Manager, Insights Communications and Media

Company: Kelton Global
Location: New York, NY

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Who We Are

Kelton builds brands from the insight out. Together with our company group, we are a collective strategy consultancy that leverages sophisticated consumer understanding, data analytics, and deep human understanding to help organizations chart new pathways to growth. Our model is uniquely set up to uncover the emotional and nonconscious as well as the rational and explicit factors. By turning these insights into powerful products, services, communications, and experiences we help many of the world’s most innovative and loved brands drive lasting business growth.

Our team packs a punch – We’re made up of social scientists, researchers, analysts, designers, marketers, and idea engineers with diverse backgrounds and endless amounts of curiosity, initiative, and agility. Our people value taking a creative, thoughtful, and rigorous approach to interpreting insights, developing strategies, and designing solutions that deliver on customer desires. We are proud of having an entrepreneurial culture where training is immersive, the day to day is collaborative, and there are ample opportunities for learning and growth every day.

Visit http://www.keltonglobal.com ( http://www.keltonglobal.com ) to explore our organization and review some of our case studies!

Why We Want You & What You’ll Do

We are seeking a Communications and Media professional to join our team! Our practice is built to provide end-to-end support for corporate communicators and PR firms. With world-class opinion research as the foundation, we craft messaging and positioning strategies, generate public opinion survey data that grabs headlines and track the success of communications efforts over time.

This role utilizes research, communication, and strategic thinking skills to work with clients across multiple verticals. A high level of passion, motivation, and excellent communication skills are required to manage an incredibly diverse slate of work, clients, and team personalities. Flexibility to work on multiple projects, a natural aptitude for organization, and deadline-driven deliverable creation are equally important in this fast-paced environment. We are looking for someone who can deliver amidst the dynamic nature of workload and pace inherent in a client service business. Our ideal candidate is brave, curious, and seasoned enough to lead projects with limited oversight; additionally, you’ll have a strong interest in corporate communications and PR and are enthusiastic about using opinion research to craft data-driven communication strategy.

In this role, you can look forward to regular client contact, a role in business development and proposal writing/methodology creation, and a leading role in managing a project from start to finish. Additional responsibilities:

  • Designing and executing opinion research – including a significant number of public opinion polls
  • Analyzing and curating data and insights
  • Collaborating with team to develop strategy using research data and creative ideas
  • Supporting other team members in crafting proposals, taking meeting notes, drafting questionnaires, survey fieldwork quality control, data analysis and reporting
  • Driving multiple projects and workstreams at a time
  • Working with leadership to generate ideas for improving how we work

Skills/Experience:

  • 3+ years relevant work experience; insights and social science/research background is preferred
  • Experience working with quantitative research, surveys, and questionnaires
  • Knowledge of SPSS or other analytical software preferred
  • Fluent with PowerPoint and Excel
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong project management, organizational, and critical thinking skills; an ability to consider both individual detail and the interrelated larger picture
  • Ability to collaboratively and independently manage workloads and problem solve
  • An excitement for doing great work, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a desire to grow and develop amongst other like-minded, well-rounded humans!

How to Apply:
Our best asset is our staff. We only hire the most motivated, collaborative, curious, and insightful people. Only those up for a challenge and desiring a real commitment to their workplace should apply. Kelton offers full benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).

Please visit our website at http://www.keltonglobal.com ( http://www.keltonglobal.com ) for more information.