Media Analyst Jobs

Title: Media Analyst

Duration: 12 months

Remote (California)

The Pay Rate range is $28/hr to $32/hr.

The client is looking for a media analyst to join our Strategic Response Communications team to analyze press coverage and social media conversation in the US. The analyst should have solid numeric and quantitative analysis skills.

The analyst will be responsible for monitoring news cycles, providing qualitative analyses as well as quantitative data insights for Clients s most pressing issues. Additionally, this role will sit at the heart of Client’s global effort to quantify the impact of the work of its communications team for all reactive as well as proactive activity. The role will be based in the US.

The ideal candidate will excel at working collaboratively with colleagues all over the world (our working language is English) and can consistently deliver high-quality work even under severe time constraints. Candidates should be strong communicators. Attention to detail, ability to remain flexible in a fast-paced environment, strong qualitative and quantitative analysis skills as well as organizational skills are critical.

This role is ideal for someone who has had first hand experience in a journalism

and/or communications career, in academic research, at a think tank, or after working for a media agency, media analysis firm, or media measurement platform. By analyzing Client’s media activity, you will gain a thorough understanding of how to define the impact of proactive and reactive media cycles at a very large scale around the world. This position will be the ideal basis for a further career in the communications team of Client or in some of the world’s largest organizations in the public eye.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create reports with media insights (including visualization) to assess the impact of different news cycles and inform future strategy
• Support the communications team in developing meaningful success metrics for its campaigns and initiatives across traditional (news) media outlets as well as owned, paid-for and earned social media activity
• Inform the wider team on news cycles and policy issues domestically and internationally, and put them into their local context
• Read, analyze, and summarize media coverage of important Clients issues

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience owning multiple deliverables and working in a deadline driven environment
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Broadcast, Political Science, Marketing, Economics, Statistics or related field
• Experience in handling data sets and visualizing data a plus
• Experience drafting messaging materials; writing news summaries is a plus
• Familiarity with the media market in the US
• 2+ years of experience in a media analysis, research, journalistic, communications or related role, or working for a media agency, media analysis firm, a media measurement platform or think tank

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in working with media monitoring tools a plus
• Understanding of metrics and analytics within the media environment
• Experience in carrying out measurement projects using data platforms to monitor media coverage and analyze social media conversation

Must Have Skills:

• Familiarity with the media market in the US
• Experience drafting messaging materials; writing news summaries is a plus
• Experience owning multiple deliverables and working in a deadline driven environment

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience in working with media monitoring tools
• Experience in handling data sets and visualizing data a plus