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October 19, 2026
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Research Associate

Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Onsite
$53K/yr - $87K/yr
Entry Level
Forrester hires a Research Associate for its Consumer & Digital Services research organization. The role supports analysts with primary and secondary research, quantitative analysis, report and presentation production, project coordination, and client advisory sessions.
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Responsibilities

  • Manage research projects by working with assigned analysts, formulating a project plan, establishing a check-in process, coordinating research, and managing schedule
  • Assist analysts with primary and secondary research for published reports, including qualitative interviews, online surveys, quantitative analysis, and internal and third-party data
  • Support analyst presentations with well-formatted charts, appropriate callouts, meaningful titles, and a slide sequence that tells a story
  • Maintain the report production schedule, from inception through publication
  • Conduct quantitative work with Forrester’s datasets
  • Assist in collecting and analyzing team performance metrics through data dashboards
  • Coordinate the use of social media platforms (e.g., blogs, Twitter, and online community) in the research and publishing process
  • Provide exceptional client engagement support for analysts during client guidance sessions, helping to prepare for sessions and capturing notes and action items

Qualification

Required

  • A BA/BS degree with a strong academic record
  • One to two years of varied undergraduate or postgraduate work experience
  • A working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software
  • Excellent project management and organizational skills
  • The ability to write precisely, logically, and professionally
  • Attention to detail and the ability to build reusable resources such as survey questions and formatted data outputs
  • Willingness to actively engage intellectually with colleagues, including more senior colleagues such as analysts
  • Enthusiasm to learn about technology and its impact on business and society
  • The ability to multitask and work independently with a team under tight deadlines

Preferred

  • any quantitative or statistics interest
  • Interest in consumer marketing or industry specific knowledge of retail, financial services, or healthcare

Benefit

Forrester is a research and advisory firm that provides businesses with business and technology-related consulting services.
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