Position Overview
Forum is our Content Creation business. We produce research through Industry Interviews that allows institutional investors to make better and faster investment decisions. We conduct in depth Interviews with senior executives and industry specialists to unearth critical insights and generate unfiltered transcripts.
Our 175strong industry aligned team covers over 18000 public and private companies applying datadriven factor models to identify where capital is most likely to be deployed.
In order for us to deliver on our ambitious growth targets we would like to recruit an Associate to assist our growing team in Hong Kong and Japan in identifying and engaging with the most relevant industry professionals to take part in upcoming interview discussions.
Whats in it for you
Dive into our comprehensive training program and as you progress from a new hire to a seasoned Associate you will learn:
- About our business our team and our clients
- How to use our proprietary tools and public databases to prospect and recruit specialists who are the most pertinent for each topic
- How to manage a project and develop relationships with experts and internal stakeholders
- About various sectors and companies globally and help develop strategies to increase the adoption of our products and services
- Leadership networking communication and negotiation skills to use throughout your career
Responsibilities
In this role your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
Additional information about the role:
- The format is 1hour industry interview between our Sector analyst and 1 industry expert. The Sector Analyst is responsible to generate the projects and design the question list. The Associate will collaborate with one of our Sector Analysts (Third Bridge employee like an internal client) on the projects to source the industry experts
- Once the Sector Analyst assigns a project the Associate will do some desktop research and will be responsible for sourcing the Industry Expert we want to connect and invite for an industry interview. You need to find the most relevant individuals using LinkedIn company websites job boards our own database and a lot more. Once youve found someone with the right background you are then responsible for making contact with them. Most often that comes in the form of a cold call. You will introduce Third Bridge and what we do screen the individuals background assess whether they have the right experience/knowledge related to the project/topic and if they are the right fit for the topic convince them to participate in our industry interviews.
- Something to consider about this role is that it is very outreach heavy fast paced and metric oriented environment. In the first year the goal is to schedule industry interviews with 1416 industry experts per month
Requirements
- A real interest in financial markets and the alternative investments space
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to confidently interact with Clevel industry experts on the phone
- Demonstrable skill in carrying out phonebased and desktop research with a logical and focused approach
- Selfmotivated; a resourceful nature with a diligent and proactive approach to their work
- The ability to work well within a team in a fastpaced environment and under pressure. Positive and cando attitude are essential
- The ability to manage multiple projects efficiently and effectively and reached assigned KPIs
- Obtained a score of >3.0 GPA if youre a fresh graduate
Qualifications :
- The role is based in Tokyo Japan.
- Fluent in spoken and written English and Japanese
- Bachelor degree or above
- Prior work experience 02 years) is an advantage but not required; the level of experience may vary but what matters is your curiosity drive and ambition
- Immediate availability is desirable
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime