Marketing Assistant (contract)

Redmond, WA (Unknown)

$40/hr – $46/hrIntern/New Grad2+ years expContract

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end quantitative market research delivery, from survey design and programming to data cleaning, analysis, and stakeholder-ready insights that drive business questions and decision making.

  • Survey design and programming: craft clear instruments, apply logic and randomization, and QA for accuracy and smooth respondent experience.
  • Data handling and basic analysis: clean datasets, build crosstabs, run descriptive stats, and flag anomalies for quality control.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop initial drafts of survey questionnaires aligned to research objectives, applying best practices in question clarity, logical flow, and bias avoidance
  • Program surveys including logic, piping, and randomization, and conduct thorough QA to ensure accuracy and a seamless respondent experience
  • Clean and prepare datasets for analysis, including coding, recoding, and variable setup
  • Build structured crosstabs aligned to the analysis plan and business questions, ensuring accuracy and consistency across cuts and key variables
  • Identify and flag anomalies or data quality issues throughout the research process
  • Execute defined analysis plans using descriptive statistics and basic analytical techniques to identify key differences, trends, and meaningful patterns
  • Validate findings against hypotheses and flag unexpected results
  • Develop draft reports summarizing key findings, translating data into clear, concise insights with supporting evidence
  • Build charts and tables that simplify complex information for stakeholders and iterate on deliverables based on feedback
  • Own execution timelines for assigned research projects, proactively communicating risks or delays and proposing mitigation plans

Requirements

  • 2 to 5 or more years of experience in market research or analytics
  • Demonstrated experience drafting surveys and applying survey design best practices
  • Experience working with large-scale survey datasets
  • Experience creating research reports and data visualizations
  • Proven ability to manage timelines and communicate proactively across multiple concurrent projects
  • End-to-end survey design with a strong command of questionnaire development principles
  • Survey programming capabilities including logic, piping, and randomization
  • Data analysis proficiency using SPSS, R, or similar statistical tools
  • Strong proficiency in Excel for crosstab development, pivot tables, and data cleaning
  • Ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights and visualizations

Preferred

  • Familiarity with quantitative methods such as segmentation, regression, or weighting is preferred
  • Background in advertiser, marketing, or technology research is preferred

Benefits

  • Medical, dental & vision
  • Hospital plans
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
  • Life Insurance (Company paid Basic Life and AD&D as well as voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
  • Company paid short and long-term disability
  • Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Time Off/Leave(PTO, Allegis Group Paid Family Leave, Parental Leave)
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Founded in 1975
Redmond, Washington, US
237K employees (11,715 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.3B
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$5.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.6%
Direct
56.9%
Referral
7.3%
Social
0.4%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~225.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
6,377 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
21 years
Median Tenure
14 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
44

Funding

Total Funding
$1M
Last Raise
$1M
Post IPO Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2022
    Post IPO Equity
  • Jan 2020
    Post IPO Equity
  • Sep 1981
    Series Unknown • $1M

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