Location: Chicago, Illinois
Job Type: Contract
Compensation Range: $40 - 49 per hour
We are seeking a talented Audience Growth Analytics professional to join our team and play a critical role in shaping the future of fandom for a leading entertainment brand. Our Audience Growth strategy redefines audience development as fandom curation—a structured approach to transforming passive viewers into engaged, loyal, and active brand advocates.
As part of our 2026 Audience Growth initiative, you will help build an end-to-end fan ecosystem spanning acquisition, engagement, retention, and advocacy. Powered by first-party data, lifecycle CRM, and franchise-specific audience initiatives, the program is being piloted across four flagship entertainment properties.
In this contract role, you will serve as a key analytics and measurement partner, translating complex audience and fan data into actionable business insights. You will work across Ad Sales and Media Strategy & Planning, balancing near-term analytical needs with the development of scalable measurement frameworks that demonstrate how fan engagement influences total viewership.
This is an opportunity to help establish the analytics foundation for a next-generation audience growth strategy—connecting data, fandom, engagement, and viewing behavior to deliver measurable business impact.
Responsibilities:
Ad Sales Research & Insights (Primary Focus)
- Execute audience analyses, competitive positioning reports, and custom data pulls tailored to client and category briefs on tight sales timelines.
- Create standardized templates and reusable pull-sheets to eliminate redundant manual requests.
- Convert raw audience metrics into compelling, sales-ready narratives rather than static research dumps.
- Utilize advertising intelligence to develop functional tools, analytical frameworks, and pitch-enabling stories for the ad sales pipeline.
Audience Development Measurement (Secondary Assignment)
- Set the baseline viewership metrics supporting primary KPIs, including ratings, market share, total time spent, average minute audience (AMA), net new audience, viewer migration, and cross-platform duplication.
- Help track key advocacy metrics linking fan engagement to revenue: ad spend attribution from owned audiences and the correlation between fan tier depth and linear/digital consumption.
- Supply the viewership data layer for the unified Audience Development Tracker dashboard, scheduled for launch alongside the executive readout in Q3/Q4 2026.
- Quantify audience potential for pilot titles and feed objective data into the franchise prioritization model.
- Assist in linking syndicated measurement datasets with first-party audience profiles following the identity integration rollout in Q2 2026.
- Collaborate on measurement frameworks for experiential fan initiatives-defining data collection standards, control benchmarks, and success criteria.
- Support emerging agency partnerships by fulfilling additional strategic data requests as needed.
Qualifications:
- 4+ years of experience in media research, audience analytics, or measurement at a network, studio, agency, or data vendor.
- Direct, hands-on proficiency with Nielsen NPower (required); experience with VideoAmp is highly preferred (fluency in both is ideal).
- Deep understanding of traditional linear and streaming measurement metrics: ratings, share, time spent viewing, AMA, reach, and cross-platform duplication.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with a focus on building clean, reusable reporting assets.
- Demonstrated history of delivering high-accuracy ad sales support under fast-paced deadline conditions.
JOBID: 092026-145499
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At Cella, a randstad digital company, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Cella by randstad digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
