital-oriented brand foresight strategy
Organising academic and professional literature reviews
Gathering data:
Qualitative: hiring, interview processes, transcription, coding
Quantitative: drawing up questionnaires, putting them online
Experimental: drawing up a scenario, pre-tests
Taking part in data analysis and writing up communication memos
Disseminating research output (social media, newsletters, etc.)
Organising conferences and workshops

Profile/skills required

The successful candidate will have:

PhD or PhD (ABD).
Fluent English
Practical expertise in the field of digital marketing and/or information systems
A good grasp of statistics and modelling will be an advantage (Structural equation models, latent class models, Multi-level models, etc.)
Good textual and emotion analysis skills will also be an advantage

The successful applicant will join a team of marketing, strategy and information systems professors working on a range of questions related to the chair. He or she will be versatile in different areas of activity and will enjoy working with a team and on project management. In addition, the successful applicant must share EDHEC faculty’s business-oriented mindset, in line with EDHEC’s Research for Business positioning.