As an Analyst on the Vertical Strategy and Insights team, you will help design, execute analyses and create data tools to help one of our key audiences, advertisers, succeed on Pinterest. You will create insights-based narratives that help marketers understand their opportunity on Pinterest and plan their media campaign targeting, keywords, creative, and timing, based on data and predictive recommendations.

What you’ll do:

• Design, execute, and own data queries and analyses of first party platform data to make recommendations that impact advertiser’s business objectives on Pinterest for key industries (e.g. Retail, CPG, Travel, Tech/Telco, Financial Services)
• Develop data workflows to facilitate meaningful access to Pinterest data.
• As a complement to first party data analysis, analyze third party syndicated data sources (comScore, GlobalWebIndex, Nielsen) for industry perspectives
• Translate data into compelling, actionable narratives factoring in stakeholder input/needs and digital advertising recommendations
• Work as a contributing member with Vertical Strategy & Insights colleagues to tell a holistic and compelling story about the business opportunity on Pinterest

What we’re looking for:

• 2+ years relevant experience creating analyses with large scale datasets, quantitative research, and using data to formulate business insights
• Expertise in data querying and manipulation in SQL and Excel is a must; experience with Jupyter is a plus
• Statistical and data analysis/modeling skills (e.g. significance testing, regression modeling, etc.)
• Strong communication skills and the ability to craft engaging and actionable insights stories for a variety of audiences using data
• Ability to connect data analysis to real business problems, in order to impact business performance
• Track record of operating independently, demonstrating creativity, being detail-oriented, and delivering results in a highly organized manner
• Experience in the digital space or advertising industry a plus

More about contract roles at Pinterest:

• This is a temporary contract position at Pinterest. As such, the contractor who fills this role will be employed either by our staffing partner (PRO Unlimited) or by an agency supplier partner, and not an employee of Pinterest.
• All interviews will be scheduled and/or conducted by the Pinterest assignment manager. When a finalist has been selected, PRO Unlimited or the agency supplier partner will extend the offer and provide assignment details including duration, benefits options and onboarding details.