at comScore in Springfield, Illinois, United States
Job Description
About This Role:
This role is for a dedicated individual proficient in data analysis, design, and development of audience measurement products, Multi-Platform Media products, and Custom Solutions. You will have direct impact towards driving business strategies for prominent industry leaders to help them understand their audiences and know if their advertising is working. You will analyze big data, diagnose potential issues, design process improvements, and collaborate across different functional teams. Self-motivation and strong communication skills are must haves. You will need to be comfortable working in a fast paced environment with shifting priorities, vague requirements, and rapid iterations. You will need to be comfortable taking risks.
Why start/further your career with us:
comScore is at the cutting edge for analytics and measurement of digital and TV providing opportunities for individuals to grow professionally and personally. The rapidly changing landscape of media requires comScore to continuously improve what and how we service our clients. You will grow technically, learning a mix of technical and analytical skills to advance your career. You will learn how to solve data problems across teams to drive comScore’s products forward. You will get exposure to senior leadership every day, gaining deep knowledge of all the digital eco-system. You will work with an energetic team with a wide range of skills and learn from your colleagues every day.
Problems we are solving:
What, where, and when do people consume content? Which publishers and platforms are changing the behavior of consumers? How and where is traditional TV viewing shifting towards computer and mobile devices? What is the total audience for publishers with fragmented content across TV, computer, mobile and other devices?
About our team:
We’re a powerful team of data experts that work every day to deliver custom solutions to our clients. We use SQL and many other tools every day. We work across the company with other teams to help clients answer tough questions and make business decisions using all of comScore’s data assets to their fullest potential.
What You’ll Do:
+ Build custom solutions to meet market needs for measurement that help clients solve new problems and better understand audiences and their advertising efforts.
+ Translate questions and problems from clients into an analysis and solutions.
+ Develop methodology and create measurement solutions for emerging digital platforms’ new products.
+ Participate in ongoing research and evaluation of new technologies.
+ Effectively understand and convey the business issues and data challenges of both internal and external clients, as well as the industry as a whole
+ Exercise your experience in the development lifecycle through analysis, design, development, testing and deployment of this system.
+ Collaborate with teams in Software Engineering, Operations, and Product Management to deliver timely and quality data. You will be the knowledge expert, delivering quality data to our clients.
What You’ll Need:
+ Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative subject such as Statistics, Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, etc.
+ Experience in data analysis and problem solving with big data.
+ Experience with SQL or knowledge of relational databases and methods for efficiently retrieving data.
+ Ability to think creatively and solve complex problems.
+ Ability to autonomously manage simultaneous projects in a fast paced business environment.
+ Excellent verbal, written and computer communication skills with strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
+ The nature of the team’s dynamics will require an individual that is able to work closely in a collaborative role with other team members, as well as complete tasks individually as assigned.
+ Compensation: $65,000.00 – $76,576.50; commensurate with experience
Preferred:
+ Hadoop or other comparable MapReduce experience.
+ Experience with statistical analysis tools, such as R
+ Experience with Unix Operating Systems and Bash Scripting
+ Proficiency in popular scripting languages like Python, Perl or Ruby.
+ Experience with panel data and/or Internet behavior data.
+ Solid understanding of object oriented methodologies.
About Comscore
At Comscore, we’re pioneering the future of cross-platform media measurement, arming organizations with the insights they need to make decisions with confidence. Central to this aim are our people who work together to simplify the complex on behalf of our clients & partners. Though our roles and skills are varied, we’re united by our commitment to five underlying values: Integrity, Velocity, Accountability, Teamwork, and Servant Leadership. If you’re motivated by big challenges and interested in helping some of the largest and most important media properties and brands navigate the future of media, we’d love to hear from you.
Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a trusted partner for planning, transacting and evaluating media across platforms. With a data footprint that combines digital, linear TV, over-the-top and theatrical viewership intelligence with advanced audience insights, Comscore allows media buyers and sellers to quantify their multiscreen behavior and make business decisions with confidence. A proven leader in measuring digital and set-top box audiences and advertising at scale, Comscore is the industry’s emerging, third-party source for reliable and comprehensive cross-platform measurement. To learn more about Comscore, please visit Comscore.com.
EEO Statement: We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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