Sr. Analyst, Retail Media

Minneapolis / New York City / Chicago

Apply promptly! A high volume of applicants is expected for the role as detailed below, do not wait to send your CV.

Minneapolis, MN 55401, USA

Description

About Ovative Group

Ovative Group is the premier independent media and measurement firm in the United States. We help trailblazers in fast-growing, customer-centric organizations across industries reinvent their marketing and measurement programs.

We leverage our media, measurement, and consulting capabilities to help brands like Domino’s, Facebook, The Home Depot, CVS, Disney, and UnitedHealth Group transform their media and marketing programs.

Our proprietary approach to measuring and optimizing marketing investment decisions, Enterprise Marketing Return (EMR), is disrupting the industry and setting the gold standard for customer and marketing strategy, activation, and measurement.

Recognized eight consecutive years on Star Tribune’s list of Top 150 Workplaces and five years on Inc. 5000’s list of the fastest-growing private companies in America, we pride ourselves in always overdelivering for our clients, our teams, and our communities.

About the Retail Media Consulting team

Retail Media is one of the fastest growing segments of the industries in which we serve. Likewise, it is one of the fastest growing segments of Ovative’s business.

Ovative’s Retail Media Consulting team uses their diverse experience and structured problem-solving skills to solve tough problems for all kinds of media networks every day and have fun while doing it.

The team works directly with clients to deliver leading-edge thinking and drive change across five areas of expertise : RMN strategy and management, product strategy, audiences and 1P data, measurement & reporting, and martech capabilities.

The team has grown rapidly, expects continued growth, and is uniquely poised to leverage Ovative’s digital marketing and measurement expertise to deliver differentiated strategic advice and technical expertise to clients.

This team is strategically paired with Ovative’s Retail Media Activation team bringing the buy and sell side together to unlock powerful, unique solutions for partners.

About the role

The Retail Media Consulting, Sr. Analyst position offers candidates the opportunity to deliver media network strategic programs to clients across a breadth of industries.

The Sr. Analyst will play an important role conducting research and analysis in partnership with our clients and other internal Ovative teams.

The right candidate will be resilient, analytical, a structured thinker, intellectually curious, and an excellent communicator.

This role will get to learn from some of the brightest minds in the retail media space and support some of the industry's most progressive clients.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute workstreams within Retail Media Consulting programs including stakeholder interviews, primary and secondary research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and slide development.
• Synthesize and communicate insights, implications, and next steps.
• Collaborate closely with other project team members, clients, and leadership to structure, problem solve, and iterate on project deliverables.
• Communicate consulting program work outputs verbally and through the creation of high-quality deliverables such as slide decks, spreadsheets, and dashboards.
• Support day-to-day client relationship management including managing workflow, agendas, and project plans.
• Support broader Retail Media Consulting team and Ovative initiatives including training, culture, research and insights, and business development efforts.
• Mentor new junior Retail Media Consulting and Ovative team members by supporting training initiatives and offering one-on-one guidance.

Skills and qualifications

• 2-3+ years of experience working in a retail or media business, or with clients (internal or external) to solve challenging problems.
• Proven structured thinking and problem-solving skills, helping teams, peers, and clients to develop clear and actionable strategies / solutions.
• Strong analytics skillset with past experiences managing media, financial, or industry datasets to inform strategy / solution outputs.
• Excellent communication skills, including business writing, small group and large-scale verbal presentations, and visual storytelling.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with an ability to manage time, work independently, and thrive in ambiguous environments.
• Experience in retail media, e-commerce, digital marketing, customer data and insights, or customer strategy preferred, but not required.
• Experience in retail, healthcare, and financial services preferred, but not required.
• Experience at a management consulting firm or on a corporate strategy team for a large Fortune 500 company preferred, but not required.

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 $62,000 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 eight-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.

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

• 401k match program.
• Sabbatical program.
• Charitable giving via our time and a financial match program.

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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