Data Analyst - Research

Arena is a progressive organization seeking a Data Analyst to join their Blue Rose Research team. The role involves designing surveys, managing data collection, and analyzing data to provide insights for political strategists and clients. Responsibilities Designing and launching surveys that will be taken by hundreds of thousands of Americans Managing the fielding of multiple surveys simultaneously to ensure sufficient data collection on time and on budget Tracking timelines and priorities and liaising between data scientists, engineers, and client-facing stakeholders Supporting external outreach efforts, including presentations to clients, political partners, and other vendors and consultants Analyzing data to answer questions from political strategists and clients Building subject matter context and thinking critically about our data in order to discern real trends versus potential bugs to flag for our machine learning data scientists Contributing new ideas to the ways we analyze, interpret, and communicate our data – we strive to deliver the best strategic guidance and believe that everyone on the team is part of that goal Providing product feedback to engineers to improve our tools for internal and external usage Skills Have at least 1-2 years professional experience, including internships Are comfortable with SQL and relational databases. Can quickly orient themselves to a new dataset, perform exploratory analysis, spot data quality issues, and justify decisions about how to handle imperfect data Have some background in R or python programming Have strong oral and written communication skills, especially in a remote environment Enjoy spending as much of their time interacting with other people as they do writing code Have a desire to work in multi-disciplinary teams with engineers, machine learning data scientists, statisticians and political experts. Are excited about working with less-technical stakeholders and seeing how their work impacts real-world decision making Enjoy and have experience working in fast-paced environments turning around a high volume of relatively small projects Are interested in and passionate about progressive politics; willing to engage with the wider progressive political ecosystem and develop domain knowledge in addition to technical insight Are solutions-oriented, have strong attention to detail, and are a creative thinker who isn't daunted by open-ended research questions Are a kind person and a team player who contributes to a warm working environment Candidates must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States Benefits Medical Dental Health benefits Company Overview Arena brings together, trains, and supports the next generation of candidates and campaign workers. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 2-10 employees. Its website is