Editorial, Consumer Advice - Survey Expert (Consultant Role)

U.S. News & World Report; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 56,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Job summary

U.S. News & World Report is seeking a consultant to expand consumer surveys used in editorial content and for co-branded surveys with advertising clients.

You will guide topic creation, question design, and responses, ensuring data integrity and statistical soundness while coordinating with editorial and PR teams. You will oversee survey builds, execution, and analysis, evaluate third-party vendors, and manage invoices.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience creating survey methodologies, writing questionnaires, and analyzing data sets.
• Experience using survey platforms to build and deploy surveys.
• Strong statistical analysis skills to interpret data.
• Data management and summary skills for data visualizations and fact sheets.
• Experience managing multiple survey projects concurrently.
• Experience translating statistical results to PR, editorial, stakeholders and clients.
• Experience working with survey vendors and acting as point person on invoices, projects, etc.

Responsibilities

• Work with editorial teams to review and help create surveys for content creation and promotion efforts.
• Work with PR and editorial teams to determine survey topics that drive external backlinks, editorial coverage, and traffic.
• Determine best cadence and volume of surveys to create timely, engaging results without oversaturation.
• Evaluate third-party survey vendors to determine best fit for needs.
• Collaborate with survey vendors on cost, volume and execution.
• Act as the point of contact for data verification of responses, ensuring appropriate filtering and statistical soundness.
• Partner with ad sales to create co-branded surveys for clients targeting specific audience segments.
• Explore subscription/pay B2B survey opportunities in health, education and money areas.

Skills

Survey design

Questionnaire writing

Data analysis

Statistical methods

Vendor management

Project coordination

Data visualization

Survey platforms

Tools

Google Gemini

Survey platforms

Job description

We reach millions of people monthly during moments when they are most in need of expert advice and motivated to act on that advice directly on our platforms. Our signature franchises include our 'Best' series of consumer guides on colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, diets, cars, financial services and more. These guides provide an easy-to-digest list for consumers to better understand and compare when making their decisions. We continue to publish annual guides of the authoritative Best Colleges and Best Hospitals rankings on our website and in print. And our U.S. News Live flagship conferences highlight important national conversations such as Healthcare of Tomorrow .

We believe in having a broad range of talent and backgrounds at U.S. News. We strive to maintain a welcoming and inclusive workplace where everyone is given an opportunity to succeed and contribute to their fullest.

Your role in helping us shape the future:

U.S. News empowers everyone to thrive. In this position, you will help guide our expansion of consumer surveys to be used in editorial content, unique, data-driven stories and social media promotion. This role will also help us explore expanding co-branded surveys on behalf of our advertising clients.

You’ll work closely with the executive editor, vertical managing editors, PR managers and advertising sales teams on crafting survey topics, questions and responses, reviewing surveys made by our editorial teams, ensuring data integrity, and helping create co-branded surveys. You will direct and oversee survey builds, execution and analysis. You will also help us evaluate third‑party survey vendors, pricing and budgeting.

Are you up to the challenge?

You should be a survey expert who knows how to write survey questions, craft unbiased, neutral multiple choice responses, and determine a statistically significant number of responses. As part of the job, you’ll:

Work with editorial teams to review and help create surveys to be used in content creation and promotion efforts.

Work with PR and editorial teams to determine survey topics that will drive high-quality external backlinks and editorial coverage, as well as brand awareness, social engagement, and new traffic sources.

Help editorial and PR teams determine best cadence and volume of surveys to create timely, engaging survey results on a regular basis while avoiding oversaturating the market.

Evaluate third‑party survey vendors to determine the best fit for our needs.

Work with survey vendor(s) on cost, volume and execution.

Act as the point of contact for the survey vendor on data verification of responses, ensuring respondents are filtered appropriately and data is statistically sound.

Partner with our ad sales team to help create co‑branded surveys for clients that target specific audience segments.

Evaluate subscription/pay B2B survey opportunities in our health, education and money areas.

Position Requirements

You should definitely have:

• Minimum 5 years’ of professional experience creating survey methodologies, writing questionnaires, and analyzing data sets

• Experience using survey platforms to build and deploy surveys

• Strong statistical analysis skills to interpret data

• Data management and summary skills (work with editorial teams to summarize data and findings into clear data visualizations and fact sheets)

• Experience managing multiple survey projects at the same time

• Experience translating statistical results to PR, editorial, stakeholders and clients

• Experience working with survey vendors and acting as point person on invoices, projects, etc.

It would be nice if you had:

• Prior experience helping create surveys for a consumer audience

• Experience using Google Gemini and/or other comparable AI tools

Other Job Info:

• These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by consultants assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of consultants assigned to this job.

• Washington, D.C. based applicants to work a hybrid schedule in the office location.

• The anticipated consulting pay range is $5,000 - $7,900 per month. The actual rate offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the consultant position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, interview performance, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Full-Time/Part-Time Independent Contractor

Number of Openings 1

This position is currently accepting applications.

About the Organization U.S. News & World Report is a publisher of news and information that empowers people to make better, more informed decisions about important issues affecting their lives.

EOE Statement We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.