About Ovative Group:
Ovative Group is an independent, full-funnel media, measurement, and creative firm. Leveraging our deep industry expertise, we help brands like Best Buy, Domino's, American Eagle, The Home Depot, Post, Disney, Tumi, Michael Kors, Boost Mobile, and UnitedHealth Group transform their media and measurement programs. The result? Profitable growth that speaks for itself.
At Ovative, we don't just track data, we redefine success. How do we do it? Our proprietary MarTech platform, EMRge helps businesses transform marketing into a driver of sustainable growth. Powered by Enterprise Marketing Return (EMR), our differentiated approach to holistic media buying, planning, and measurement, EMRge is the first MarTech platform to measure businesses holistically. We're all about raising the bar every day, and it shows. Our work has been recognized by organizations like Digiday, Google, Inc. 5000, USA Today, and Search Engine Land.
The Sr. Analyst, Reporting and Data Management position is truly a unique opportunity to drive impact at a fast-growing company that has the highest standards for talent, client success, and fun. This person will work with our client-facing teams, product team and data engineers to build reports that unlock valuable insights for internal teams and clients. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented and loves to investigate and solve challenges that result in driving data solutions and impact for our clients and teams. This candidate must be comfortable supporting multiple work streams, prioritizing the most vital tasks, and be able to think critically to identify risks and opportunities for driving automation of reporting at scale. This individual will play a pivotal role in helping Ovative efficiently scale our business.
Responsibilities
Build effective, efficient reporting solutions at scale that connect to business needs:
Work with clients and client teams to configure reporting templates to suit business need and drive improved outcomes.
Support stakeholder training and troubleshooting for reporting solutions.
Enable client-facing and pipeline data quality and readiness across our data solutions
This requires a deep understanding of use cases and user stories.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders and advocate for report configuration and flexibility where it matters and balance that with our need to scale across a diverse client portfolio.
Ensure our solutions reflect best-in-class security and usability standards,
Support with migration of remaining existing clients to our new reporting solution. Continually improve and maintain existing reporting solutions to drive better insights, time savings, and confidence in our reporting solutions at scale.
Collaborate across multiple teams and stakeholders:
This is a highly collaborative role, working with internal teams including Client Services, Data Engineering, Measurement Solutions, Product and Activate to:
Understand user needs and constraints
Leverage insights gained to create and drive adoption of new, consistent reporting standards
Unlock value for our Activate team members and clients to deliver time-savings and valuable reporting views in the most efficient manner
Educate and train users on how to use our tools and reports in the most efficient way
This role is primarily internal but occasionally requires professional interaction with our clients
Adopt and advocate for user-centered design principles:
Learn and understand media reporting best practices and advocate for improvements to better serve the organization
Advocate to product on behalf of client needs to drive improvements to Ovative offerings
Drive client adoption and personal expertise in Tableau, data bricks, and other relevant tools with a “template-first” mentality
Learn to quantify impact and prioritize against desired outcomes
Use these user-centric insights to influence the future of our reporting solutions
Team leadership and employee development:
Proactively drive and manage work independently with initial direction from manager
Regularly speak up, ask questions, and express your POV
Foster a culture of open communication and 360-degree feedback
Requirements
3+ years experience with paid media metrics and key performance indicators, knowledge of marketing analytics and attribution methods
Intermediate to advanced Excel experience and data viz tools
Basic understanding of data warehousing and engineering concepts
Preferred: business intelligence expertise (Tableau experience, GLS experience, etc.)
Preferred: Working knowledge of SQL and ability to write basic queries to extract and analyze data; familiarity with Python or R
Preferred: Github/version control tools
Pay Transparency
At Ovative, we offer a transparent view into three core components of your total compensation package: Base Salary, Annual Bonus, and Benefits. The salary range for this position below is inclusive of an annual bonus. Actual offers are made with consideration for relevant experience and anticipated impact. Additional benefits information is provided below.
For our Sr. Analyst positions, our compensation ranges from $75,000 to $93,000, which is inclusive of a 15% bonus.
Benefits of Working at Ovative Group:
We provide strong, competitive, holistic benefits that understand the importance of your life inside and out of work.
Culture:
Culture matters and we’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace for ten years running because of it. We demand trust and transparency from each other. We believe in doing the hard and complicated work others put off. We’re open in communication and floor plan. We’re flat – our interns sit next to VPs, our analysts work closely with senior leaders, and our CEO interacts with every single person daily. Put together, these elements help foster an environment where smart people can support each other in performing to their highest potential.
Ovative is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can participate and thrive. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind, including on the basis of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. Our policies reflect this commitment—for example, our medical leave benefits are inclusive of same-sex partners, ensuring equitable care and support for all families.
Compensation and Insurance:
We strive to hire and retain the best talent. Paying fair, competitive compensation, with a large bonus incentive, and phenomenal health insurance is an important part of this mix.
We’re rewarded fairly and when the company performs well, we all benefit.
Tangible amenities we enjoy:
Access to all office spaces in MSP, NYC, and CHI
Frequent, paid travel to our Minneapolis headquarters for company events, team events, and in-person collaboration with teams
Generous paid vacation policy
401k match program
Top-notch health insurance options, inclusive of same sex partners
Family formation benefits including reimbursement options for fertility, pregnancy, and parenting needs
Monthly stipend for your mobile phone and data plan
Sabbatical program
Charitable giving via our time and a financial match program
Shenanigan’s Day
Working at Ovative won’t be easy, but if you like getting your hands dirty, driving results, and being surrounded by the best talent, it’ll be the most rewarding job you’ll ever have. If you think you can make us better, we want to hear from you!
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