Toby Collins Email & Phone Number

How do you resource all the newly commissioned projects, or the new significant request from senior management? How do you cover holidays, extended absences or the gap in the team while you find the right person to grow or replace a leaver? How do you maintain client deadlines, quality of deliverables and the morale of the team while being under resourced?Resourcing research agencies or insight departments often requires agility due to the fluctuating workflows and changes in the availability of team members. I provide high quality support to help agencies and insight functions during their times of need, on anything from a short/fixed term to a permanent basis.EXPERTESEThe length and diversity of my career means that I deliver high quality results, on time and to budget.Having worked client side, in research agencies of all sizes and within creative agencies, as an insight manager, researcher, project manager and agency owner, I have a very broad skill set encompassing most aspects of market research.Within those positions I have done many types of research: quantitative and qualitative, ad hoc and continuous, domestic and international. Covering many topics around consumer needs, product/service development, delivery experience and communications, in many industries. Key skills include:Delivering astute interpretation of data in individual reports or by synthesizing multiple data sources, enabling organisations to make commercial decisions- Excellent understanding of client commercial and organisational contexts- Building strong professional and lasting relationships with clients, stakeholders, suppliers and creative agencies- Project design, delivery and management within teams or individually- Managing insight teams and developing staff, including mentoring and training- Using previous experience to deliver long term efficienciesSERVICESProviding consultancy or project support for research and insight functions, through freelance or fixed term contracts. These could include:- Individual projects: study management, delivery or report writing- Strategic reviews of multiple studies and data sources- Longer term contracts joining a team, either fixed term or permanent for the right positionIf you need an extra safe pair of hands, please get in touch to see how I can help.toby@insight-alchemists.com+44 (0) 208 058 2605

Listed skills include Customer Insight, Quantitative Research, Marketing Research, Qualitative Research, and 28 others.