Vertical Strategy & Insights Analyst

Vertical Strategy & Insights Analyst

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About Pinterest:

Millions of people across the world come to Pinterest to find new ideas every day. It’s where they get inspiration, dream about new possibilities and plan for what matters most. Our mission is to help those people find their inspiration and create a life they love. As a Pinterest employee, you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward. You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field, all the while helping users make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet.

With +400 million Pinners and tens of billions of Pins, there’s a massive supply of data on Pinterest—one of the most interesting data sets in the world. As an Analyst on the Vertical Strategy and Insights team, you will help design, execute analyses and create data tools to help stakeholders succeed on Pinterest. These projects will teach advertisers and creators about their customers and categories on Pinterest and give recommendations for ad targeting, keywords, and creative. You will create insights that help marketers understand their opportunity on Pinterest and plan their media campaigns based on data and predictive recommendations.

What you’ll do:

  • Design, execute, and own data queries and analyses of first party platform data to make recommendations that impact advertiser’s business objectives on Pinterest for key industries (e.g. Retail, CPG, Travel, Tech/Telco, Financial Services)
  • Develop data workflows, scaled query tools and visualization dashboards to facilitate meaningful access to Pinterest data.
  • Identify opportunities for more scalable, impactful insight workflows, tools and features
  • As a complement to 1P data analysis, contribute to the development and analysis of custom surveys and qualitative research centered on key audiences and consumer behaviours
  • Work as a contributing member with Vertical Strategy & Insights colleagues to tell a holistic and compelling story about the business opportunity on Pinterest
  • Translate data into compelling, actionable narratives factoring in stakeholder input/needs

What we’re looking for:

  • 3+ years relevant experience creating analyses and automation techniques such as building dashboards &/or automating custom reports with large scale datasets, quantitative research, and using data to formulate business insights
  • Expertise in data querying and manipulation in SQL and Excel and at least one scripting language such as R or Python; experience with Jupyter is a plus
  • Statistical and data analysis/modeling skills (e.g. significance testing, regression modeling, etc.)
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to craft engaging and actionable insights stories for a variety of audiences using data
  • Ability to connect data analysis to real business problems, in order to impact business performance
  • Track record of operating independently, demonstrating creativity, being detail-oriented, and delivering results in a highly organized manner
  • Experience in the digital space or advertising industry a plus

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