Data Analyst - Santa Monica, United States - Disney

Disney

Verified Company

Santa Monica, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Data Analyst

Job ID

Location

Santa Monica, California, United States / New York, New York, United States

Business
Disney Direct to Consumer

Date posted
Apr. 16, 2024

Job Summary:

The Direct to Consumer Data and Analytics organization is seeking a Data Analyst who will be an exceptional addition to our Strategy and Forecasting Data Team.

As a Data Analyst, you will join our team that applies analytical rigor to optimize our strategic decision based on utilizing decision and data science principles.

Projects include content portfolio, merchandising, acquisition & licensing, and release strategy optimization.

The right person for this role has exceptional analytical capabilities, thrives in a fast-paced environment, loves problem-solving, is a strong communicator, and is passionate about television and movie content.

If you are someone who gains personal satisfaction from utilizing data to drive business decisions and you're eager to learn, then this is a great role for you.

Responsibilities

Analyze customer behavior (e.g., genre preferences, viewing patterns) to identify unmet customer needs and untapped content opportunities
Use advanced causal inference methodologies to quantify engagement and overall impact of sharing title licenses with internal and external platforms
Predict content engagement to help guide content acquisition decisions
Optimize our content launch and episode release strategy
Test merchandising strategies to optimize engagement and retention
Ideate and develop new metrics and KPIs, measuring content performance, engagement and churn for strategic decisionmaking
Support complex projects, workstreams, and new initiatives & capabilities. This includes supporting the scoping out the breadth and depth of a project, helping manage the time and resources available, adapting plans to meet evolving needs & operational challenges, and representing the product with business partners and executive leadership
Maintain relationships with stakeholders while understanding their needs and providing them with rapid and robust solutions to their requests
Provide adhoc analysis support for stakeholders to help move the business forward
Effectively communicate actionable results through compelling data storytelling across the organization

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Computer Science or related quantitative field
3+ years of analytical experience
3+ years of experience developing machine learning models and performing data analysis with Python and/or R
3+ years of experience querying cloudhosted databases with SQL
Experience with statistical analysis and machine learning techniques: timeseries forecasting, causal inference, regression, clustering, etc.
Outstanding data storytelling skills through verbal, written, and visual communication
Familiarity with data exploration and data visualization tools such as Looker or Tableau
Ability to explain how models are used and how algorithms behave to both technical and nontechnical audiences
Experience engineering, deploying, and maintaining data solutions using technologies like Databricks, S3, and Spark

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Computer Science or related quantitative field
A passion for Media and Entertainment

The role can be based out of New York (NY), Santa Monica (CA), San Francisco (CA), Seattle (WA), or Morrisville (NC).