Associate Director, Analytics

Associate Director, Analytics

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Are you curious by nature? Do you always seek to understand human behaviors in your everyday life? Do you believe strategic communications can help make the world a better place? Do you think the world of research needs to change and adapt to a more complex and ever‑evolving world? Do you have an entrepreneurial mindset and want to shape a consulting division?

If so, Edelman Intelligence is looking for you to join our team!

Edelman is seeking an Associate Director, Analytics to join our expanding Data & Intelligence team (DXI). We are seeking an analytics leader who is passionate about learning, problem‑solving, and leveraging data to re‑define how businesses and brands interact with their customers. This role will oversee a team of analysts and work directly with internal and external stakeholders to define, build, and execute multi‑channel measurement strategies for brand and acquisition programs for global clients.

The ideal candidate should have experience in a cross‑functional, collaborative client‑facing environment and bring a balance of left‑brained analytical fact‑finding, paired with right‑brained intuition and storytelling to serve Edelman’s top clients.

• Own the development of measurement frameworks, learning agendas, and data integration across multiple work streams for global clients.
• Contextualize and apply data to generate a holistic view of the consumer and inform the development of programs, content, and experiences.
• Apply knowledge of the client and the digital analytics craft to evaluate new data opportunities in the form of new sources, methodologies, technology partnership, client priorities, etc.
• Foster creative thinking around how to use data and how data can solve business challenges in support of marketing and communication activities (e.g., media, CRM, eCommerce, etc.).
• Collaborate with cross‑discipline leads in Creative, Channel Strategy, Planning, Paid Media, and Business Intelligence to guide decision‑making with technical and non‑technical groups.
• Provide day‑to‑day management and mentorship to a team of analysts on both short and long‑term projects.

• 6+ years of relevant professional experience working with paid marketing data and developing insights.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.

• Experienced marketing analytics leader with experience hiring, onboarding, and developing talent ideally within an advertising agency, consulting, or other client‑services environment.
• Expertise in cross‑channel performance analytics with technical knowledge of web analytics, organic analytics and paid analytics.
• An excellent storyteller and data visualizer with experience in Tableau, Datorama, Google Data Studio preferred.
• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple deliverables with various stakeholders.
• Prospers in a dynamic & fast‑paced environment.
• Strong team player who naturally possesses selfless, amicable, and supportive personal characteristics.

• Fun first attitudes – because what’s the point of doing great work if aren’t having fun?
• Career pathing on the mind – whether you plan to stay for 2 years or 20 years we put your development and career goals as a priority.
• Open space floor plan community – the best research happens with collaboration and sometimes that includes input from our non‑research co‑workers.
• Broader communications exposure – you will get the opportunity to work alongside broader Edelman teams such as Corporate, Brand, Digital, Assembly, and more.
• Open minds for new ideas and methodologies – maybe it’s not broken, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make it better.
• Level agnostic – doesn’t matter if you are the boss or an intern, we are all in this together.
• Global Reach – we have researchers you can tap into around the world.

$86, a year. Employee’s…