Working as a Research Director

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The University of Pennsylvania was founded by Benjamin Franklin when he had a little down time between establishing a country and experimenting with lightning. Since opening its doors to students in 1751, the Ivy League university has accumulated a notable list of accomplishments, including the creation of one of the first medical schools in the US. The university has about 21,000 students who pursue their studies in four undergraduate schools and a dozen graduate and professional schools, including the renowned Wharton School and the Annenberg School for Communications. Its student-teacher ratio is very low 6:1. Former president Judith Rodin was the first female to head an Ivy League university.

Ipsos is one of the world’s leading independent market research companies controlled and managed by research professionals. Founded in France in 1975, Ipsos has grown into a global research group with a presence in 88 countries. Ipsos researchers assess market potential and interpret market trends. They develop and build brands. They help clients build long-term relationships with their customers. They test advertising and study audience responses to various media and they measure public opinion around the globe. Simply put, Ipsos knows people. As one of the most innovative market research companies in the world we are constantly evolving to deliver a total understanding of people, society and the markets we all trade in.

Kantar is a data and evidence-based agency providing insights and actionable recommendations to clients, worldwide. We have a complete, unique and rounded understanding of people around the world: how they think, feel and act, globally and locally in over 90 markets. We don’t just help clients understand what’s happened, we tell them why and how they can help shape the future.

NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. We’re one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production and marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience. We own and operate a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks and a suite of Internet-based businesses.

Paramount is a leading media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic studios, networks and streaming services, Paramount's portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount+, Pluto TV and Simon & Schuster, among others. Paramount delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, the company provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions.

Harris Computer was founded in 1976 by Nigel Harris. The idea was a computer-operated automated accounting system. Today, these are taken for granted, but in 1975, this was a revolutionary idea. With some early successes, Harris knew that the next challenge was funding the cost of developing products that could work with the often-antiquated hardware and software that their customers owned. As this was taking place, the pace of change in the computer and software industries was accelerating. Harris found itself playing catch-up almost right from the start. The problem was the equipment. It was already outdated. So, Harris and his team decided to focus their own activities around two simple ideas: finish the work they had started for customers and spend time with customers and prospects, to understand the emerging needs of their segment of the embryonic business software industry. What wasn’t changing was the practice of customers buying hardware from one company, and customized software from another. Nigel Harris had a different idea: what if the customer was offered a single support experience that combined both hardware and software? The market was quite responsive, and Harris Computer began to thrive. The combination of custom software and support for that software on the DEC platform gave Harris an early and potent competitive advantage. Always thinking, Nigel Harris realized that custom software projects often became bogged down in activities needed to complete the code. Success here was the difference between an unhappy customer and a satisfied one. He also noticed that many customers bought new applications that hadn’t been written before. There was a gap between customer expectations for such code and what the vendor was able to deliver. The challenge was to close both gaps at once. Harris Computer did so by pivoting away from its roots. The solution was simple and powerful: If a company could write software that solved the majority of needs of a large number of customers without being written from scratch each time, that company could also invest in building software that exceeded customer expectations by meeting their very specific business processes and use cases. Today this is called vertical market software. Then, it was called inspired thinking. But Harris didn’t have the requisite vertical to serve. He and his team began to search for a vertical that was unique, complex, and had minimal competition thereby providing fertile ground for growth. In 1996, twenty years after the founding of N. Harris Computer Corporation, Nigel sold to Constellation Software Inc…putting into motion the next chapter. After the sale to CSI, Nigel Harris went on to be a serial entrepreneur, starting ventures in multiple markets. But he never lost touch with his first creation, saying “All these years later, I’m grateful for the job that Constellation and the Harris leadership team have done with my baby. Every time I drive by the Harris offices I feel a great sense of pride.” Stay tuned as our story continues to be told…

"Have a Coke and a smile" means more to Emory University than it does to the rest of the world. The school, which has some 13,300 students and about 12,500 staff and faculty members, has a very low student-teacher ratio of about 7:1. It changed from Emory College to Emory University in 1915 thanks to a $1 million donation from Coca-Cola Company owner Asa Candler. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees in fields including medicine, theology, law, and business. Founded in 1836, the university also maintains research centers and partners with HCA to offer managed health care. Nearly 90% of Emory University's graduate students were pursuing a PhD in 2009-2010.

Stanford is one of the world's leading research universities, boasting respected and entrepreneurial programs in business, earth, engineering, law, medicine, education and humanities and sciences. Stanford serves approximately 7,000 undergraduate students and 9,000 graduate students with a student-teacher ratio of about 4:1. In 2015, Stanford has over 5,000 research projects with a $1.33 billion budget. There are 2,200 faculty members and 13,000 staff members, including employees in the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, which is a partnership with the Department of Energy. Stanford’s campus, consisting of over 8,000 acres, continues to expand beyond The Farm. As the campus grows, with locations throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, so does our pioneering spirit and ability to innovate, discover and explore new fields. A private institution, Stanford is supported through an endowment of more than $21 billion, one of the largest in the US.

Every great story has a new beginning. We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros. Discovery. We're a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. Our mission is simple. To be the world’s best storytellers with world-class products for consumers.