Market Research Recruiter & Panel Manager

NRG is a leading global insights and strategy firm at the confluence of content, culture, and technology. We stay ahead of what’s next, providing fresh insights to spark new ideas. We’re a trusted partner to our clients, working behind the scenes to bring imagination, depth, and clarity to their biggest challenges — in entertainment, technology, lifestyle, sports, and gaming. Together, we create with confidence.

We’re proud of our company’s values – these values guide us as we navigate sunny days, gray skies and everything in between:

• Do what you love. With conviction.
• Where discovery lives. And impact drives.
• Celebrate difference. Cultivate belonging.
• Big thinking. Collectively inspired.
• Embrace the journey. Be human.
  
  
  

The Opportunity

We are seeking a strategic and innovative Market Research Recruiter & Panel Manager to join our Fieldwork team. Our team is at the forefront of developing a proprietary panel of Key Opinion Leader and Policy Influencers (KOLI’s) that will shape the insights guiding our clients through complex policy and corporate reputation challenges. With a focus on technology, AI, data privacy, social responsibility, and corporate reputation, we empower the world’s top companies to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape.

Through this panel, our clients will leverage expert perspectives to challenge conventional thinking, uncover new opportunities, and create strategies that position them for success. You will help develop and grow this essential asset, ensuring we deliver cutting-edge insights and continue to innovate.

In this role, you will lead efforts across the full recruitment lifecycle, from identifying potential KOLI’s to managing outreach and engagement strategies. You will bring your organizational skills, communication expertise, and passion for policy and reputation management to build a dynamic, high-impact panel. If you thrive on building relationships, have an interest in engaging with top-tier experts, and supporting strategic business initiatives with confidence and creativity—this opportunity is for you!

Your Impact

• Lead KOLI Recruitment : Recruit KOLI’s in critical fields such as data privacy, artificial intelligence, misinformation, child safety, and other technology issues to join our panel. Panelists will be recruited through leveraging your LinkedIn, existing networks and outreach strategies to build and maintain a robust panel.
• Strategic Execution : Design and execute recruitment strategies that reach top-tier influencers/experts, ensuring alignment with our clients' focus areas. Tailor outreach messages and engagement to maximize participation and build long-term relationships with panel members.
• Scheduling Participation: Coordinate and schedule KOLI panelists for participation in ongoing studies and research initiatives, ensuring timely engagement and seamless collaboration across projects.
• Database and Process Management : Build and maintain an organized, detailed KOLI database. Oversee the efficient tracking of outreach, engagement, and recruitment progress, ensuring all data is up to date and actionable.
• Collaborate Across Teams : Work closely with the client services teams to ensure that we are recruiting the right audience within the client deadlines. Partner with the leadership team to ensure the KOLI panel supports broader business goals.
• Communicate the Value : Articulate the benefits of joining the NRG KOLI panel, ensuring potential panel members clearly understand how their participation will influence policy and corporate decision-making for some of the world’s most influential brands. Support the development of marketing collateral and other promotional materials for the KOLI panel.
• Innovate : Bring fresh thinking to our recruitment and engagement efforts. Continuously improve the recruitment process, adapting to the evolving needs of both NRG and our clients. Introduce creative solutions for engaging influencers and ensuring long-term retention.
• Creative problem solving : Thinking outside of the box beyond standard recruitment methods to find a specialty audience.
  
  
  

Who We're Looking For

• Experience: You bring at least 2-3 years of experience in B2B and/or B2C recruitment. Having experience engaging with high-level experts, academics, journalists, or former policymakers is a strong advantage, though not required.
• Skills: You have exceptional organizational abilities with experience managing recruitment pipelines or databases. Your written and verbal communication skills are top-notch, and you know how to engage high-profile individuals professionally and persuasively.
• Passion for Relationship Building: You love engaging with people and building meaningful, lasting relationships with influencers and experts. You are driven by curiosity and are eager to understand what makes these thought leaders tick.
• Technology & Tools: You are comfortable using LinkedIn Recruiter and database management tools. Experience with CRM systems, panel management software or similar systems is a plus. Having a well-rounded perspective on various panel management approaches and applications is an advantage.
• Collaborative Mindset: You thrive in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. You’re an excellent team player and can work seamlessly with senior leadership, contractors, and external partners.
• Your degree(s): B.A./B.S. degree preferred though not required.
• Passion: An enthusiasm for research recruitment and building relationships with people.
• Self-Starter: Internally motivated, who continuously strives to get things done well and has a proactive mindset for challenges encountered along the journey.
• Organized Multitasker: Successfully manages time and multiple competing priorities to ensure deadlines are always met. Staying organized is a must for managing projects!
• Great Team Member: Team player who can work collaboratively and harmoniously within a team and across teams. You will roll up your sleeves to help get the job done and no task is beneath you. Welcomes feedback to support a learning and growing team environment.
  
  
  

Position Type

This is a full-time, exempt position.

What We Offer

We embrace the current era of work and what it means to be a best-in-class employer. We understand the flexibility that is required to recruit and retain incredible talent, whether it’s empowering you to do your best work from the comfort of your home or supporting you if you need to take a mental health day for self-care and rest. Below is a unique blend of benefits tailored to meeting the ever-changing professional landscape.

• Flexible/Remote work with optional usage of our great offices in Playa Vista and New York
• Unlimited PTO, volunteer days and a generous number of recharge days including a full office closure during the week of Christmas and New Year’s
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Plans
• 401K with company match
• 12 weeks paid Parental Leave
• Regular performance evaluations with opportunities for promotions and merit increases
• Educational and training reimbursement plan and other training and professional development opportunities
• Employee perks program (includes discounts on travel, hotels, cars, fitness, movie tickets and more)
• Resources available for mental health, inclusive care and family building
• NRGratitude – our company-wide employee recognition program
• Regular team/company events and activities including annual summer and holiday parties
• Pet friendly headquarters and pet insurance options
  
  
  

Our Commitment

Diversity, equity, and inclusion is at the center of all our practices to ensure that NRG is a place where people from all identities and backgrounds can thrive. NRG is committed to recruiting and retaining diverse talent by supporting their growth through learning programs, internal mobility, affinity group participation and leadership development. Our differences make us a stronger workforce and enhance our creativity and innovation. We are proud to be an inclusive workplace for all and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.

Compensation

In order to comply with equal pay and salary transparency laws in various locations, we believe the target range of base compensation in all locations within the United States for this role is $65,000-80,000. As part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.