Data Analyst

K2D Strategies is a growing fundraising agency that holistically approaches direct response through a channel-agnostic lens. The Data Analyst plays a vital role in collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting direct response data to provide campaign findings and KPI/file health reports for use in strategic recommendations.

Our company culture is focused on collaboration, empathy, curiosity, and trust, and our clients are changing the world in Washington, DC, and across the country through political discourse, social action, culture shift, and so much more.

What We Offer

• Health and Wellness: employer-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance in addition to employer paid short-term disability and life insurance.
• Work-Life Balance: Flexible work hours, remote work environment (with access to our Arlington, VA offices for local employees), and generous time off
• Financial Wellness: competitive salary, 401(k) with company match
• Professional Development: ongoing training, career path development, and a dedicated budget for conferences and training seminars
• Additional Benefits: an opportunity to work with smart people in a supportive environment that celebrates individuality

Primary Responsibilities for the Data Analyst include:

• Compile and analyze campaign metrics across various channels and provide insightful reporting to account teams
• Create and generate direct response data reports and utilizations that meet team needs and support our clients’ strategic initiatives
• Actively collaborate with the account teams to identify and create needed reports that allow for ongoing evaluation, course correction, and strategic insights
• Support teams in importing and validating data and troubleshooting data issues as needed, including developing business rules around this process
• Liaise with external partners including K2Dashboard programmer to address issues within the database or to add/update new reporting features
• Provide training and documentation on how to use the campaign reporting and file health components of the K2Dashboard to staff
• Regularly review and assess the effectiveness of K2D’s proprietary reporting platform – the K2Dashboard, making suggestions on improvements and additions and identifying possible issues
• Serve as a subject matter expert for analytics and stay updated on industry benchmarks, trends, and new opportunities
• Participate in coordination with the account teams on developing business assessment meeting decks, preparing data and reporting, creating data views that are digestible, actionable, and easy to understand
• Participate in new business development by providing reporting and insights for K2D’s response to industry RFPs
• Ensure implementation of best practices, stay up to date on data policy updates and guidelines, and follow company processes
• Provide reporting support and analysis for special projects and for K2D client benchmarking

Additional Responsibilities

• Participate in webinars and attend conferences/workshops to expand skills
• Share relevant findings with K2D staff at team meetings etc.
• Other duties as assigned

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Team members who are most successful in this role typically have a minimum of five years of data analysis and reporting experience, experience with nonprofits and direct response fundraising is required
• A degree or intensive coursework in business intelligence, data analytics, or statistics is preferred
• Proficiency in and knowledge of basic statistics (e.g., hypothesis testing, variance analysis, exploratory data techniques, etc.)
• Proven experience in providing actionable reporting, analysis, and data visualization
• Demonstrated project management skills and strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks with effective resolution of conflicting priorities
• Proven ability to perform analytic tasks (including but not limited to data mining, segmentation, randomized test design, forecasting, data visualization, etc.) and creating meaningful outputs.
• Strong communication skills in both written and oral with the ability to effectively present information, respond and follow-up on questions and inquiries from clients and colleagues
• High level of self-motivation and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
• Experience with Excel, MS Access, SQL, Power BI, Tableau and other tools and languages for reporting and data visualization
• Experience with CRMs and eCRMs used in nonprofit fundraising, including Blackbaud CRM, Salesforce, Raiser’s Edge, DonorPerfect, EveryAction/Bonterra, Luminate, Classy, Engaging Networks, ActiveCampaign, and MailChimp.
• Familiar with digital advertising and GA4/Google Analytics.

At K2D, we respect and celebrate our differences and know that employees with varied life experiences, backgrounds and skills make us a stronger company and a great place to work. We aren’t shy about saying our team is the best in the business, and we wonder if you might be the perfect new teammate!

Our budget for this position starts at $72,000. Want to learn more? Send your resume to info@k2dstrategies.com. We will be accepting applications through October 31.