Responsibilites:

• Manage secondary and digital analytics projects from start to finish, working on multiple projects concurrently across a variety of sectors and methodologies. This will include: 
o   Analyse media coverage (traditional print, online and / or social media)
o   Monitor key brands & topics – including sensitive ones – for our clients
o   Perform media measurement for internal and external communication actions or campaigns
o   Identify key influencers and trends relevant to our clients
o   Benchmark our clients with their direct competition
o   Conduct landscape and whitespace analysis for our clients so they can define their positioning on their market
• Analyse quantitative and qualitative data, as well as historical performance, to produce actionable insights and strategic recommendations
• Writing presentations, using visual storytelling, and presenting to clients
• Client relationship management; be responsible for day-to-day client communications, understand their needs, offer guidance and counsel, provide them with both strategic and operational recommendations, etc.
• Proposal writing, including methodological design and costing  
• Help manage accounts, supporting on proposal development, project management, and resource planning
• Provide strategic and consultative guidance to the Edelman teams and our end clients
• Mentor junior analysts on the team with executing methodological approaches into real-life implementation and production
• Line management of 2-3 research executives

Candidate Expectations:

• College or university degree in business, communications, social or political science, statistics, mathematics, economics, etc., or equivalent work experience in a similar role.
• Previous experience in research (in an agency/research institute or in-house/client-side, etc.)
• Substantial hands-on online & social listening experience, audience analysis or data/statistical analysis, preferably with exposure to consumer insights and media research
• Expert knowledge of a mix of tools, including but not limited to:
o   Listening tools: Brandwatch, TalkWalker, Synthesio, Cision, NetBase, other
o   Audience profiling: Statista, Global Web Index, Demographics Pro, other
o   Search and web: Similar Web, Google AdWords, Answer The Public, other
o   Data analysis: Quid, Google Analytics, Tableau, other
o   Trends analysis: eMarketer, Mintel, Google Trends, WARC, other
• Substantial experience with boolean searches and unstructured data
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to identify and clearly communicate patterns and research findings in a clear and succinct way
• Experience creating presentations using visual storytelling
• Experience presenting to clients and managing stakeholders’ relationships, both internal and external