Associate Director Analytics - Freelance

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$70/hr – $90/hrSenior Level6+ years expContract

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and connect marketing analytics programs to client outcomes, translating data into actionable insights and executive-ready recommendations across campaigns, channels, and brand performance.

  • Lead cross-functional measurement workstreams that tie media activity to broader business impact.
  • Translate complex data into concise narratives and concrete next steps for clients.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a day-to-day client partner on marketing effectiveness, measurement, and performance.
  • Synthesize results across campaigns and channels into a clear view of overall marketing performance and business implications.
  • Identify emerging trends, performance opportunities, and areas requiring deeper investigation.
  • Translate analysis into concise, executive-ready narratives and recommendations.
  • Connect media and campaign metrics with brand performance, consideration, digital engagement, sales, and market-share indicators.
  • Use and interpret key measurement platforms and data sources including Dynata, YouGov, MarketCast, and BERA.
  • Partner across VML, WPP Media, and other integrated agency teams to create a holistic view of performance.
  • Guide analysts and channel teams in moving from reporting metrics to identifying insights and actions.
  • Ensure measurement frameworks, KPIs, and reporting are consistent and aligned to client objectives.

Requirements

  • 6–10+ years of experience in marketing analytics, effectiveness, measurement, or related disciplines.
  • Strong client leadership, communication, and presentation skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to connect marketing activity to brand and business performance.
  • Experience synthesizing data across media, campaign, brand, digital, and business sources.
  • Ability to turn complex analysis into a clear “so what” and “now what.”
  • Strong cross-functional leadership across analytics, media, strategy, account, and client teams.
  • Automotive or similarly complex consumer marketing experience is a plus.
  • The core profile we are looking for is a trusted marketing performance partner to the client, rather than someone focused primarily on producing analytics deliverables.

Preferred

  • Automotive or similarly complex consumer marketing experience is a plus.

Benefits

  • We offer a competitive benefits package.
  • Click WPP Benefits for more details.
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Associate Director Analytics - Freelance

VML · Los Angeles, CA · Hybrid