Senior Social Listening Strategist (On Site - Washington, DC) - Remote

Overview

Rational 360 is hiring a Senior Social Listening Strategist to help support and expand the firm’s integrated data approach for clients. Candidates should have experience gleaning insights from social media, news or other text-based datasets, preferably in an advocacy or political context. Candidates must be eager to work in a fast-paced environment and able to manage a diverse workload.

In Short

• 3+ years of experience analyzing news and social media conversation with proven results
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Expertise in social listening tools (e.g. Brandwatch, NetBase, Spredfast/Khoros, Sprout Social, Sprinklr, or Meltwater)
• Willingness and excitement to think creatively and entrepreneurially about digital opportunities for individual campaigns and the agency as a whole
• Curious self-starter who enjoys digging into data to help others understand the data and inform campaign-driving insights
• Strong background/interest in developing custom Boolean queries
• Not afraid to manually explore and learn about data in Microsoft Excel
• Communications, research, statistical or business background, with experience wrangling small and large datasets to extract effective and accurate insights
• Ability to communicate data and analysis visually, verbally and written – tailored to the audience
• Bonus points if you have experience with Boolean search logic, identifying and capturing media clips, forming lists of media contacts and influencers, or analyzing a brand's owned social media content strategy

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience analyzing news and social media conversation with proven results
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Expertise in social listening tools (e.g. Brandwatch, NetBase, Spredfast/Khoros, Sprout Social, Sprinklr, or Meltwater)
• Willingness and excitement to think creatively and entrepreneurially about digital opportunities for individual campaigns and the agency as a whole
• Curious self-starter who enjoys digging into data to help others understand the data and inform campaign-driving insights
• Strong background/interest in developing custom Boolean queries
• Not afraid to manually explore and learn about data in Microsoft Excel
• Communications, research, statistical or business background, with experience wrangling small and large datasets to extract effective and accurate insights
• Ability to communicate data and analysis visually, verbally and written – tailored to the audience
• Bonus points if you have experience with Boolean search logic, identifying and capturing media clips, forming lists of media contacts and influencers, or analyzing a brand's owned social media content strategy

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including year-end bonuses and a 401K match for full-time employees
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for full-time staff
• Paid time off, paid holidays off, paid family leave, and sick leave
• Flexible work schedule around the holidays
• Professional development opportunities
• Mentorship program with senior management
• Regular performance reviews
• Opportunity for remote work on certain days
• Supportive work environment
• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer