Senior Research Analyst – Video Game + Technology Insights (Hybrid)

Interpret LLC; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Interpret is a global media, entertainment, and technology insights agency seeking a Senior Research Analyst to apply quantitative and qualitative methods to consumer insights in gaming and tech. This hybrid role requires a passion for storytelling with data and delivering client-ready deliverables from a Culver City office.

You will manage multiple projects through the full research lifecycle, design studies, supervise fieldwork, analyze results, and present insights to senior management.

Qualifications

• Manage multiple projects across development stages and deliver on timelines.
• Lead the quantitative and qualitative research lifecycle, including study design, questionnaires, field, tab, analysis, and reporting.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with analysts and project managers.
• Maintain quality control across survey programming logic, data tables, and reports.
• Analyze data and craft data-backed stories; present results to clients convincingly.
• Provide excellent client service and ensure client satisfaction on a daily basis.

Responsibilities

• Oversee multiple research projects from concept through final deliverable.
• Design studies, questionnaires, and discussion guides; supervise fieldwork.
• Coordinate with clients and internal teams to ensure on-time delivery.
• Analyze results and translate into compelling client-ready insights.
• Present findings to senior stakeholders and management.

Skills

Project management

Questionnaire design

Field management

Data storytelling

Client service

Communication

Detail orientation

Excel

PowerPoint

SPSS

Multi-tasking

Team collaboration

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

SPSS

Job description

Senior Research Analyst – Video Game + Technology Insights (Hybrid)

Role
As a Senior Research Analyst, you’ll have the opportunity toutilize your experience with primary research to think critically, tell a story using data, provide top‑notch client service, and work with a team of equally passionate entertainment/tech/and game enthusiasts. The ideal candidate is someone with experience at a traditional market research supplier, with a personal passion for digital media, gaming, and technology who wants to apply their analytic chops and methodological expertise to consumer insights and business intelligence collected via multiple approaches. You will be responsible for helping ensure quality, client‑ready deliverables, working with a team of smart, passionate analysts. This is a hybrid position and your physical presence will typically be necessary in our Culver City office.

At Interpret, we consider ourselves fun scientists with a purpose and we’re searching for someone who holds a common love for the industries we work in, has a curiosity for consumer behavior, and wants to apply their analytic chops and methodological expertise to the game development and distribution process. A fun scientist is someone who thrives in a dynamic environment where your hobbies and personal passion for gaming, tech, and entertainment make work feel like, well, not work.Experience at a traditional research supplier and involvement in the full research project lifecycle is necessary. Client‑side experience at a video game publisher, developer, and/or technology firm a plus.

Company

Interpret is a global media, entertainment, and technology insights agency. We work with the biggest brands in entertainment and technology, across video games, movies and television, consumer electronics, social media, and advertising. While headquartered in Los Angeles, our team spans the globe. We have offices in Dallas, San Francisco, London, Munich, Shanghai, São Paulo, and Seoul, and a network of strong local partners around the world. We are specialists in global consumer insight, with the majority of our engagements involving multiple markets and languages. For more information, visit https://interpret.la/.

Requirements

• Manage multiple projects in various stages of development, demonstrating strong attention to detail while still being conscious of all moving parts
• Manage all phases of the quantitative and qualitative research process, including study design, questionnaire, and discussion guide development, field/recruiting, and tab, data analysis, and report generation
• Collaborate and effectively communicate with other analysts and project managers
• Ensure quality control processes are in place across survey programming logic, data tables, participant rescreening (qual), and reports
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data, writing insightful data-backed “stories” and present results to clients in an engaging and persuasive way
• Work with external clients on a daily basis, providing excellent service and ensuring client satisfaction

Skills

• Creative and Analytical; possess an ability to understand and translate research results to help tell a relevant and compelling story
• Collaborative and Team-oriented; enjoy growing with other team members
• Multi-task capable and time-sensitive; proficient in managing multiple research projects simultaneously and under tight deadlines
• Client service-minded; enjoy helping clients solve problems
• Communicative; excellent communications skills, both verbal and written
• Detail-oriented; able to fully proof questionnaires, survey programming logic, data tables, and reports
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint; SPSS a plus

Experience

• 3-5 years of experience in insights or market research (supplier-side)
• Proven ability to manage clients and the quantitative and qualitative research lifecycle including:
  • Writing questionnaires/discussion guides
  • Managing fieldwork
  • Analyzing resultsPresenting findings to senior management
• Similar experience in the video game industry is ideal but not required

The pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $70,500 -$80,500, is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. In addition to the base salary, total compensation also includes tiered performance bonus, health/dental/vision, 401(k), generous paid time off, physical & mental wellness program, paid parental/family leave, and continuing education scholarship program.

Job function
Insights Analyst, Project Management, Client Services