Director of Measurement & Insights at Ypulse
Serve as a Director, actively leading and participating in the day-to-day research activities and operations for ad-hoc projects as well as ongoing MROC accounts.
With superior understanding of youth markets and how to decode youth attitudes and behavior, you will play an integral role in helping clients understand the why behind the what. The successful candidate will personify a new frontier of research, answering our clients’ business needs through online research methodologies that deliver meaningful insights.
Research Activities include:
- Serve as primary point of contact / client account manager for large client accounts / projects, leading the development and growth of the account (with support from Ypulse Business Development team)
- Communicate with clients to understand and document their business objectives and success factors
- Select appropriate research methodology and supporting techniques to meet client objectives
- Design and develop research instruments including questionnaires and moderator guides
- Lead and actively participate in achieving deliverables for all stages of the Project Life Cycle
- Prepare and present results including actionable recommendations injected with Ypulse’s deep understanding of youth.
- Lead the skills development of team members, growing their capabilities and careers
- Assist in project cost and profitability analysis to ensure health of client relationships over time
This role requires the ability to engage with key clients to develop a deep understanding of their particular business needs and success factors, tailoring the Ypulse Experience to their needs to ensure a lasting and productive relationship.
Requirements:
- 5-7 years experience managing and participating in all stages of Quantitative consumer research projects
- Minimum 5 years youth research experience
- Strong communications and client account management skills
- Firm understanding of online Quantitative research methods and practices
- Adept with application software, including enterprise software
- Ability to manage multiple projects across multiple teams
- Ability to delegate and prioritize tasks across service delivery teams
- Experience in Qualitative research a plus
Successful candidates are hands on, able to multitask efficiently, and have a proven history of mastering new software applications.
To apply for this position, please email jobs@ypulse.com.
Trends Intern at Ypulse
Ypulse is looking for an editorial/trends intern to contribute to our Daily Update and online content. This internship will focus on pitching and writing stories for our newsletter, as well as contributing to our social media pages.
Intern candidates should be interested in pop culture with a passion for writing and journalism. He/she must have their finger on the pulse of trends, and have strong grammar/editing skills.
Responsibilities include:
- Assist in the production and editing of newsletter and site content including the following…
- Write and launch the Ypulse Daily Update several times a week
- Assist in managing implementation of content on Ypulse.com
- Post engaging and informational content on Ypulse’s social media outlets, such as Twitter, Pinterest, and Facebook
Requirements:
- A skilled writer with a voice, and a passion for tweens, teens, twenty-somethings, and the Millennial generation as a whole
- Strong proofreading and editing skills
- HTML skills a plus
To apply for this position, please email jobs@ypulse.com.
Director of Insights and Inspiration at Ypulse
Drive leading edge insights and market research “thinking” in to youth targeting brands. The Director of Insights and Inspiration will lead custom and ongoing research projects to success through the use of creative methodologies and deliverables. In their nature, the DII will personify the future of market research; starting with a good idea and working backwards via market research techniques to unlock the “why” within an organization’s business needs.
The DII will work directly with clients to understand their business needs, manage Ypulse internal resources to produce and design research projects. The DII will work particularly with clients that are interested in unique methodologies and using insights to “inspire” within their organization.
Typical client engagements include:
• Build relationships with existing and new clients to inject ground breaking market research into brands seeking to understand the Millennial generation
• Oversee custom research projects end to end from kickoff to deliverables and presentation
• Present research – presenting and presentation design skills are a must
• Ideate and enact new methodologies
• Manage internal resources to ensure projects stay on track, provide regular updates / communication to clients throughout
• Manage online research communities: interface directly with MROC clients to understand their weekly needs and manage them to end deliverable
Job Requirements:
• You have good ideas. You believe Millennials have transformative power.
• 5+ years experience – a mix of research, agency, and media experience preferred
• Client service skills or experience managing internal clients within an organization
• Passion to understand business needs in a world being innovated by the Millennial generation
• Entrepreneurial
• Ability to manage multiple projects across multiple teams
• Ability to delegate and prioritize tasks across service delivery teams
• A fan of guacamole
To apply for this position, please email jobs@ypulse.com.
Research Analyst - Operations at Ypulse
Join our rapidly growing media and market research team for an opportunity to work across a broad variety of research and technical functions and gain exposure to all different levels of market research.
Through market research, you will play an integral role in helping clients understand what’s happening in youth culture. Assist our clients in steering creative decisions at some of the most exciting brands in the youth space – from MTV to Macy’s to Vh1 to Intel and Teach for America.
