Economist

Summary

Join Datassential's Publications Team as a full-time Economist. You will be responsible for building and maintaining market-sizing models, forecasting revenue growth for the foodservice industry, and presenting your analysis in reports and presentations. This role involves working with various data sources, creating client-ready reports, and collaborating with other teams. You will be a public-facing role, presenting findings on webinars and to media outlets. The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical skills, advanced Excel knowledge, and excellent written communication skills. Datassential offers a remote-first work environment and a competitive compensation and benefits package.

Requirements

• 5+ years of financial analysis, data modeling, or related experience in an analytical role
• Advanced degree such as an MBA, Masters, or PhD in Business, Economics, Marketing Research, Sociology, Psychology, or another related field
• Strong analytical capabilities and an aptitude for statistics
• Ability to take large amounts of content/data and condense it down to base story and key points
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and Intermediate knowledge of PowerPoint
• Advanced written communication skills, with an eye for grammar and editing
• Attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Work with a team to help build and maintain market-sizing models using multiple data sources
• Write in-depth reports that share rich data in a thoughtful and easy to interpret manner
• Present your data in visually intuitive and creative ways as needed – either for marketing-driven webinars for all client or perhaps for individual clients culling insights, key findings, and strategic recommendations from the data
• Partner with other teams (such as Data, Marketing, and Product) to solidify Datassential as the leader in foodservice industry macroeconomic knowledge
• Write and/or edit surveys to collect relevant proprietary data
• Provide comments on findings to media outlets (mostly written though interviews are possible too)
• Present findings on webinars or at possible in-person speaking engagements
• Learn Datassential’s proprietary Syndicated databases to support findings and provide a complete picture of our industry
• Learn the food and beverage industry and understand the operator perspective and how trends impact purchasing across segments and product categories

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data science modeling
• Experience or interest in restaurants and food service

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual bonus eligibility
• Affordable Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance, including a no cost employee-only plan
• 401K with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 5%
• Unlimited PTO, recharge days, and Christmas through New Year break
• Remote Stipend (non-Chicago residents)
• Wellness Reimbursement or HQ Gym access