Director, Analytics

Golin Ketchum; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Golin Ketchum is seeking a Director of Analytics to lead our insights practice in a hybrid Chicago-based role. You will guide complex data projects, mentor junior analysts, and partner with client teams to turn data into strategic recommendations that drive business results.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in digital analytics or market research, hands-on experience with large data sets, and the ability to translate quantitative findings into compelling narratives for diverse audiences.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in digital analytics or market research, agency experience preferred.
• Hands-on analysis of large data sets to actionable insights.
• Ability to synthesize qualitative, survey, and secondary data into a single narrative.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to diverse audiences.
• Strong statistical knowledge: hypothesis testing, experiments, and recommendations.
• Experience leading and mentoring junior analysts.

Responsibilities

• Oversee multiple analytics projects including social listening and campaign measurement.
• Act as the analytics face to clients and stakeholders, presenting insights.
• Identify organic business development opportunities.
• Understand agency financials and impact of analytics work.
• Jump into project execution when needed.

Skills

Digital analytics

Statistical methods

Team leadership

Client communication

Data storytelling

Job description

Hybrid

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Full time

R13352

Agency:

Golin Ketchum

Job Function:

Data and Analytics

Job Subfunction:

Data Science and Analytics

Director, Analytics

Golin Ketchum is looking for a Director, Analytics to join our team!

Golin Ketchum is the most awarded public relations agency of the decade. We create change that matters for our clients and our people. The kind of change that earns attention and shapes culture to build business.

Formed in 2026 from the merger of two iconic PR agencies, Golin Ketchum combines fearless creative and strategic excellence, fueled by Omnicom’s industry-leading data and AI solutions, to uncover powerful insights and execute work that builds and protects the world’s greatest companies.

With specialized expertise across consumer and brands, corporate affairs, healthcare, technology, and food, agriculture and nutrition, we deliver integrated, high-impact communications services at scale.

At Golin Ketchum, culture matters. We are fiercely ambitious yet fundamentally kind and collaborate obsessively with the best clients in the world.

Want to create change that matters with us? Here are the details:

What You’ll Do:

• Be a change-agent within our agency, asking tough questions of client teams and pushing them to innovate and think differently
• Oversee a variety of different types of projects including social listening, paid social reporting, earned media analysis, integrated campaign measurement and more
• Act as the face of insights and analytics at Golin to key stakeholders on the client side, portraying an air of professionalism and charisma that captivates clients and positions Golin as knowledgeable experts in the space
• Identify and initiate organic business development efforts and be able to identify incremental opportunities.
• Understand and manage agency financials and implications of analytics work to the broader business
• Be willing to jump in and get into the weeds of project execution when needed

What You Have:

• 8+ years of experience in digital analytics, market research or related field; agency experience preferred
• Hands‑on experience analyzing large sets of data and turning it into actionable insights
• Comfort interpreting a variety of different data sources from qualitative research to primary survey data to secondary data sources and creating one cohesive story
• Exceptional communications skills and the ability to communicate complex concepts simply and effectively to audiences with limited knowledge of research or analytics
• Advanced analytical skills with proven understanding of statistical techniques: hypothesis development, designing tests/experiments, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and developing actionable recommendations
• Time management skills and the ability to juggle multiple deliverables and timelines at once
• Ability to quickly learn new tools and databases
• Experience leading and mentoring a team of junior analysts

Golin Ketchum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Golin Ketchum recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

82k-125k

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