OVERVIEW:
The Insights product is a new offering for Guidepoint's Institutional investment and corporate clients, that offers teleconferences, surveys, and in-person events. The teleconferences live in a transcript library portal, which covers a wide of industries/topics that enable our clients to make informed decisions. All content features experts from Guidepoint’s proprietary global network and is conceptualized and hosted by former investment professionals (i.e., private equity/hedge fund), sell-side equity research analysts, and industry professionals. Visit Insights team biographies at Insights team biographies .
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Work and liaison closely with Global Heads of Research, across multiple asset classes, to effectively identify and execute content for EMEA clients.
- Liaise with and report to global leadership on the EMEA library coverage universe. Maintain a seamless coverage universe and address any gaps in conjunction with the existing team.
- Direct the team in terms of market trends and research approach angles to ensure the relevancy of the topic/content coverage. Identify and flag topics of potential teams for content creation in the EMEA region, based on:
- Monitor a coverage universe of public and private companies within a specific sector, across multiple asset classes and structures. Track key industry trends, material news flows, earnings releases, investor presentations, and research in key coverage markets.
- Identify and maintain a robust pipeline of company and industry-specific topics — generate original ideas for discussion, covering business updates, event studies, channel checks, hot topics, and other investment narratives.
- Work with outreach teams to formulate, design product marketing and thematic research and other outreach campaigns to ensure relevant content is disseminated to appropriate clients.
- Champion relevant and appropriate content and activities to clients and prospects in the EMEA region.
- Maintain proactive communication channels with clients and prospects with the goal of increasing platform engagement.
- Lead business development efforts to expand client portfolio; ensure effective presentation of library and coverage to prospects and existing clients.
- In collaboration with business development teams, develop tools and collaterals that will increase utilization of the Insights products; Attend prospect/client meetings to support sales and CRM teams.
- Work with research teams to identify and recruit additional industry experts to our Expert Network; Manage and further develop relationships with both experts and clients.
- Review moderator’s teleconference transcripts’ quality of content; standards and quality of expert recruitment network; monitor and address content quality and quantity requirements, as needed.
- Ensure Guidepoint compliance policies and custom client compliance protocols are adhered to.
WHAT YOU HAVE:
- Master’s degree
- 12+ years of work experience at financial services, buy-side institutions, or research firm with a focus on EMEA markets. Coverage or Knowledge of Global Markets will be a plus.
- Understanding of the institutional buy-side / sell-side research and investing workflows in the EMEA region
- Experience in dealing with portfolio managers at hedge funds, institutional asset managers preferred.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment; Effective time management and organizational skills.
- Outgoing personality with the ability to speak with people at all professional levels
- Intellectual curiosity and desire to learn.
- Demonstrated ability to work both individually and as part of a team; must be willing to train and mentor junior professionals.
- Fluent in English, both written and verbal.
WHAT WE HAVE:
- Competitive salary, bonus and benefits
- Excellent medical coverage through BUPA
- Excellent professional development opportunities
- Supportive culture that celebrates and rewards success
- Friday happy hour and “Summer Fridays”
- Year round company sponsored sports and team building events
- Informal work environment
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Volunteer days
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
ABOUT GUIDEPOINT:
Guidepoint is a leading research enablement platform designed to advance understanding and empower our clients’ decision-making process. Powered by innovative technology, real-time data, and hard-to-source expertise, we help our clients to turn answers into action. Backed by a network of nearly 1.5 million experts, and Guidepoint’s 1,300 employees worldwide we inform leading organizations’ research by delivering on-demand intelligence and research on request. With Guidepoint, companies and investors can better navigate the abundance of information available today, making it both more useful and more powerful.