Research and Design Assistant

Job Description: 

Reporting to the Research and Design Manager, the Research and Design Assistant (R&D Assistant) will be collaborating and effectively working with internal consulting staff throughout our U.S. offices to help support them on key deliverables.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Primary research logistics
  • Supporting internal consulting staff on projects by sourcing content experts and key opinion leaders (e.g., with LinkedIn, expert networks, cold calling, etc.).
  • Internet research to help find contact information for top published experts (e.g., email addresses in medical journals or on hospital websites)
  • Writing solicitations for experts to conduct interviews with case teams, and custom solicitations for key opinion leaders (e.g., referring to papers he / she has published)
  • Ensuring interviewees complete required documentation to participate in L.E.K. interviews (e.g., respondent agreement forms)
• Secondary research support
  • Collaborating with teams to identify secondary research resources that address client areas of interest (e.g., journal articles, marketing / industry reports, government publications)
• Data preparation and management
  • Data entry, cleaning to prepare datasets for team analysis
  • Reviewing client data to understand gaps in datasets
• Slide preparation and quality control
  • Creating sophisticated visuals in PowerPoint and other software for consulting teams to use in client presentations
  • Collaborating with L.E.K. Graphic Design team to recommend visually interesting layouts for showing complex data
  • Capturing high-quality slide visuals from team and converting them into general templates for collection in a repository (e.g., on the firm intranet) for firm-wide use
  • Reviewing slide formatting for quality control, making layouts consistent and in line with L.E.K. brand standards (e.g., updating L.E.K. IP to current visual standards)
• Case closure support
• Other tasks as required

Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate will have 0-2 years of relevant experience
• An undergraduate degree is required
• Basic understanding of business concepts and their practical applications
• Ability to work on multiple tasks and activities at once and flexibility to re-prioritize
• Expert PowerPoint and Excel skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• High attention to detail

Candidates responding to this posting must currently possess eligibility to work in the United States

L.E.K. Consulting offers a competitive compensation and benefits package

L.E.K. Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer