Our work at making Hunter's economics program well-known is beginning to pay off, and subsequently, the job placement prospects for MA and BA/MA students are now better than ever. If you are looking for jobs in a specific field, ask around the department, and odds are someone can put you in touch with people who can find you relevant and rewarding work. The following are just a few examples of the many contacts Hunter is developing. We hope you find them useful in your entry into the economic and statistics workplace.
Best Regards,
Ken Lord
President, HCSFE
Kate Rock, a recruiter from Smith Hanley Associates is an expert in placing students in Marketing Statistics positions. She is especially interested in helping graduating MA students in finding job opportunities. If you would like her assistance, her email is krock@smithhanley.com, her telephone number is 203-319-4300, fax number is 203-319-4320. If you are interested in getting more information about Smith Hanley Associates, their website is www.smithhanley.com .
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-HarperCollinsPublishers
Position Description
Title: Business and Marketing Analyst, General Books Group
Department: Internet Development Group
Division: Corporate
Date: January, 2007
Primary Objectives:
Provide analysis of HarperCollins internet marketing efforts to identify business trends, quantify performance, and make recommendations for improving the online experience. Areas of analysis include the main corporate web sites, newsletters, global consumer database, online book browsing, and affiliate sales revenue.
Work with the HarperCollins technical support and Internet Development teams, as well as our vendors, to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve systems issues.
Work with our technical support and management teams to identify and develop plans for improving our online reporting infrastructure and offerings.
Key Responsibilities:
Specific analytical responsibilities are listed below. For each initiative, the business analyst is expected to identify areas for improvement and present recommendations to management.
Retrieve data from a variety of sources in order to measure and report on website performance and make recommendations for improving our site design.
For our book browsing application, provide monthly reporting on books receiving the most page views, earning the most ad revenue, and other ad hoc analysis to enable the Corporate Marketing Team to make business decisions.
Generate monthly reports of our newsletter results, including the number of newsletters distributed, number sent to consumers, number opened, number of click-throughs, and subscriber growth.
Generate monthly consolidated reporting on HC consumer data worldwide, including total number of subscribers and the number and % communicated with during the past month.
For global standardization, work with Corporate Marketing team to introduce our reports to sister divisions.
Provide ad hoc analysis to enable the Corporate Marketing Team to make business decisions.
Other Responsibilities:
In addition to the analytical responsibilities listed above, the business analyst will be expected to:
Help troubleshoot and resolve systems issues.
Provide recommendations for improving our online reporting infrastructure.
Research topics of interest to the group.
Help optimize our use of the Web Trends tool.
Skills Required:
Ideal candidate is a college grad with a degree that is quantitative in nature (economics, math, business) and 1-2 years experience in a media company
Strong written communication skills
Self starter with good time management skills
Exemplary problem-solving skills
Web Trends 7.5
SQL and/or Access
Advanced Excel
Apply online at:
http://www.harpercollinscareers.com/careers/careers/display_jobs.asp?id=inter_dev
Or, if you prefer, please email your resume, cover letter, and salary requirements to Jobs@HarperCollins.com with the subject line MM-BALH.
