What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Insights Analyst position at cognitiv?
The Insights team at Cognitiv is at the forefront of transforming data into actionable intelligence and empowering our clients to understand their customers and enhance their campaign performance. As an Insights Analyst, you will leverage your expertise in AdTech, combining technical prowess with business acumen to deliver compelling stories through data. You will be instrumental in addressing key questions from Customer Success, Sales, and our clients, using diverse data sources to provide clear and impactful answers.
In this role, you will write code to pull custom insights, create visualizations, and develop presentations that convey cohesive and persuasive narratives. Your ability to work cross functionally is essential, as you will interact with clients, and collaborate with business and technical teams to ensure high-quality, accurate analyses. We encourage innovative thinking and welcome your ideas, experiences and fresh approaches to contribute to Cognitiv’s ongoing success.
This position will be located in New York City with a hybrid work schedule of 3 days in office (Mon/Tue/Wed) and 2 days remote optional (Thursday/Friday).
What You’ll Do:
- Master our internal data platforms and leverage them to provide bespoke insights for wrap reports and ad hoc analyses
- Create and present monthly & quarterly presentations visualizations for clients, providing key information on campaign performance and actionable recommendations
- Enhance insights storytelling by designing visuals and presentations that emphasize the “so what” behind the data, ensuring recommendations are clear and actionable.
- Perform exploratory data analysis to provide clear and actionable answers to client questions
- Collaborate with Client Success and Performance Strategy teams to incorporate client strategies, new product offerings, and campaign optimizations in wrap reports and recommendations
- Work with offshore analysts to ensure their approaches and data pulls are accurate
- This is an individual contributor role, but you will also be expected to manage projects and timelines with internal stakeholders
Who You Are:
- 5 years of experience at an Ad Tech company or Agency
- Proficiency with SQL (joins, CTEs, case statements, etc) and creating intermediate datasets for visualization purposes
- Strong analytical and presentation skills
- Demonstrated ability to communicate results of analyses to clients and various internal teams
- Working knowledge of the programmatic advertising ecosystem and media measurement methodologies
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
- Tableau or similar business intelligence software experience
Bonus Points:
- Familiarity with a broad range of client verticals
- Knowledge of statistical tests and methods
- Experience working with 3rd party data sets for custom insights and measurement purposes
- Familiarity with ETL processes and job orchestration for custom data pipelines
- Big data experience with log files and large data sets
- Experience with S3 data storage/retrieval, AWS Athena & Glue, and Clickhouse Cloud (or similar technologies)
- Experience with dashboard design and wireframing
Salary:
- $130,000-$140,000 Base Salary Equity
What We Offer
- Medical, dental & vision coverage (some plans 100% employer-paid)
- 12 weeks paid parental leave
- Unlimited PTO Work-From-Anywhere August
- Career development with clear advancement paths
- Equity for all employees
- Hybrid work model & daily team lunch
- Health & wellness stipend cell phone reimbursement
- 401(k) with employer match
- Parking (CA & WA offices) & pre-tax commuter benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Comprehensive onboarding (Cognitiv University)
- …and more!
What You’ll Find at Cognitiv
- Festiv – We make work fun with cross-team games, events, and creative team bonding.
- Responsiv – You’ll be close to clients and leadership, influencing real outcomes.
- Inclusiv – Diversity and individuality are celebrated across all levels.
- Inventiv – We reward curiosity and embrace bold ideas.
- Transformativ – We support your growth with training, mentorship, and flexibility.
- Collaborativ – We operate across coasts, connected by purpose and teamwork.
Salary : $130,000 - $140,000
