R sig jobs - Apr 2012 - Job Opening: Strategy & Analytics Lead Consultant for Google

Hello R users,

I have a full time job opportunity at SolutionSet, 100% working for Google in
Mountain View, CA. Email me your resume at mae.coughlin at solutionset.com, if
you are interested. Thank you! --mae

Strategy & Analytics Lead Consultant for Google

Position overview: 
As a valued member of our marketing service agency SolutionSet, you?ll work
collaboratively with our account & creative teams and our client Google to
design effective marketing communications and provide business insights. You
will define objectives, quantitatively evaluate opportunities and provide
strategic thought leadership.  You will be a hands-on contributor, planning and
conducting analyses on Google?s data, and presenting findings to Google.  Google
and our internal teams will look to you as the expert in best practices in the
use of tools for the collection, understanding, manipulation, and analysis of
data; and the expert to apply best practices of email and direct mail marketing
campaign strategies.  Your input will help to inform the planning process, guide
the setup of statistically sound tests, and enable accurate measurement of
results.
You should have excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and the
technical acumen required to detail out the process and deliverables concisely
and with accuracy. You also have a strong work ethic and are a dedicated
performer with the willingness to do what it takes to deliver the best of breed
solutions for our client Google.  You'll provide insightful interpretation
of data to enhance our ability to deliver intelligent and efficient
multi-channel marketing initiatives for Google.
Primary Responsibilities include:
?	Provide strategic and analytic consulting services to support project
engagements, driving strategic marketing decisions.
?	Perform analysis of campaign results to assist in overall evaluation of
campaign success.
?	Perform ad hoc and recurring analysis and reporting of customer data to
monitor key performance indicators and trends.
?	Develop ad hoc advanced analysis of customer data to support hypotheses for
opportunities in customer value management, e.g., acquisition, retention,
attrition, and demographic/firmographic and behavioral profiles: includes
customer segmentation and advanced modeling.
?	Conduct experimental design in order to test & learn the best marketing
tactics.
?	Participate in building, maintaining, and improving reporting/data processes,
including new campaign management, customer database, and tool project rollouts.
?	Participate in a wide variety of planning and research projects, which include
secondary research, writing and preparation of presentations, Point of View
documents and proposals.
?	Understand email campaign logics and create SQL scripts to dynamically pull
Google customer lists from database based on variables to receive email, DM, and
other communications from Google.
?	Works with the production team to make sure all files are built correctly and
the QA process is followed consistently with each deliverable to ensure correct
account data was populated for all communications.
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Essential Skills/Experience: 
?	5+ Years of hands on experience of data analytics and statistical modeling
?	Demonstrable skills in creating analytical solutions (statistical modeling,
cluster analysis and segmentations), developing custom client reports, and
providing marketing/business insights.
?	Working knowledge of linear and logistic regression techniques
?	Expertise with at least one statistical package such as SAS and R. 
?	Experience managing or using complex marketing databases through standard
access tools, such as SQL (MS-Access, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL), reporting
tools (Business Objects, Crystal Reports) or business intelligence applications.
?	Experience working with large datasets and the ability to
create/handle/analyze datasets at multiple levels (example customer,
transactions, demographic/firmographic, etc.)
?	Must have excellent client facing skills including self-presentation and
clarity of verbal communication
?	Must have experience with email marketing programs. Knowledge of other
integrated marketing channels is a plus.
?	Self-starter & team player with excellent project management and
communication skills.
?	Skill and creativity in the use of Microsoft or other desktop tools (Excel,
Access, PowerPoint, Word, Project).
?	Graduate degree in Statistics/Business preferred
?	Knowledge of Python, Linux or other Shell Script is a plus
?	Knowledge of Google Docs, Google Analytics and Google AdWords would benefit
you greatly in this role

About SolutionSet
SolutionSet was formed as an answer to what was missing in the market: a firm
that was technical enough to implement complex systems, but creative enough to
make the systems beautiful and easy to use. SolutionSet Digital is part of a
blended agency that combines user-centered creative and leading-edge technology
to deliver the next new thinking in web development, digital marketing, and
brand experience from their Palo Alto, CA headquarters and offices in San
Francisco. Founded in 2002, the company is the evolution and culmination of five
partners' creative agency and tech firm business initiatives dating back to
the late nineties. These partners combined their agency effort and experience to
form an integrated brand solution provider. The SolutionSet team is a group of
talented and experienced brand and technology professionals who combine
right-brain agency creative with left-brain consulting and technology skill.
Recently named #95 on Inc. 500 and ranking #10 in the IT Services category, with
a three-year growth rate of 1,582.% we are innovative people who love what we
do. That's the kind of talent we hire. That's the kind of talent we work
with.