Lead Analyst, Strategic Analytics

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK (Hybrid)

£51K/yr – £59K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own and lead analytics and measurement initiatives across media, CRM, and website optimization; you will design experiments, build dashboards, manage attribution and journey analyses, and present insights to clients while coordinating with channel specialists.

  • Own experimentation setup and CRO programs, coordinating with channel experts
  • Develop dashboards and reporting and ensure data accuracy across channels
  • Lead client-facing analytics discussions and measurement framework maturity

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Connect Media & Creative to Business Outcomes: Collaborate with clients to understand challenges and develop innovative solutions and project plans.
  • Data Aggregation & Dashboarding: Build and maintain dashboards and reports using existing data sources and templates, ensuring accuracy and consistency across channels.
  • Experimentation Setup & Management: Develop, implement, and monitor robust testing strategies in partnership with channel experts in Media, CRM, SEO, and Web. Report and iterate on learnings for continuous improvement.
  • CRO Strategy & Implementation: Manage the setup, execution, and monitoring of A/B tests and CRO initiatives, reporting on results and learnings.
  • Performance Analysis & Insights: Analyze performance data and surface insights, trends, and anomalies to inform optimization discussions. Lead client presentations focusing on analysis and measurement frameworks, fostering discussions on measurement maturity.
  • Attribution Modeling & Customer Journey Analysis: Manage attribution analysis and customer journey reporting using established frameworks and tools.
  • CRM Segmentation & Analysis: Plan and execute segmentation, frequency optimization, and list health monitoring to accurately track and drive incrementality. Partner with the Media team to effectively leverage and integrate first-party data into campaign targeting.
  • Website Audits: Evaluate data on website performance and Paid/SEO effectiveness to identify optimization opportunities.
  • Tracking Implementation: Ensure proper tracking setup, troubleshoot discrepancies, and provide recommendations to enhance data accuracy and reporting capabilities.

Requirements

  • 3–6 years of experience in digital or marketing analytics, ideally in an agency or performance-driven environment.
  • Strong understanding of marketing and marketing analytics concepts.
  • Familiarity with methods for measuring media effectiveness, directly and indirectly
  • Understanding of A/B and/or scientific testing and modeled measurement
  • Ability to articulate data analysis, reporting, and visualization concepts, as well as ad tagging.
  • Strong proficiency in data aggregation, automation, and visualization via Looker Studio, with bonus points for experience in Adverity, Tableau, Power BI, Adobe Analytics, Piwik, or similar.
  • Strong working knowledge of Google Analytics (GA4) and Google Tag Manager.
  • Demonstrated experience with online advertising platforms (Google Ads, Campaign Manager)
  • Demonstrated experience implementing A/B testing methodologies.
  • Familiarity with Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) best practices and technology

Preferred

  • Previous agency experience
  • Experience working in Adobe Analytics
  • Experience working in VWO and/or Optimizely
  • Experience with advanced attribution modeling
  • Knowledge of SQL or Python for deeper data manipulation

Benefits

  • Sabbatical: Paid sabbatical at 7 years with an option to take it unpaid at 5 years
  • 25 days holiday a year
  • Discretionary annual performance based incentive
  • Sale commission
  • Recruitment referrals bonus
  • Health & Wellbeing contribution
  • 2 Recharge Days each holiday year
  • Ride to Work scheme
  • Railcard
  • Season Ticket loan
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Croud

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We're an independent global media, creative, and data agency helping our clients make their next best move.We help brands unlock growth with a Return on Intelligence - applying innovative intelligence across brand strategy, integrated media, social, creative, and data. In a world where agility is essential and not all returns are created equal, we bring transparency, speed, and incrementality-focused measurement to fuel growth and unlock true value.Founded in 2011 with the mission to reinvent the agency model, we combine 600+ in-house digital experts with a global, on-demand network of 2,900 marketing specialists. This agile, scalable model gives us more time to really understand our clients’ businesses, and deliver truly incremental growth.Croud has recently acquired Vert Digital, an Atlanta-based digital marketing agency, and Metageni, an analytics specialist, having previously acquired leading social-first agency Born Social, Croud Luxe (formerly VERB Brands), and impakt Advisors.Croud is proud to partner with leading global brands including Audible, IWG, Frasers Group, Nespresso, and Prime Video, alongside Born Social’s impressive client list which includes Ford, Barclays and Diageo (Guinness).Contact the team at partnerships@croud.com for a chat, to set up an intro or any other further information.We are always looking for the very best talent, so if you're interested in working for Croud please check out careers.croud.com

Founded in 2011
London, England, GBR
741 employees (305 in marketing)
67% recommend to a friend
66% CEO approval

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£51K/yr – £59K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$38.5M
Last Raise
$38.5M
Private Equity, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2019
    Private Equity • $38.5M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
60.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52.3%
Direct
34.3%
Referral
6.3%
Social
5.8%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~742
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Lead Analyst, Strategic Analytics

Croud · Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK · Hybrid