THE BUSINESS
illuma is a British AI company pioneering contextual solutions for enterprise since 2014. Its real-time scaling technology is used by brands and agencies to boost the results of digital advertising campaigns. Meanwhile, broadcasters, publishers and online platforms use illuma to organise, classify and categorise their inventory for commercial activation.
illuma is committed to sustaining the open web ecosystem through equitable collaborations between adtech providers and media owners. The company is proudly building industry-first agreements that recognise publishers' intellectual property rights, and in turn, deliver better outcomes for brands and audiences.
illuma is a leading voice in contextual adtech, and our news, commentary and success stories are reported in titles such as The Guardian, Digiday and ExchangeWire.
illuma was founded in 2014 by publishing experts and computer scientists from Imperial College, UCL and Cambridge University. The company is based in London with additional offices in New York.
At illuma we are curious, innovative, and progressive, committed to seeking new, intelligent solutions to business problems. You will be working with and learning from some of the brightest minds in AI, tech and data science, and you won't be just a cog in a wheel, you will have an active voice with the opportunity to make real impact and grow your career with us as we scale.
Purpose
We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate Insights Analyst to work alongside our Head of Product. Supporting our Data and Client Success teams across EMEA and the US, you will be excited by diving deep into data to uncover engaging insights, and deploy these into exciting storytelling presentations for key stakeholders. You must be naturally curious with a desire to learn, quickly adapting to new tools and ways of working to help support the team in driving performance across all aspects of the business. You must demonstrate close attention to detail and strong analytical skills to ensure the team are able to respond rapidly to changing trends.
On a day to day basis, this role provides a chance to leverage both your analytical skills and creative flair. A wide-ranging scope of responsibilities, interacting and working with a global team within a rapidly expanding business.
Technology is central to our continued growth, and you will be supported by and work alongside other talented specialists. Moreover, as illuma focuses on digital advertising, you will be exposed to the industry knowledge and will have the opportunity to develop your career with us at an exciting time.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a truly dynamic company under inspiring leadership, where you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting technologies in the sector working alongside the client success, marketing and technical teams.
Key Responsibilities And Accountabilities
Insights
- Responsible for building and delivering in-depth insights reports for a range of enterprise and larger brands
- Define insights strategy, including ideating new materials and approaches across our nascent product offerings
- Execute on the evolution of insights collateral across the ecosystem
- Working with account management to respond to briefs and define core areas of interest
- Data analysis: working with Data teams to request, pull and analyse data from multiple sources; matching and cleansing data sources; creating pivot tables and analysis to build the data narrative
- Creating accurate, engaging and interesting decks to showcase insights and sharing these with the client
- Providing recommendations for next campaigns
- Supporting the tech team with insight development
- Partner with marketing to incorporate the use of insights into social and marketing posts
- Manage the Automated Insights Product, including: product support and troubleshooting, report audits to ensure report accuracy, and iterative development sprints with the Senior Developer
- Establish and document internal best practices for insights, in addition to internal repository and insights knowledge
- Be the point person for all insights queries and capabilities - developing the operational strategies for new insights servings
Operations
- Conduct quarterly reviews for specific client compliance
- Creating and sharing regular insights and data reporting for clients based on illuma data
- Responsible for checking accuracy and liaising with engineering team as necessary
Sales & Marketing
- Working with marketing team to surface and communicate insights across all campaigns
- Providing insights that can be leveraged and shared by the sales teams
- Building collateral for RFPs
- Acting as the point person for insights
Requirements
Skills & Requirements
- Highly proficient in Excel and PowerPoint
- Data proficient: ability to understand the story behind the data
- Comfortable with investigating, interpreting and understanding complex data and translating that into value driven insight and presentations
- Inquisitive, curious and critical thinker who can analyse and communicate data as meaningful, goal-focused actionable insights
- Highly numerate
- Influential communication skills, with the ability to create clarity from complex concepts, to communicate to non-experts, and work with and learn from colleagues
- Excellent attention to detail, both in analysis and in written and verbal communication
- Strong team player, supportive, driven and passionate about the business
- Planning and organising - You effectively prioritise and plan activities taking into account all the relevant issues and factors such as deadlines, resources, with line manager guidance at the outset as required.
- Flexibility - You can adapt and work effectively with a variety of situations, individuals, or groups. You understand and appreciate different and opposing perspectives on an issue, to adapt an approach as the requirements of a situation change.
Knowledge, Skills And Experience
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Knowledge & experience with digital advertising (e.g. demand-side platforms, sell-side platforms, Ad exchanges, etc) is preferable
- Up to date on latest industry trends, able to articulate trends and potential clearly and confidently
Benefits
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Private medical insurance
- Half price gym membership
- Pension
- Team socials, stocked fridge, snacks
- We operate a Hybrid working model with initially the opportunity to work remotely for up to one day a week increasing to two days after successful probation period.
Equal Opportunity StatementWe embrace diversity fully and promote an inclusive environment to enable everyone to do their best work.
We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status.
Our Values
- Humility
- United
- Driven
- Focused
- Innovative
