Analyst

Analyst, Weber Shandwick – Chicago (Hybrid) 

You’re curious, organized, methodical, and proactive. You like to use substantiated data to both identify and solve problems, rather than trust your gut alone. 

As the core team of global communications powerhouse Weber Shandwick, we are leveraging bleeding edge data science approaches and development tools to provide unparalleled access to unexplored insights derived from the world’s most important digital, social and e-commerce platforms. 

Our clients span five continents, and their consumers are everywhere. The systems and tools we are designing will be one of a kind and unique in their value to meet the global marketplace's current and future needs. 

We Are Seeking: 

We are seeking a strategic thinker with a strong analytical mind to help compile and analyze data, and extract deep insights using the approaches, systems and tools we are designing in-house and have licensed from third parties. You will be able to leverage data to uncover insights and tell compelling stories. 

The Analyst will join the Chicago Global Analytics team to focus on delivering insightful and impactful analytics core to the marketing and communications objectives of our clients. 

The position will directly report to and work with the Chicago office but may support teams across all North American practice areas. This position will be dedicated to several of Weber Shandwick’s largest and most important client relationships.   

What You Will Be Doing: 

• Contribute to day-to-day project delivery, coordinating with the rest of your Weber Shandwick teammates to establish partnerships and prove value, infusing all aspects of the work with data-driven insights and measurement 

• Work with Analytics teammates to create visually compelling reporting and insights that allow clients to easily evaluate communications, media and/or site performance relative to business objectives. 

• Team up with data scientists and senior analytics leads to design and develop analyses, identifying and articulating insights and building narratives that move internal and external audiences to act on our recommendations. 

• Interrogate multiple sources of information/data to look for trends within social and earned media, using tools such as Talkwalker, Quid, and Trendkite. 

• Utilize tools and platforms designed to automate and accelerate data collection, integration and analysis. Examples: Google Analytics, Domo, Google Data Studio, Tableau, etc. 

• Manage reporting tasks and data flows for media, site and social listening insights and reporting. 

• Educate non-technical account team members on key requests and analysis process. 

• Establish and build relationships with clients and internal account management teams 

• Participate in business development activities, including strategic analysis, slide preparation and work planning 

Basic Qualifications 

• Strong interest and capacity to translate data and research into strategic insights and recommendations 

• Passion for working with data and deriving insights to answer client business questions. 

• Experience with social listening tools such as Quid, Brandwatch, and Trendkite is a plus. 

• Experience with data visualization tools including but not limited to: Tableau, Google Data Studio, Domo, Excel, etc. 

• Able to leverage scripting to automate analyses, data cleansing or data integration tasks. 

• Experience with relational databases and statistical analysis/programming languages such as SAS, SQL, R or Python is a plus. 

• Bachelor's degree with major in business or STEM preferred.

• 1-2 years relevant full-time experience; preferably in Marketing Science, Marketing Analytics, Data Science or Performance Marketing fields. 

• Ability to work independently and in an integrated team setting. 

• Strong communication (written and presentation) skills. 

• Commitment to learning and the drive to take initiative. 

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. 

• Comfort with working in and contributing to a fast-paced, team environment. 
• Desire and capacity to take full ownership of work tracks and mentor more junior staff. 

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

Salary range: $59,000 - $70,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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