Research Analysts work closely with Research Associates and Account Managers as well as other Research Analysts and Research Technologists to execute a variety of projects. Day to day responsibilities include programming and fielding quantitative and qualitative projects, organizing data, processing and analyzing data, managing Market Research Online Community recruitment and hygiene, and moderating web forums and other community interactions. If you’re a “roll up your sleeves and let’s do this” kind of person, this is the opportunity for you!
Typical client engagements include:
• #1 – being an insightful “thinker” and working with clients to unlock inspiring insights in youth culture
• #2 – be fun. Seriously.
• Programming and fielding quantitative and qualitative projects
• Managing proprietary panel recruitment and hygiene, including sample feasibility for upcoming projects
• Serving as “web master” for panel portal content, member communications, and other community engagement activities
• Processing & analyzing project data files, organizing data for analysis by the Research Team
• Assisting in the development and build-out of new panels and portals
• Contributing to ongoing syndicated research efforts – via data collection, data tabulation, and reporting publication
Job Requirements:
• An interest in quantitative and qualitative research methods, practices and programming.
• Adept with application software, including enterprise software
• Background in market research survey programming, data processing (SPSS, SAS, Excel or other analytical software), or website publishing (HTML, CSS) welcomed (not required)
• Strong communications skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Ability to prioritize tasks
Successful candidates are hands on, able to multitask efficiently, and have a proven history of mastering new software applications.
To apply for this position, please email jobs@ypulse.com.
Research Analyst - Data at Ypulse
Join our rapidly growing media and market research team for an opportunity to work across a broad variety of research and technical functions and gain exposure to all different levels of market research.
Through market research, you will play an integral role in helping clients understand what’s happening in youth culture. Assist our clients in steering creative decisions at some of the most exciting brands in the youth space – from MTV to Macy’s to Vh1 to Intel and Teach for America.
Research Analysts work closely with Research Associates and Account Managers as well as other Research Analysts and Research Technologists to execute a variety of projects. Day to day responsibilities include organizing data, processing and analyzing data, and contributing to the research design phase to ensure post processing capabilities to achieve client objectives. Research Analysts enable turning the results of quantitative studies into clear and relevant insights. Research Analysts may also participate in general research operations, assisting with assessing project feasibility, and fielding data collection efforts. If you’re a “roll up your sleeves and let’s do this” kind of person, this is the opportunity for you!
Typical client engagements include:
• #1 – being an insightful “thinker” and working with clients to unlock inspiring insights in youth culture
• #2 – be fun. Seriously.
• Processing & analyzing project data files, preparing data tables, organizing data for final analysis by the Research Team
• Contributing to research design ensuring ability to meet objectives with data collected
• Managing third party vendor data processing / tabulations
• Managing proprietary panel recruitment and hygiene, including sample feasibility for upcoming projects
• Fielding quantitative and qualitative projects
• Contributing to ongoing syndicated research efforts – via data collection, data tabulation, and reporting publication
Job Requirements:
• Background in market research data processing (SPSS, SAS, Excel or other analytical software)
• An interest in quantitative and qualitative research methods, practices and programming.
• Adept with application software, including enterprise software
• Strong communications skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Ability to prioritize tasks
Successful candidates are hands on, able to multitask efficiently, and have a proven history of mastering new software applications.
To apply for this position, please email jobs@ypulse.com.
Research Technologist at Ypulse
Join our rapidly growing media and market research team for an opportunity to work across a broad variety of research and technical functions and gain exposure to all different levels of market research.
Through market research, you will play an integral role in helping clients understand what’s happening in youth culture. Assist our clients in steering creative decisions at some of the most exciting brands in the youth space – from MTV to Macy’s to Vh1 to Intel and Teach for America.
Research Technologists implement technology solutions, ranging from designing and building community websites to developing / integrating technologies to deliver against research objectives. The Research Technologist ensures a seamless experience for research participants, and provides an efficient and effective environment in which to work for Research Analysts and Associates. Typical day to day responsibilities include building new community websites and portals to developing new interactive survey questions, to maintaining our media publishing portal. If you’re a “roll up your sleeves” kind of technical person and love finding solutions, this is the opportunity for you!
Typical client engagements include:
• #1 – being an insightful “thinker” and working with clients to unlock inspiring insights in youth culture
• #2 – be fun. Seriously.
