Junior Data Insights Analyst — Federal Programs

M+C Saatchi Group; United States; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

401(k) match

Hybrid work flexibility

Career development

Job summary

M&C Saatchi World Services in the DC area seeks a detail-oriented Junior Research Analyst to support behavior measurement, audience insights, and data-driven decision-making across federal programs. You will collect, organize, analyze, and visualize data to support reporting, audience insights, and program performance measurement, translating data into actionable narratives for cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate combines strong analytical capabilities with communication skills and

Qualifications

• Experience in primary research, data analytics, web performance, or related analytical disciplines.
• Strong analytical and quantitative reasoning abilities.
• Familiarity with dashboards, reports, visualizations, and performance summaries.
• Experience using AI-assisted research, media monitoring, social listening, and audience intelligence tools.
• Understanding KPI development, audience segmentation, and measurement frameworks.
• Curiosity about AI in communications.
• Knowledge of analytics platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, Google Analytics.
• Experience with structured datasets and data visualization methodologies.
• Familiarity with SPSS, SQL, Python, or R is preferred.
• Ability to translate data into clear narratives and recommendations.
• Attention to data quality and accuracy.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Interest in federal/public affairs or mission-driven programs.

Responsibilities

• Analyze performance data across communications, outreach, stakeholder engagement, digital platforms, and program activities.
• Visualize key findings in charts or graphics from quantitative and qualitative data.
• Define and track KPIs, audience segments, and operational metrics.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and performance summaries.
• Conduct trend analysis, variance, forecasting, and performance assessments.
• Evaluate digital channel performance across web, email, social media.
• Assess social media performance and campaign effectiveness for insights.
• Perform open source and secondary research for audience insights.
• Support KPI frameworks, taxonomies, and data models.
• Maintain data quality, metadata integrity, and reporting consistency.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc reporting deliverables.
• Assist in automating reporting workflows.
• Identify patterns and draft observations to support optimization.

Skills

Primary research

Data analytics

Dashboards

AI-assisted research

KPI development

Audience segmentation

BI platforms

Structured datasets

SPSS/SQL/Python/R

Data storytelling

Attention to detail

Project management

Federal/public affairs

Education

BA/BS in Data Analytics/Statistics/BI/CS/Economics or related

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Google Analytics

SPSS

SQL

Python

R

Job description

M&C Saatchi World Services in the DC area seeks a detail-oriented Junior Research Analyst to support behavior measurement, audience insights, and data-driven decision-making across federal programs. You will collect, organize, analyze, and visualize data to support reporting, audience insights, and program performance measurement, translating data into actionable narratives for cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate combines strong analytical capabilities with communication skills and