Senior Web Analyst

tbd040918IAC; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Amazing benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Job summary

Join Dictionary.com in Oakland as a skilled Business Analyst focused on analytics to drive decision-making and enhance user engagement. With 3+ years experience, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to interpret data insights and contribute to product initiatives.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor’s in Math or a quantitative field and possess advanced SQL skills. The role offers competitive salary and benefits while impacting language learning for millions globally.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of work experience in business analytics driving bottom line impact.
• Experience in consumer web/mobile, internet advertising, or related field.
• Proven experience with analytics skills for insights and decision making.
• Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Become an authority in using Dictionary.com data to solve problems.
• Partner with product and marketing teams to understand user interaction.
• Provide analysis on trends affecting strategic and tactical decisions.
• Help design and interpret multivariate tests of new site features.
• Present learnings to cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
• Develop robust financial models for performance benchmarking.
• Research new big data technologies.

Skills

Business analytics

SQL

Excel

PowerPoint

Tableau

Hadoop

Hive

Spark

Python or other scripting language

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Math, Economics, Finance, or quantitative field

Job description

Dictionary.com is the world's leading digital English dictionary and thesaurus. With over 5 Billion annual look-ups, Dictionary.com helps more than 70 million monthly people use the English language with confidence. We are hard at work reinventing the dictionary as a platform, and are looking for experienced software engineers to join us on the journey.

Job Description

What you get to do:

• Become an authority in using the full breadth of Dictionary.com data sources and analytics resources in order to solve difficult, non-routine problems
• Partner with product and marketing teams to understand how users interact with our sites and how 3rd parties are performing in order to guide product initiatives
• Provide analysis on internal and external business trends that influence strategic and tactical decisions
• Help design and interpret multivariate tests of new site features and layouts
• Regularly present learnings to cross functional teams and senior leadership
• Develop robust financial models that benchmark performance and aid prioritization decisions
• Research new big data technologies and identify best use of these tools

Qualifications

What you bring to us:

• 3+ years of work experience in business analytics in which you demonstrated an ability to drive bottom line impact
• Previous experience in consumer web/mobile, internet advertising, internet search, e-commerce or related field
• Proven experience applying analytics skills to drive insights and decision making
• Advanced SQL
• Experience with Excel & PowerPoint
• Experience with Tableau, Hadoop, Hive, and Spark is preferred
• Experience with Python or other scripting language is a bonus
• Strong attention to detail
• Bachelor’s degree in Math, Economics, Finance or quantitative field

Additional Information

Why work for us:

• You will have real impact on the success and growth of an iconic internet brand
• You will get to see firsthand how news topics influence the words people look up in the dictionary
• You will get in touch with your data “artist” side by looking for innovative ways to provide insight into user trends
• You will get to work with our lexicographers to help understand and describe the development of the English language

About Dictionary.com

As the world’s leading digital English dictionary and thesaurus, Dictionary.com helps more than 70 million monthly users attain language success. As the most innovative and technologically advanced dictionary, we are committed to accelerating the discovery and mastery of the English language in all its forms. Our leading mobile applications have been downloaded more than 100 million times – and we are just getting started. We are hard at work reinventing the dictionary as a platform that will enable and inspire social connection, communication, learning, creativity and expression in the connected world.

Dictionary.com offers competitive salaries, plus amazing benefits and perks. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.