
Associate Director, Business Analytics
- Los Angeles, CA
- $110,000-130,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Build and develop a deep understanding of the client's strategic issues, initiatives and the competitive position.
- Ensure that analytics efforts lead to clear, compelling and actionable insights; and insightful narratives are constructed through sophisticated analytics techniques.
- Participate in the measurement plan development and execution.
- Ensure timely follow through on all scheduled and ad hoc deliverables.
- Generate and communicating clear, compelling and actionable insights; constructing insightful narratives through sophisticated analytic techniques.
- Recommend and implement research that will aid in the consumer insight gathering and strategic process.
- Identify opportunities to continuously improve processes.
- Lead, mentor and train analysts and managers.
- Present reports, POVs and other materials to clients on a regular basis over the phone and in person.
- Contribute to the consumer segmentation and audience identification/exploration processes.
- Design tests to measure the incremental impact of media on business outcomes.
- Manage cross-functional day-to-day tasks, ensuring understanding of proper priorities, knowing when to ask for help.
- Manage cross-functional day-to-day tasks, ensuring understanding of proper priorities, knowing when to ask for help.
- Partner with the Planning and Investment teams on annual budget setting, media plan development and ongoing budget / plan optimization.
- Lead and mentor direct reports: continually assess capabilities, provide a roadmap for career growth and institute goals to build / expand skills.
- Keep in front of industry trends and developments by conducting research and engaging in training.
- Industry Knowledge in marketing analytics and data
- Experience in integrated marketing related to media and/or customer journey development, including budgeting, revenue forecasting, ROI development.
- Demonstrated knowledge in audience-based marketing and data-driven advertising
- Solution development: analytic skills, critical thinking and clarifying strategic & operational issues as relates to data and analytics. Problem-solving skills to drive issues to resolution.
- Proven leadership ability and strong, impactful client relationship experience
- Stellar communication and presentation skills: we need someone who is articulate, engaging and straightforward - and, above all, can effectively and convincingly translate unstructured business solutions into innovative customer marketing programs
- Ability to train and coach colleagues for growth: being organized and detail oriented, prioritizing work, business writing & presenting, conducting analysis, and project management (scope, budgeting, timing)
- Comfortable working in ambiguous situations
- A university degree and 5-7 years of data and analytics experience in advertising, management consulting, marketing or digital consulting
- Knowledge of agency-side media campaign planning and execution process is desirable, but not required