Data Analyst

Extreme Music, formed in 1997, is renowned in the industry and around the world for its boundary-pushing approach to production music. Its A-list roster has yielded diverse award-winning collections and includes artists and composers such as Quincy Jones, Hans Zimmer, Sir George Martin, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, and Junkie XL to name a few. Extreme's client and project list is a veritable who's who or what's what in the entertainment field working with all major networks and studios, ad agencies and production companies. Extreme Music is headquartered in London, with its creative operations based in a 7,500 square-foot production compound in Santa Monica, California. For more Extreme information visit www.extrememusic.com. Extreme Music is the Production Music House under Sony Music Publishing.

Why join Sony Music Group?

Here at Sony Music Group, we are shaping what’s next in a way that creates impact. Forging powerful new ideas at the heart of music, technology, and culture that entertain and move people.

This is your opportunity. Part of a global community, united by individual passion, rising to that challenge every day. Adapting at pace and supporting one another, inspired to influence the future. For the benefit of you, our people; our creators, our business, and wider society too.

Be a part of an organization that is creator first. Committed to fueling excellence and always imagining more, while fostering a supportive culture, one where we elevate each other and act responsibly.

Job Purpose: You will answer questions about user behavior and product performance, ensuring data-driven decision-making that will shape which features, products, and services get pushed to (or maintained in) production. You’ll use your own curiosity to formulate new questions and interrogate our data to deliver insights and recommendations.
 

What You’ll Do: (job responsibilities)

• Create, measure, and document KPIs relevant to business needs and internal teams.

• Act as the main liaison between departments to ensure data accuracy and uniform understanding of key metrics, escalating issues as necessary to the development or implementation teams.

• On-demand analysis: evaluate and respond to questions from development, marketing, and sales teams to assist with their short- and long-term decision-making.

• Deep-dive analysis: study and visualize data to uncover trends and opportunities related to how users are interacting with our products.

• Maintain analytics systems: check for completeness, accuracy, and understandable lexicon, then oversee the implementation of any new data points or sources.

• Make informed predictions about user behavior—create, assess, and validate with A/B tests, then recommend changes based on findings.

• Create and maintain automated dashboards for non-technical users to promote self-service for common questions.

• Create marketing performance dashboards and review key metrics and findings with leadership and marketing teams.

• Centralize marketing measurement reporting and recommend performance optimizations.

• Perform reviews of live analytics platforms and ensure that they are meeting their stated goals.

• Work closely with the development teams to understand and anticipate their analytics needs.
   

Who You Are: (skills and experience required)

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, writing, and presentation skills.

• Excellent problem-solving skills.

• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to work at a fast pace, prioritize, and multitask without sacrificing quality.

• Ability to communicate technical ideas or problems succinctly and understandably to non-technical people.

• Naturally inquisitive and a strong drive to understand trends and underlying behaviors.

• College degree or equivalent.

• Familiarity with project management and documentation software.

• Strong experience using Mixpanel.

• Familiarity with common web and social tools like Google Analytics.

• Experience working with visualization and dashboarding tools like Power BI or Tableau.

• Strong desire to keep up to date with emerging technologies.

• Some Travel Required

• Must be authorized to work in the United States

• 7.5-hour business workday but variations in work volume frequently require extending working hours for evening and late-night events.
   

What We Give You:

• You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to fuel the creative journey

• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork

• An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching

• Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition and student loans

• We invest in your professional growth & development

• Flexible Time Off

• Time off for a winter recess
  
  DISCLAIMER: The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $60,000-$70,000. This range does not include any other compensation components or other benefits that an individual may be eligible for.  The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

SMP has good cause to conduct a background investigation because honesty, trustworthiness and ethical conduct are material requirements for the performance of the responsibilities of this position.

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy), gender, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, military status, status as a veteran or disabled veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or family status, genetic information, medical condition, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.

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