Manager, Insights, Data & Intelligence

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$50K/yr – $105K/yrManager4+ years exp

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the analytics and insight generation for reputation and communications work, turning social listening, campaign analytics, and data storytelling into actionable guidance for senior stakeholders.

  • Drive data-informed storytelling across earned and owned analytics and social listening to shape client strategies.
  • Apply AI-driven trend detection and forecasting to evolve insights and brand intelligence for multiple brands.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Assist with the development of strategic insights that inform communications, marketing, and reputation-driven campaigns.
  • Translate data into clear narratives and recommendations for senior client stakeholders.
  • Proactively deep dives into data to inform and steer critical decision making, as well as work with complex datasets to aggregate, ingest and organize data in a clean, ready-to-use fashion for the team to deliver data-led findings in a way that makes sense for each brand.
  • Monitor, track, and evaluate earned and owned organic campaign performance analytics, based on client KPIs, targets and baselines.
  • Identify trends, cultural signals, and audience behaviors.
  • Help oversee social listening programs using tools such as Brandwatch, Sprinklr, and similar platforms ensuring data integrity and methodological rigor.
  • Apply AI capabilities to enhance insight generation, trend detection, and forecasting while helping to evolve Burson's AI-enabled analytics and intelligence approaches.
  • Provide easy to understand social analytics with strategic implications relating to the overall brand objectives and work within a team to develop and execute creative digital and social media content.

Requirements

  • 4-5+ years of experience in analytics, insights, or intelligence roles working within or for the PR, Communications, or Advertising industry, with a deep understanding of its unique data landscapes, client demands, and strategic challenges.
  • Strong background in social media analytics and social listening.
  • Proficient understanding of social listening, particularly with experience using Sprinklr for analytics, in addition to other Boolean Language and platforms, like Brandwatch, Meltwater, etc.
  • Proven ability to translate data into strategic insights.
  • Experience with generative AI models and integrating AI into operational workflows.
  • Client-facing communication skills, with a track record of translating complex technical concepts into clear, concise, and impactful business recommendations for senior stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects concurrently, prioritize effectively, and drive results in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent storytelling and presentation skills.
  • Detail-oriented while keeping sight of bigger picture/trends; intellectually curious.
  • Keen eye for data trends and the ability to investigate and extract insights and stories.
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

Benefits

  • robust benefits and people programs, which include professional development opportunities, mentorship programs with industry leaders, a vibrant and inclusive company culture fostering collaboration and innovation and packages designed to reward and retain top talent.
  • We invest in our people because we believe their success is our success.
  • We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we've adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
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Burson

Burson is the global leader in communications, purpose-built to create value for our clients through reputation. We reinvent how reputation creates competitive advantage for our clients, so they can lead today and far into the future.

New York, New York, US
3.6K employees (764 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
92.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.5%
Direct
44.5%
Referral
8.4%
Social
5%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3.7K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
604 (16% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
2.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

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