Consumer Insights Placement Student

Delivery centres in Dubai and overseas support large implementation programs. Consultants are staffed across industries early on, then specialise after a few years. Every new hire gets a mentor outside their reporting line.

The internship:

Smith & Abdullah is hiring a market research intern to study competitors, pricing and customer needs for our Business Development team. You can work from home anywhere in the UAE. We have no office requirement. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. Strong written English is important, since much of our work is async.

What you'll do:

• Check data sources for accuracy and note where each number came from.
• Build lists of potential customer segments with company size and location.
• Research competitors' products, pricing and positioning and log it in a comparison sheet.
• Read app store and online reviews to find common complaints and requests.
• Conduct remote customer interviews over Zoom and write up key quotes.
• Analyse survey results in Excel with pivot tables and charts.
• Summarise industry reports into one-page briefs.

Requirements:

• Eligible to work in the UAE.
• Based in the UAE for the duration of the internship.
• Strong written English for summaries and reports.
• Available 20 to 30 hours a week.
• Must keep all research and company data confidential.
• Comfortable reading long reports and pulling out what matters.
• Able to make clean, simple slides in PowerPoint or Google Slides.

Preferred:

• Familiarity with Canva for report visuals.

What you get out of it:

• Building comparison sheets and decks that managers actually read.
• Feedback from the strategy lead on every report you submit.
• How to size a market and defend your numbers.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: AED 4,500 - AED 4,900 per month

Perks:

• Company laptop.
• Mentorship.
• Possibility of a full-time offer.
• Internet allowance.
• Flexible hours.
• Letter of recommendation.

Candidates must be eligible to work in.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Dec 2026.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Smith & Abdullah.