Job description
*this role is open to remote working within the UK. Successful candidates will be required to travel to their closest UNiDAYS campus (London or Nottingham) on occasion.
The role in a nutshell
As a Senior Insight Analyst at UNiDAYS, your responsibility is to foster high-quality decision-making through data. You will rely on your expertise to choose the right analytical tools to address the questions while promoting a test-and-learn approach among your stakeholders
You’ll feel at ease collaborating across various functions, managing requests and insight projects. These projects will focus on actionable recommendations for stakeholders, whether you are operating at a tactical or strategic level.
Day to day responsibilities
Delivery Action and Impact from your Insight:
- From Brief to delivery, you will own and lead your analytical deliverables that derive actionable insight that supports business performance
- Deliver insight with a focus on driving commercial value or marketing outcomes supporting both tactical and strategic decision-making
- Manage clear stakeholder communications throughout the insight project lifecycle ensuring you drive impact from the insight and recommendations you deliver through strong stakeholder relationships.
- Collaborate with other analysts in the department to both improve the outcomes of your own deliverables and support those of others
- Be an ambassador for the team - raise the profile of the team through showcasing insight work across the business (ie. through ad-hoc training, lunch and learns)
Using the right tools for the job and supporting others learning them:
- Ensure the technical delivery across projects is appropriate/fit for purpose
- Making considered choices on leaning on previously learned skills and analytical techniques or learning new methods where needed to meet the deliverable or project goal
- Crafting communication of your insight and recommendations to fit the audience’s needs to maximise impact through adjusting your communication and presentation style
- Support the development of best practices around statistics, coding, visualisation, storytelling, QA, project delivery
- Adhere to Data Governance guidelines, making sure we leverage and share the right data at the right times
What we need from you
- Significant prior experience in an insight or marketing/commercial science role with demonstrable examples of working from insight brief to deliverable outcomes consistently
- An inquisitive nature to dig into problems & opportunities to deliver insight and a growth mindset which enables you to adapt your skill set to the needs of the business
- At least 2 years experience using statistical methods to answer complex questions or providing greater depth of insight to simple questions, including hypothesis generation and A/B testing and time series methods e.g. forecasting, ARIMA, causal inference
- Comfortable with using a range of different data sets as part of analysis including data warehouse platforms or unstructured data sets Desirable but not essential: experience of event / click stream data from mobile apps
- Experience with data visualisation and compiling insight presentation decks to tell stories with data and drive change
- Advanced proficiency in SQL and Excel/Google Sheets and visualisation tools Desirable but not essential: Experience with dashboarding tools such as Tableau or PowerBI
- Experience with using Python to manipulate data and as a tool as for analysis (for example using Pandas) Desirable but not essential: Experience using cloud platforms such as GIT, SageMaker or Data Bricks
KNOWLEDGE: What You know
Academic Qualifications: Degree in numerate/statistical subject, or equivalent experience in a related field
Technical Qualifications: No formal required however qualifications around Python, R, SQL, Statistics, Data Visualisation are desirable
Perks
We’ve accomplished a lot since we started in 2011, but in many ways, this is just the beginning. This is the chance for you to get in on ground zero. An opportunity to make a difference within the business with global reach. We are the world’s largest Student Affinity Network, with over 22 million verified members in 115 markets including the US, UK, Germany, India, Canada and Australia. We work with 800 of the world’s biggest brands globally, taking their products and services into the hearts and minds of tomorrow’s professionals, delivering engagement, building affinity and sales. You’ll also be working for a Great Place to Work CertifiedTM company who have been recognised on the UK’s Best WorkplacesTM for Wellbeing and UK’s Best Workplaces for Women 2022 list. To find out more about our workplace initiatives, see our UK exclusive case study with Great Place to Work and be sure to visit our profile for more information.
We offer a fast paced, fun & social working environment where you can truly make an impact. We believe that work should enhance and complement your life which is why we leave it up to you to decide where you work. You can choose to work from your assigned campus (either Nottingham or London) or from home, whatever works best for your individual needs. Your manager may request you attend team meet ups at your campus but other than that it is up to you! We work hard at UNiDAYS, but we also believe in fair compensation for hard work. That’s why we’re pleased to offer all employees full access to our comprehensive benefits package.
Our perks include:
- 25 days holiday per year increasing with length of service, plus flexible bank holidays
- Competitive salaries
- 4pm finishes every Friday
- Company bonus scheme
- Company pension scheme
- Private health insurance (Vitality)
- Income protection policy
- Life assurance policy
- Employee Assistance Program
- Enhanced parental leave pay
- Core hours with flexibility around how/when you manage your time
- Regular team building activities
- The latest tech and hardware will be supplied from day one
- Good Vibes Program: we know we’ve all had to adapt to new ways of working and UNiDAYS has always taken pride in the community we’ve created in the office but we’re just as committed to creating an innovative approach to fostering connections and improving engagement outside of the office! We want to boost your remote working experience so think virtual parties, pottery classes, wellness classes and guest speakers just to name a few!
- Support for home working for all new team members. We will help assess your home set up and you can expense £150 towards any additional furniture you may need to be safe and comfortable when working from home
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.
