Data, Polling & Election Analytics Senior Producer

Job Description

Your New Role…

CNN seeks a Data, Polling & Election Analytics Senior Producer to help bring political data to life in our election and politics coverage.

The Senior Producer of Data, Polling & Election Analytics sees the stories hidden in rows of numbers, knows the right questions to ask and how to use data to find the answers.

The right candidate will seek innovative ways to look at and combine data to tell a more compelling and complete story about American politics today. Working with CNN's Director of Polling and Election Analytics, the Senior Producer, will pursue novel ways to translate data on politics into understandable insights that drive our reporting, survey research methods and Election Night coverage, while keeping accuracy at the heart of what we do.

Your Role Accountabilities…
• Uncover data-driven insights into American politics, using advanced and multi-variate statistical techniques to analyze survey and other election-related datasets (such as voter list data, Census statistics, election returns, etc.), translating that information into understandable text and graphics for a general audience.
• Support the CNN Decision Desk, becoming an expert on the statistical models the elections projection team relies on and guiding new models through development, testing and deployment on election nights.
• The ideal candidate would be able to grow into a key role within the race-calling team.
• Work with the CNN polling team to enhance our innovative and industry-leading polling operation by building on existing methodologies for survey sampling and weighting, as well as likely voter modeling.
• Collaborate with the TV and digital election night production teams to ensure accurate and insightful reporting of data about voting in America.
• Guide CNN journalists in using methodologically rigorous research and analysis in their reporting, helping them to describe and present it accurately.

Qualifications & Experience...
• 4 plus years' statistical modeling and analytics experience required
• Master's degree or PHD in related field of study preferred: Statistics; Data Science; Political Science; Political Psychology or Survey Methodology
• Passion for bringing politics to life through statistics and analysis of key data
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including an ability to translate complex statistics for a general audience
• Can confidently apply advanced statistics -- such as regression, factor and cluster analyses, small area estimation, mathematical-statistical modeling, predictive modeling, etc. – to evaluate and understand complex data, and an ability to explain the uncertainty in those analyses
• Understanding of multiple methodological approaches to survey research, and interest in exploring innovative approaches to representative research
• Interest in politics, elections, and political geography a must, knowledge of election forecasting a plus, experience working with voter list data preferred
• Close attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy
• Experience with statistical software required, SPSS or R preferred Strong skills in Excel a must
• Ability to work in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r0qp9e-3-15-160-18-42 in your application.