Title: Business Research Consultant

Location: In-office (near Rajajinagar/ Yeshwanthpur, Bangalore) About Us Led by alumni from London School of Economics, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and KPMG, with work experience across the UK, India, South-East Asia, and Australia, we are building an AI-first organic growth engine for the new search era. We help companies win visibility and demand from AI search engines like Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini, using programmatic content, entity-based structuring, and AI-native optimisation.

About the Role We are looking for a Business Research Consultant to work directly on live client engagements - company analysis, research operations, backlink campaigns, outreach and reporting. This role suits someone ready to build deep expertise in Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO), one of the fastest-growing disciplines in AI and marketing. What You'll Do

Perform company and industry analysis, competitor benchmarking, link-gap analysis, and citation-share studies

Prepare client reports across engagements,



surfacing patterns and insights

Conduct outreach and review calls with founders and senior stakeholders

Run backlink campaigns and map community discussion opportunities for clients

Review and elevate AI-generated research articles for clarity, structure, persuasion, accuracy, and consistency

Provide day-to-day administrative and operational support where required What We're Looking For

Graduate in any discipline

Comfort with Google Sheets, AI prompt tools, and picking up new software quickly A calm, composed verbal presence on calls with senior stakeholders

Solid written and spoken English, with high attention to detail Why Join Us

Market driven compensation

Direct exposure to client engagements from day one

Hands-on experience in AEO, a rapidly forming discipline with strong career upside A high-calibre team environment

📌 Business Research Consultant (Bengaluru)
🏢 Ascendus
📍 Bengaluru