This is an opportunity to join The Future Laboratory’s Foresight team, working predominantly on our industry-leading consumer insight and trends intelligence platform, LS:N Global. As a Senior Foresight Analyst you’ll be an experienced communicator and analytical thinker with minimum 3-4 years’ experience working in – and proven knowledge of - the luxury, retail and fashion sectors. You’ll be able to apply this knowledge across multiple other sectors and have a keen interest in consumer behaviours, brands, marketing, culture and the key challenges facing our clients now and in the future. Job title: Senior foresight analyst Department: Foresight – LS:N Global Reporting structure: Role reports to: Foresight editor/Director of foresight Team members: Editor-in-chief, deputy foresight editor, foresight analysts, deputy creative foresight editor, senior creative foresight analyst, creative foresight analyst, art director, designer, creative art-worker, sub-editor. Summary of company: The Future Laboratory is one of the world’s most renowned futures consultancies. We exist to help our clients make a better future happen for their businesses by providing them with the strategic foresight they need today to make secure decisions about their future prosperity. Our suite of products and services help clients to do three things: Identify their needs and engage with their future customers or consumers Build and future-proof brands Identify and prioritise opportunities for innovating their products, services, experiences or work environment The Future Laboratory is built on six core principles, or values, which define both the ethos of the business and the way we conduct ourselves as professionals: inspiring, enlightened, progressive, empowering, collaborative and fearless. Key responsibilities: Source, research and write analysis for our consumer insight and trends intelligence platform LS:N Global to daily and weekly deadlines Be responsible for three sector specialisms – for this role we require a candidate with proven knowledge and experience of the luxury, fashion and retail This involves leading planning, researching and writing on these sectors and acting as an expert on them for the wider business Lead on one-two macrotrend reports per year, according to our Report Schedule which runs parallel to LS:N Global’s week-by-week analysis requirements, and which are offered on The Future Laboratory’s shop. Be a section editor for minimum of one section on the website, commissioning and editing all copy for that section Pitch stories for daily news analys8is as well as longer form features including speculative scenarios and original series Arrange meetings with thought leaders/ industry experts Propose and report on industry events, as required Present at in-house TFL events as well as externally to clients Write compelling, rigorously researched analysis and report content Know, understand and refer to the four key questions of LS:N Global: what’s new? what’s next? who’s doing this? how is this affecting what consumers are thinking and doing now and in future, especially in relation to how they engage with brands? Why does it matter to our subscribers/clients Work with a project manager to effectively manage your time Work on client projects when needed from a trends, insights and analysis perspective Work on commissioning and expanding our global network of freelancers and contributors Contribute to the wider The Future Laboratory team knowledge at annual internal trends days presentations, understanding the work of our Applied Foresight and Strategy teams, and supporting our ‘One TFL’ approach to business. Essential skills and experience: Ability to lead, coach and mentor more junior members of the team An intuitive ability to identify and monitor global shifts in the lifestyle industries, from retail to branding, marketing and communications to innovation and design A good understanding of the value of Foresight and Strategic Foresight for today’s businesses An excellent cross-sector thinker, with specific sector experience Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate ideas and information within the Foresight team, and externally to clients and contacts Natural ability to build and develop relationships, with a network of contacts in relevant sectors – both in PR and applied business Full of ideas and information, taking ownership of developing ideas from observation to execution, emphasising their implications for brands and consumers A strategic approach to stories. You should always be on the pulse and interested in what’s new and next across the lifestyle sectors – and why it matters to our clients Excellent desk research, field research and interviewing skills Ability to constructively incorporate feedback from editors, and actively turn challenging feedback into positive story outcomes Experience and interest in presenting Experience working with digital content and CMS Ability to multi-task and work across several projects simultaneously You may have worked at a respected editorial title, within a brand’s insights division or similar consultancy Ideally you will have a deep and wide network of contacts across the lifestyle industries Equal Opportunities: The Future Laboratory is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to championing inclusion, diversity and equity throughout our organisation. Our interview panels will include people of the global majority to reduce implicit bias and, where possible, a team member at the same level of seniority as the role we are hiring for. Interviewers and panellists have also completed an allyship training course to ensure everyone receives the fairest opportunity possible. We encourage candidates with disabilities to apply for roles at The Future Laboratory and we are dedicated to making reasonable adjustments from interviews through to employment. We are committed to the employment and career development of people with disabilities and impairments and neurodivergent people. As part of this commitment, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for the position they have applied for. Responsibility of all team members: We are a multi-disciplinary team, but The Future Laboratory has a set of expectations that apply to all team members regardless of role and seniority. Team members must treat everyone with dignity and respect, regardless of seniority and background. All team members must work together to create a fair and equitable environment.