Graduate Assistant in Marketing

**Introduction**:
UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility.

**Presentation**:
**Job information**:
Expected start date: February 1st, 2026 or mutually agreed date
Contract length: 1 year, renewable 2 x 2 years. The maximum duration is 5 years
Activity rate: 80%
Workplace: University of Lausanne, Switzerland

**Your responsibilities**:

- A minimum of 50% of the graduate assistant's time will be dedicated to the completion of a doctoral dissertation.
- A maximum of 50% of the graduate assistant's time will be dedicated to providing teaching, administrative and research support for the supervisor.

**Your qualifications**:

- **Academic degree**:You have a Master’s degree, or are expected to complete it until the start of the position, in line with the research focus of the PhD, that is, in one of the following fields:

- Management, Marketing, Economics, Social Psychology
- Business Analytics, ideally including Machine Learning or Data Science focus
- **Interest in academic work**: You have a strong interest in academic research as well as a strong motivation and dedication to start a PhD dissertation in marketing.
- **Quantitative skills and statistical knowledge**:You have statistical skills, fundamental knowledge regarding empirical research methods, and feel comfortable in handling quantitative data. This can be experience in experimental / survey-based research methods, or experience with unstructured data analysis / machine learning methods (using programs like R, Python, Stata, SPSS).
- **Soft skills**:You have very good presentation and analytical skills, high self-motivation, excellent organizational skills, and a can-do attitude.
- **Language skills**:You have an excellent English proficiency (French skills are an advantage but no necessity).

**What the position offers you**:
We offer a nice working place in a multicultural, diverse and dynamic academic environment. Opportunities for professional training, a lot of activities and other benefits to discover.

The marketing department at HEC Lausanne is diverse, open, collaborative and committed to high-quality academic marketing research. You will gain access to a network of national and international high-level scientist from top universities as well as practice partners in the University network. Our PhD program offers training and motivation for students to develop their skillset and realize their full potential.

In addition to the doctoral coursework, students have access to research seminars, workshops, a well-equipped research lab, and opportunities to participate in doctoral consortiums and national and international conferences.

**Contact for further information**:
Deadline : 30 September 2025

Please submit the following documents in Word or PDF:

- Curriculum vitae
- Copy of diplomas and transcript of course grades for bachelor and master
- Statement of Purpose: personal areas of interest in research, motivation to pursue a PhD, future career plans
- Research Proposal following these guidelines
- Electronic version of a research work (e. g., master thesis, term paper, conference paper)
- 1-2 Reference Letters

**Additional information**:

- UNIL is committed to:

- equality, diversity and inclusion within its community;
- ensuring an open and respectful environment that is conducive to personal development;
- offering working conditions that facilitate work-life balance;
- supporting early career researchers.

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