Data Analyst at Vaco Technology Mountain View, CA
Mountain View, CA, United States
Data Analyst at Vaco Technology Mountain View, CA
Education: Degree in journalism, statistics or other social sciences
Recent college graduates are acceptable provided it is combined with suitable work experience with data and/or journalism
Basic experience in excel and other data packages
Basic understanding of how spreadsheets work and advanced data techniques
Familiarity with or experience of basic data tools such as: spreadsheets (Google and Excel) R Google tools, ie Fusion Tables Basic viz tools: Datawrapper, Google Charts, News awareness: what's going on in the world
Flexibility and willingness to work some unsocial hours
Responsibilities Pulling data under direction of the Data Editor
Working reactively to media requests and in partnership with newsrooms and internal client partners
Generating data for the daily newsletter
Generating ideas for special journalistic and data viz projects
Qualifications Education: Degree in journalism, statistics or other social sciences
Recent college graduates are acceptable provided it is combined with suitable work experience with data and/or journalism
Basic experience in excel and other data packages
Basic understanding of how spreadsheets work and advanced data techniques
Familiarity with or experience of basic data tools such as: spreadsheets (Google and Excel) R Google tools, ie Fusion Tables Basic viz tools: Datawrapper, Google Charts, News awareness: what's going on in the world
Flexibility and willingness to work some unsocial hours
Responsibilities Pulling data under direction of the Data Editor
Working reactively to media requests and in partnership with newsrooms and internal client partners
Generating data for the daily newsletter
Generating ideas for special journalistic and data viz projects
Data Analyst job at Vaco Technology. Mountain View, CA.
We are a global team assisting journalists and internal teams to have a pulse on the world's reaction to news events through the lens of our company's datasets...
Working in conjunction with the Communications, Marketing and Media Partnership teams, you will collaborate with media partners from around the world to create insightful, high-impact Trends analyzes that position Search data as a key signal for what matters now.
Top Daily Responsibilities:
• Pulling data under direction of the Data Editor.
• Working reactively to media requests and in partnership with newsrooms and internal client partners.
• Generating data for the daily newsletter.
• Generating ideas for special journalistic and data viz projects.
Mandatory Skills/Qualifications;
• Education: Degree in journalism, statistics or other social sciences.
• Recent college graduates are acceptable provided it is combined with suitable work experience with data and/or journalism.
• Basic experience in excel and other data packages. R would be a nice to have.
• Basic understanding of how spreadsheets work and advanced data techniques.
Non-Essential Skills/Qualifications:
• What we're looking for: Enthusiasm! Familiarity with or experience of basic data tools such as: spreadsheets (Google and Excel) R Google tools, ie Fusion Tables Basic viz tools: Datawrapper, Google Charts, News awareness: what's going on in the world.
• Flexibility and willingness to work some unsocial hours Company information
Vaco delivers critical talent solutions to our clients by providing consulting, project resources, executive search, direct hire and strategic staffing solutions with expertise in accounting and finance, IT and digital, risk and compliance, and operations and administration. In addition to Vaco, our family of brands includes MorganFranklin Consulting, a finance, technology and business advisory firm; Pivot Point Consulting, a Best in KLAS healthcare IT consulting leader; and Focus Search Partners, a retained executive search practice.Since its founding in 2002, Vaco has grown to serve more than 12,000 clients across the globe with 10,000 employees. In addition to being named to Inc. magazine’s list of the fastest-growing private companies for the past 16 years, Vaco was also named to Forbes’ 2018-2021 lists of America’s Best Recruiting Firms as well as the 2018 and 2022 lists of Largest US Staffing Firms by Staffing Industry Analysts. Vaco annually ranks as one of the Best Staffing Firms to Work For. For more information, visit vaco.com.
Recruiting, Finance, Financial Services, Professional Services, Technology, Consulting, Information Technology and Services, Healthcare, Information Technology & Services, Management Consulting
Privately Held
Founded: 2002
Company Specialties:
Consulting, Finance & Accounting, Technology, Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics, Executive Search, Staffing, Healthcare IT, General Administration, Human Resources, Company Culture, Managed Services, and Permanent Search
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