Who We Are

Horizon Media, founded in 1989 by Bill Koenigsberg, is recognized as one of the most innovative marketing and advertising firms. We are headquartered in New York City, with offices in Los Angeles and Toronto. A leader in driving business solutions for marketers, Horizon is known for its highly personal approach to client service. Renowned for its incredible culture, Horizon is consistently named to all the prestigious annual Best Places to Work lists published by Fortune, AdAge, Crain’s New York Business and Los Angeles Business Journal. Together we are building a place of belonging.

At Horizon, we understand the value that different perspectives can bring to our clients and culture, so we strive for an environment where our employees feel welcomed, safe and empowered. We value YOU and believe that your authentic voice and unique perspective allows us to create a more rewarding culture, and experience, together.

Our simple recipe for success? We hire talented people (thinkers, doers, dreamers, makers), challenge them and give them every opportunity to grow.

What You’ll Do

The main responsibility of the Manager, Advanced Analytics is to apply sophisticated modeling and other advanced analytic techniques to help guide our clients’ media spending plans and make their investments more efficient and effective. This position will be charged with designing/developing the analytic processes with ongoing execution. In addition to the technical aspects required, it will involve cultivating and maintaining effective working relationships with a variety of parties including the clients, internal stakeholders (e.g. Brand and Activation), 3rd-party vendors, external clients, and operational areas within Horizon.

Main duties and responsibilities include:
50% Development and Enhancement of data and analytics capabilities

• Support the development of Closed-Loop and attribution solutions for key client verticals.

• Assist in modeling and analytic efforts to provide insights into new product launches/initiatives.

• Constantly look for ways to improve the usage of Horizon’s existing data and analytics infrastructure.

• Work with stakeholders to improve current analytic processes and develop new capabilities that set us apart in the marketplace.

• Use automation and technology to increase efficiency and to provide the infrastructure to scale.

• Bring an “outside in perspective” to analytic development; explore, identify and assess external best practices - and translate to the relevant application internally.

50% Cultivating and maintaining effective working relationships- internally and externally

• Establish and maintain excellent working relationship with key functional areas, as well as HMI Analytics and other stakeholders throughout Horizon.

• Act as a liaison between the Analytics team, Data team, and the internal Brand, Activation and Operational areas.

• Extensive brand team and client interaction and day-to-day management.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position reports directly to the Director, Advanced Analytics, and Chief Analytics Officer. As the Analytics practice develops there will be an opportunity to build out and lead a team.

Who You Are

We are looking for someone who is intellectually curious with the drive and experience to identify, frame and solve business problems. They must be a critical thinker who can provide creative strategic solutions and who can follow-through with flawless execution. Critical to the role is the ability to provide thought leadership that can drive our capabilities through analytic innovations.

The ideal candidate should be technically savvy and can navigate through various analytical platforms and execute solutions where challenges occur, from data source identification, data ingestion, modeling data preparation, model building, and final analysis. It is important that the candidate is highly resourceful and independent in problem solving.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• 2-4 years of experience required in the Advanced Analytics realm, preferably in media, consulting or an adjacent field.

• Predictive Modeling and Experimental design expertise, and Big Data exposure are mandatory.

• Must be at an expert level in using data mining tools such as SQL, and at least at an intermediate level in using modeling tools such as R, Python or SAS.

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• Excellent problem solving skills and a dogged determination to work an issue through to its satisfying conclusion are both a must.

• Ability to generate clear, concise and comprehensive analyses that tell the story behind the data!

• Business acumen – understands the strategic levers of the business and how analytics is a catalyst for decision making.

• Demonstrated ability to be creative; to put structure around vague and unstructured requests/discussions.

• Consulting skills – can explore business view and work with them to develop mutually owned solution; can solve problems in complex situations using creative and conceptual reasoning.

• Persistence: Demonstrate tenacity and willingness to go the distance to get new things done.

• Comfortable in dealing with ambiguity and managing change, plus the capacity to move through road-blocks with enthusiasm and alacrity.

• Strong verbal communication skills, extremely well-organized.

• Analytical mindset with knowledge and passion for media, data and technology.

• Creative thinker that is willing to challenge the norm to improve analytic processes.

• Proactive individual with strong problem solving skills and an entrepreneurial spirit.

• Collaborative, can-do attitude a must.

• Pragmatic – seeks and develops solutions understanding and communicating the relevance to others.

• Ability to translate technical subject matter into relatable business terminology and respond to unexpected questions on the spot.

• Proven effectiveness in managing business relationships.

• Experience in fast-paced environment, possessing the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.

• Deep expertise in advertising platforms and/or the ad tech industry preferred.

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The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.