Senior Analyst - Sport Media

We are looking for a talented Senior Analyst for the YouGov Sport media team who brings strong analytical skills, balanced with robust project management and first-class communication skills.

YouGov Sport provides a wide range of insight services on a global basis to the Sports industry. Drawing on the power of YouGov data and tools as well as a range of world-class media monitoring resources.

What will I be doing day to day?

• Project management: to co-ordinate and manage projects of varying complexity either independently or as part of a team.
• To work with the Associate Director and Client Services team to plan resources and deliverables, and address and resolve any scheduling issues.
• Create searches and use bespoke media information tools to find relevant data. Collect, collate, extract and interrogate the resultant data.
• Perform advanced media valuation analysis and calculations in Microsoft Excel, using functions such as pivot tables, V-lookup and data filters.
• Data analysis: looking into trends and identifying potential discrepancies and errors. Extrapolating and estimating data using robust samples, data models and logic
• Report production: producing bespoke analysis and reports for clients; creating a clear narrative from the data that enables the client to make data-driven decisions.
• Proofreading analyst’s reports and suggesting pertinent improvements to the written insight and presentation of data.
• To keep up-to-date with new data insights techniques and models, including how these can be translated and embedded into the business, whilst always looking to improve current techniques and models.
• Report to the Associate Director and manage a small team of Analysts and Junior Analysts.
• To become the subject matter expert, being able to share knowledge with the team and with clients where applicable.
• To provide support to the Client Services team on ad-hoc projects.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to approach and solve problems.
• Proven track record of managing multiple projects and hitting deadlines in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience of team management, ensuring work is scheduled and controlled to meet deadlines.
• Enthusiasm for day-to-day writing of evaluation reports and data analysis across a broad range of media.
• Experience in the media evaluation sector (in particular sports media) is desirable.
• Microsoft Office experience essential, including Excel to a high standard (i.e. V-lookups, IF formulae, pivot tables and data filters).
• Possess a good, clear writing style and understand different uses of tables, charts and commentary.
• Effective communication to senior management level.
• Experience with data models to complete logical data extrapolation, estimation and/or regression analysis
• Passion for sponsorship, the sports industry.
  
  
  

Company Description And Culture

YouGov is a global online research company, offering insight into what the world thinks.

We speak daily to our panel of over 27 million registered members to understand opinion and behaviors around the world. We have a strong reputation as a source of accurate data and we’re trusted by the world’s biggest brands to get it right, making us the most quoted market research source in the world.

Why join YouGov?

Join our global team to help us achieve our social mission: to make millions of people’s opinions heard for the benefit of our local, national, and international communities.

Understanding diversity of opinion requires diversity of background. Although our global panel of millions of people worldwide powers our research, our biggest asset is our people. If our research is to be truly representative of what the world thinks, we need people from all walks of life to be part of the team to bring their perspective to the work we do.

Life at YouGov

We are driven by a set of shared values. We are fast, fearless, and innovative. We work diligently to get it right. We are guided by accuracy, ethics, and proven methodologies. We respect and trust each other, bringing these values into everything that we do.

We strive to provide YouGovers with best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. We want our employees to have a sense of belonging and uniqueness in a supportive workplace, so they can bring their full selves to work.

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