Marketing Analytics Intern

About Learning Resources:

We are on a mission to bring learning to life! We are Learning Resources, and learning is where we play. Voted one of the Chicago Tribune's Top Workplaces every year for the last four years, we're a 150-person strong, family-owned company who make award-winning educational toys, including top sellers Pretend & Play Calculator Cash Register, Farmer's Market Color Sorting Set and Toy of the Year winners Botley the Coding Robot and Coding Critters.

We share that dedication to learning across our family of companies. Learning Resources team members work closely with the curriculum experts at hand2mind, as well as Educational Insights, makers of hit viral products including Kanoodle, GeoSafari Jr., and Playfoam. We even help pets learn and grow through our pet brands Brightkins and Hunger for Words.

We pride ourselves on being committed to our employee's personal and professional development, a thriving culture and a diverse, creative atmosphere. Along with our competitive benefits package, we offer opportunities for training and development by top university professors as well as in-demand, motivating external speakers. We are looking for professionals who are truly just kids at heart! Come join our award-winning team today!

Position Description:

We're currently seeking a Marketing Analytics Intern that is organized, data-oriented and detailed. This role will work closely with our sales, marketing, and brand teams and will use quantitative and data analytics skills to solve complex business problems and contribute to corporate strategy by exploring relationships within our organization's data warehouse.

Scope of Responsibilities:

The individual in this role will:

• Assist in creation of data models and visualizations using to report on KPIs and optimize spend

• Assist in data audits and validation of existing data within our data lake

• Assist in extracting data from internal and external data sources

• Work with retail and sales teams to get retailer POS files

• Execute existing data queries and processes for monthly analysis

• Perform ad-hoc data requests as assigned

Requirements/Preferences:

• 4-year college attendee majoring in Marketing, Business Analytics, Statistics, or a related field

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Able to work autonomously, self-confident

• Curious and results oriented

• Highly data-oriented, good problem-solving skills

• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint

• Highly organized; able to track multiple projects at once

• Connects inside and outside the team; shares information, transfers knowledge and seeks diverse input from others within the team and across the organization

We are a drug-free workplace and an EEO employer.

Please note: This role will be filled by our internal recruitment team, so no assistance is needed from any outside staffing agency at this time.