Jobs at VERVE (addverve.com)

Conduct cultural research to identify emerging shifts, behaviors, communities, symbols, and narratives. Use semiotics, trend analysis, discourse analysis, desk research, and social intelligence to uncover cultural meanings and tensions. Synthesize evidence into compelling cultural narratives, reports, and brand implications, supporting strategic client projects. Collaborate across disciplines and experiment with AI-enabled tools to strengthen research approaches and generate fresh, evidence-based perspectives.

Leads Verve’s Cultural Intelligence offering by mentoring the Culture & Futures team, developing AI-enabled cultural research and strategy approaches, translating cultural shifts into commercial recommendations, influencing senior clients, presenting thought leadership, setting research standards, and driving business development and growth.

Lead strategic mixed-methods insight programmes from proposal through debrief, combining qualitative, quantitative and AI-powered research. Build senior client relationships, translate consumer and commercial insight into recommendations, grow accounts and win new business. Manage project costs, resources and profitability while mentoring teams, improving delivery standards and championing innovative ways of working.

Own AI product opportunities from discovery through experimentation, development, testing, implementation, and adoption. Translate user and business needs into product requirements, priorities, milestones, and decisions. Coordinate developers, R&D colleagues, and stakeholders, manage risks and dependencies, gather feedback, and drive practical, scalable solutions. The role requires product or project management experience, AI fluency including LLMs, APIs, prompt engineering, and RAG, strong communication, prioritization, and comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Build and prototype AI-enabled tools, features, and workflows using Python, APIs, LLMs, RAG, vector embeddings, MCP, and agentic pipelines. Test emerging technologies, integrate AI models with data sources and services, debug experiments, and help transition successful prototypes into scalable production solutions. Collaborate with product and R&D teams while evaluating technical feasibility, performance, and user value.

Leads end-to-end AI-powered insight and market research programmes for major client accounts. Responsibilities include shaping briefs, advising clients, managing scopes, budgets, timelines and resources, supporting pitches, leading consultants, and improving research delivery through AI-enabled tools. The role requires commercial research expertise, strong client leadership, organizational skills, and curiosity about emerging AI technologies.