Research Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and enhance keyword-driven search queries to gather substantial amounts of social media posts, captions, comments, and transcripts relevant to specific topics.

• Collaborate closely with our data team to deliver precise guidance on the type of analysis that is most effective for a particular client or issue: sentiment scoring, topic modeling, engagement metrics analysis, etc.

• Utilize AI tools to tag, classify, and code content at scale, organizing posts by themes, tones, stances, or other relevant dimensions that would be cumbersome to label manually.

• Convert findings into visual representations and written reports that present data-driven insights in a manner accessible to non-technical audiences.

• Combine quantitative results with qualitative interpretation to produce findings that are both robust and narratively engaging.

• Integrate qualitative insights into clear and persuasive deliverables such as memos, briefs, and presentations that convert online discussions into actionable insights for non-technical audiences.

⛳️ Requirements

• 1-2 years of professional experience working with extensive text-based datasets, including social media posts, comments, captions, or transcripts, for exploratory analysis.

• Familiarity with quantitative text analysis techniques such as sentiment analysis, frequency analysis, or topic modeling.

• Proficient SQL skills, including the capability to write queries to filter, join, and transform datasets for analysis.

• Excellent communication skills, with the capacity to translate quantitative findings into written narratives that are accessible to non-technical audiences.

• Strong understanding of social media platforms and online communities; you engage with these environments and comprehend how content disseminates, how subcultures communicate, and how algorithms influence visibility.

• Robust research instincts, with the ability to pinpoint the right sources, ask relevant questions, and recognize when you have discovered something significant.

• A passion for working on progressive causes, including experience with political campaigns or public interest groups.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance coverage at 90% for full-time employees; Dental and Vision options available.

• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) and sick leave.

• 401(k) plan with company contributions.