Survey Researcher

Location: Chicago, IL or Washington, DC

Office: 3 days/week in South Loop office

Reports to: Principal

About the role

You'll be joining our fast-growing team as a Survey Researcher supporting our survey research operations. In this role, you'll help design survey questionnaires, deploy research, and analyze political surveys that provide critical insights to campaigns and organizations. You'll also use those findings to help shape how our clients communicate and engage their audiences - translating data into messaging guidance and strategic recommendations. This position is ideal for someone who feels constrained by conventional survey work and is eager to apply research methods to real-world political challenges. You'll work directly with our data science and political strategy teams to turn survey data into actionable insights that help our clients succeed.

We value in-person work and expect employees based in Chicago to work regularly from our South Loop office. We also welcome candidates based in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy surveys using our proprietary research tools and methodologies
• Manage data collection processes, ensuring quality and timely completion of research projects
• Clean, process, and perform preliminary analysis on survey data to identify key insights
• Assist in creating memos and presentations to effectively communicate research findings
• Use generative AI to improve your efficiency and develop advanced workflows
• Develop and refine survey questionnaires, including question wording, ordering, and scale design, to ensure valid and actionable results
• Use research findings to inform and shape client communication strategies, including messaging guidance and audience targeting recommendations

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with survey research, polling, or similar data collection work
• Sophisticated understanding of electoral politics
• Basic understanding of data analysis programming languages (R or Python)
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced political environment
• Experience using and optimizing your workflow with generative AI

To be explicit: you don't need a degree to work here. You just need to be exceptional at the things we're asking from you.

Benefits

• Premium health insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• Office closed for all federal holidays
• 401k match
• Equity

The pay range for this role is:

88,300 - 108,900 USD per year (HQ)