Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Creative People is seeking a Lead Analyst for their Economic Insights and Impact team, where you will establish the organization as a trusted voice on consumer finance and economic trends. The role involves producing data-driven narratives on consumer behavior and economic dynamics, leveraging unique data to inform public conversations.
Responsibilities
• Produce press-worthy consumer spending insights tied to calendar-driven moments, emerging market trends, and timely media opportunities rooted in rigorous analysis of unique data
• Partner closely with the Communications team to develop compelling, data-driven stories and efficient collaborative processes for generating data-driven insights at scale
• Surface and report novel insights on trends in consumer behavior, financial health, and macroeconomic trends using internal data and relevant external sources
• Conduct expert economic analyses of how consumers respond to changing economic contexts and explain them in a clear, accessible way; contribute thought leadership content on economic trends affecting everyday consumers
• Produce standardized data tables, analyses and visualizations to power and scale consumer spending insights
Skills
• An advanced degree in Economics or related field
• Significant experience in economic or consumer insights and a passion for understanding and explaining how consumers experience the economy
• 7+ years in data-oriented roles such as economic consulting, data journalism or senior roles on internal economic insights teams
• Expertise in SQL - you can translate questions to queries, understand the edge cases of joins, and with dexterity explore a warehouse to find data most appropriate to the problem
• Expertise in R or Python - you write clear, reproducible code and have a tendency toward automation and documentation that support working collaboratively and at scale
• Expertise in data visualization and familiarity with standard data visualization libraries
• Excellent data storytelling skills – you can quickly find the crux of the story and translate numbers into narratives that resonate
• Economic or consumer insights background with understanding of macroeconomic trends
Company Overview
• Creative People is a recruiting agency for design and marketing sectors. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.creativepeopleinc.com.