Data and Insights Analyst

Third•Minneapolis, MN

15h•$75,000 - $85,000•Remote

About The Position

Third is a modern-commerce growth company that helps brands turn emerging platforms into sales channels. The Data and Insights Analyst owns retail client reporting and halo measurement. The role builds and shapes client and internal dashboards and reports, and analyzes performance data to understand how TikTok Shop and social activity affect sales at brick-and-mortar retailers, on Amazon, and on brand sites. The analyst works between Strategy and Client Success. Client Success Managers rely on the role for accurate reporting, while Strategy relies on it to interpret results. The analyst presents findings internally and externally as needed. Success means clients trust the reporting and account teams can spend less time gathering data and more time acting on it. The role also contributes to Third’s point of view on retail data. The position is USA remote. The base salary is $75,000–$85,000 annually. Third offers health, dental, and vision coverage, flexible PTO, and a remote-first work environment with periodic team gatherings.

Requirements

Experience in marketing analytics, retail analytics, media analytics, or commerce insights.
Hands-on experience with retail data, including POS data, retailer portals, and syndicated sales data.
Experience measuring incrementality or lift, including designing and running a test and explaining its results to a client.
Strong SQL and spreadsheet skills.
Python or R skills for analysis.
Experience building dashboards in Looker Studio, Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools.
Familiarity with social platform data, including TikTok, Meta, and YouTube analytics.
Ability to explain halo measurement study results to clients.
Clear writing and presentation skills.
Ability to manage several client accounts simultaneously and meet reporting deadlines.
Curiosity and analytical ability, including looking for correlations in data.

Nice To Haves

Agency experience.
TikTok Shop experience on the brand, agency, or platform side.
Retail media experience with Walmart Connect, Roundel, or Amazon Ads.
Marketing mix modeling experience, or experience incorporating test results into an MMM.
CPG category experience.
Experience using AI tools for analysis and report automation.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain retail client dashboards covering TikTok Shop GMV, affiliate performance, sample funnels, content velocity, live shopping, and GMV Max paid media.
Own weekly and monthly reporting cadence and automate recurring reporting.
Set client benchmarks against the client’s own history, its category, and TikTok Shop overall.
Translate performance data into actionable recommendations.
Serve as the subject-matter expert for halo measurement, communicate results clearly, and respond to data questions.
Measure how TikTok Shop and social activity affect sales at brick-and-mortar retail, on Amazon, and on direct-to-consumer sites.
Design tests to isolate sales lift, such as geo holdouts, matched markets, pre/post analysis, and synthetic controls.
Combine retailer point-of-sale data, marketplace data, search trends, and TikTok data into a unified view.
Build a repeatable halo measurement framework for pitches, quarterly reviews, and retailer conversations.
Respond to client measurement frameworks and RFI questions with a clear Third point of view.
Reconcile TikTok Shop native data against third-party data tools and document discrepancies and their causes.
Maintain consistent metric definitions across teams.
Support new business with category sizing and competitive analysis.
Present findings clearly to internal and external audiences and manage multiple client accounts while meeting reporting deadlines.