Contract Media Intelligence Data Analyst

About Us: At Incite, we use audience intelligence and media data analytics to help brands better understand and navigate the modern media landscape. We uncover powerful insights from primary research as well as publicly available social and traditional media data, enabling companies to engage with audiences and the media in more meaningful and strategic ways. We're growing fast and looking for several smart, creative, curious, and analytical minds to join us on a contract basis. We want people who have a natural sense for brand reputation vs. risk, public relations & marketing concepts, enjoy solving complex challenges, finding insights in messy data, and presenting findings in a clear, impactful and actionable way. You won’t just be a platform based analyst that downloads pre-built data and packages in simple and boring templated charts. You will be flexing all of your left and right brain capabilities to combine data exploration, cleaning, analysis, writing, contextual research, business strategy, report creation and design, as well as client facing presentation and delivery. What You'll Do: • Primary Research: Design and execute custom research surveys to understand audience preferences, media affinities, and emerging trends. • Boolean Query Writing: Craft detailed Boolean searches to pull the most relevant and accurate media coverage and content for strategic analysis. • Data Cleaning + Analysis: Clean raw datasets manually to ensure accuracy and extract meaningful insights. Use Excel/Google Sheets or other more advanced data analytics tools to pivot data and identify key patterns. • Media Landscape Analysis: Analyze media trends (social + traditional) to understand brand positioning, competitive performance, and audience engagement. • Report Writing + Strategic Feedback: Craft clear, long-form recaps that summarize findings, provide actionable insights, and guide clients toward future success. • Collaborative Consulting: Participate in client facing sessions where we provide consultative guidance, shape defensible strategy based on data and research insights. What We're Looking For: • Experience: 2+ years working in data analysis, PR/communications measurement, audience research, or media intelligence. • Software Knowledge: Proficiency with Excel or Google Sheets (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, etc.). Experience with media tools (like Muckrack, Brandwatch, Meltwater, Infegy or Talkwalker) is a plus. • Research Expertise: Strong background in crafting and conducting primary research with thoughtful survey design and execution. • Analytical Skills: Ability to build complex, accurate boolean queries and find connections in data, summarize complex concepts and deliver strategic insights. • Attention to Detail: You can dig into raw data, clean it thoroughly, and extract meaningful trends. • Creative Mindset: Enjoy solving strategic problems in innovative ways and thrive in working on fast-paced projects with committed deadlines. • Writing Skills: Clear, thoughtful, and consultative writing style; ability to convey complex ideas in a simple way. • Independent Work Style: Able to self-manage and meet deadlines without heavy supervision. What We Offer: • Flexible Hours: Work remotely with flexibility to accommodate your schedule. • Meaningful Projects: Work with some of the biggest brands, helping shape their media strategies. • Challenging + Rewarding Work: Engage in creative problem solving and consulting, with opportunities to make a direct impact on the success of each project you work on. Ready to Apply? If you’re excited about working with data in a way that’s creative, strategic, and fun, we’d love to hear from you! Please send your resume and a brief cover letter explaining why this role is a good fit for you.