Analyst (Culture Pod)
This posting is for researchers seeking roles with the following subject matter focus:
Black Voters | AAPI Voters | Hispanic and Latino Voters | Economy & Labor
About HIT Strategies
HIT Strategies is an insights firm that decodes the political and consumer landscape where traditional firms fail. Our diverse team of researchers specialize in reaching the underestimated voters and consumers who are reshaping American culture, media, and markets – communities often misunderstood or overlooked by conventional research. Our brand promise is to deliver culturally competent research and actionable insights with precision, clarity, and impact.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of our mission. As the leading millennial and minority-owned insights research firm, our team reflects the country's incredible diversity. Therefore, we especially encourage applications from people of color, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, and groups underrepresented in political research.
Analyst
HIT seeks an analyst to join its team to lead projects end to end across the research life cycle. The analyst works in a research pod with our data and field teams to execute research highlighting key demographic audiences and critical issues. The analyst is skilled in synthesizing polls, distilling key findings, and presenting culturally competent research that addresses client objectives. This is a full-time exempt position reporting to a research manager.
Due to the startup nature of the company, a dedicated self-starter with effective client management skills would be ideal for this position. This is an excellent opportunity for researchers interested in building a public profile while discussing data impacting diverse audiences. We work closely with political organizations and candidates, so interest in electoral politics is preferred.
Key Objectives
- Drive accurate, high-quality, culturally competent analysis of behaviors, attitudes, values, and other drivers within research populations
- Serve as an end-to-end project manager, ensuring the timely and successful completion of research projects
- Contribute to and drive process improvements in research design, data collection, and analysis
Role /Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be requested to fulfill essential responsibilities.
- Managing the lifecycle of a research project at HIT, including client’s timeline and project objectives and goals, ensuring successful completion of products at the end of the project
- Drafting public opinion research instruments for a variety of audiences, including determining appropriate survey questions, composing moderator and research guides and writing persuasive messaging
- Analyzing completed data and presenting it to clients with strategic analysis in a visually compelling way. Writing and producing visually compelling and accurate analytical reports which include but are not limited to statistical facts, key data trends, and critical insights pertinent to client objectives and outcomes. Amplifying the voices of the populations we represent and research in our deliverables
- Briefing and training qualitative group moderators
- Handling the backroom of focus groups (virtual and in person), including client management and technical logistics
- Moderating focus groups
- Developing analytical proof points by marking up and extracting quotes from focus group transcripts
- Reviewing and approving data products, including crosstabs and toplines
- Producing and delivering snapshot briefs for clients ahead of final analysis and reports
- Keeping clients up to date on projects via email and responding to questions in a timely manner
- Presenting research to clients and key stakeholders alongside senior research staff
- Coordinating internal and external scheduling with clients and the Executive Office
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Marketing, Mass Communications, Economics, Statistics, Humanities, or a related concentration
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, especially succinct and concise reporting
- 2 to 3 years of previous work experience in public opinion or market research at a polling firm, political organization, political campaign, non-profit organization or market research firm
- Project management experience to include managing vendor progress, coordinating work timing and project sequencing with other researchers, and interacting with clients for product delivery
- Ability to work non-traditional hours when the project or client need necessitates (e.g. Labor Day through Election Day during election cycles)
- Ability to produce a variety of high-quality analyses as demonstrated by a research assessment
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office – especially Excel and PowerPoint for presentation skills
The following qualifications are preferred but not required:
- Experience working directly for political campaigns
- Proficiency with SPSS, R, or equivalent statistical software
- Familiarity with VAN, L2, Catalist, Targetsmart or other voter files
Salary and Benefits
- Annual salary range: $55,000 - $65,000
- Medical, dental and vision health plans with 75% of premiums paid by HIT
- Employer paid short-term disability insurance, life & AD&D insurance, and employee assistance program
- Voluntary long-term disability, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity insurance
- 401(k) retirement program with discretionary profit sharing
- Unlimited health and wellness and paid time off
- Professional development funding
- Media training