• Creating interactive new survey question types
• Building membership web portals
• Enhancing our corporate publishing portal, adding new features
• Integrating various market research and other tools for the market research process
• Managing the ongoing development of our CRM and Project Tracking system
Job Requirements:
• Minimum 3 years experience with HTML, CSS, Javascript
• Experience with Wordpress or Expression Engine (or similar) templates and plug-ins
• Experience with PHP and relational databases (MySQL) a plus (not required)
• Experience with the SMARTY template engine a plus (not required)
• Some understanding of online research methods and practices
• Proficient at mastering enterprise software
• Strong communication and client account management skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks across service delivery teams
• Independent worker with strong work ethic
Successful candidates are hands on, enthusiastic about online research, able to multitask efficiently, and have a proven history of mastering new software applications.
To apply for this position, please email jobs@ypulse.com.
Brand Strategy/Editorial Assistant at Viacom
Viacom is seeking a full-time freelancer to primarily serve as assistant to SVP, Brand Strategy & Digital and VP, Editorial. The qualified candidate will also support the entire editorial and brand strategy departments with research, fact-checking and some smaller writing and proofreading projects. This position is exposed to all facets of the Creative Services department, which creates integrated advertising, marketing and branding solutions across all media and platforms. (More)
Editorial Intern at Ypulse
Ypulse is seeking a standout editorial intern to assist us 2-3 days a week with our editorial and creative needs. As an intern at Ypulse, you’ll get to work directly alongside the editor and our awesome team to assist in curating daily youth news, producing original content, and helping with special projects for clients. This is an extremely hands on opportunity for a self-sufficient individual to gain even more editorial experience while also being exposed to the marketing and research worlds.
The editorial intern will get to write blog posts, copy edit, research youth news and trends, assist with interviews, and custom projects for youth focused clients. We work with a variety of clients, particularly in the entertainment and apparel industries, and you’ll get to be right at the center of our creative work for them. However, the selected intern’s primary responsibilities will be in editorial, supporting our editor.
An ideal candidate will be:
• Passionate about youth culture and what’s going on with teens and twenty-somethings
• An excellent researcher who loves to search the web for interesting info.
• A strong copy editor
• Familiar with video editing software such as iMovie, or a fast-learner who can assist with this when needed
• Familiar with social media
This is an unpaid internship, but an invaluable opportunity and we can provide school credit. Additionally, we’re looking for someone to start right away. Please email resumes to editor@ypulse.com
Corporate Communications Manager at Toys 'R' Us
ToysRus is seeking a Manager of Corporate Communications to act as a point person on public relations efforts to support specific company initiatives. Moreover, the qualified candidate will identify, cultivate, nurture and maintain positive relationships with media contacts on a national, international and local level. He or she will proactively seek opportunities to secure media coverage of the company's key business initiatives, assist as needed in setting up regular briefings/interviews with company executives and media and industry analysts, and develop, write and edit press materials. (More)
Fashion Merchandising Director at Teen Vogue
Conde Nast seeks a Fashion Merchandising Director for Teen Vogue to oversee account list of fashion accessories, denim, surf/sport from ideation through execution for integrated marketing programs, write customized proposals for print, online, event platforms for these account lists, and work closely with team and art department on custom creative concepts for account list. Moreover, the Fashion Merchandising Director will be responsible for leading the Gen Next/ Hurley program, and cultivating relationships with third party organizations such as Teen Choice Awards to drive advertising revenue/partnership programs. (More)
Marketing Manager - Teen Titles at Scholastic
Scholastic seeks a Marketing Manager for its teen titles and outreach. The trade marketing department is responsible for creating consumer-based marketing campaigns and supporting sales to national and independent retailers. This manager would be responsible for conception and execution of marketing plans for teen novels published under Scholastic Press, Point, Push, and Arthur A. Levine Books imprints. In addition, this position’s responsibility would include growing and managing the This is Teen community, through print and online channels, including Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts. Moreover, the qualified candidate will present marketing plans at key meetings, and communicate plans to sales reps, editors, and authors as appropriate. (More)
Vice President at MTV Daily News
MTV News is seeking a VP to oversee multiplatform daily news including reporting, writing, shooting, editing, digital production, broadcast and distribution of on-air and online video, articles, blogs and photos. The successful candidate will supervise News Directors, Operations & Distribution and generally integrate MTV News' digital, linear, video, text and production operations with a dotted line into MTV Digital Editorial, including Buzzworthy and Style Blog leadership. (More)
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