JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)
August 1, 2016 - January 31, 2017
Pandora Media, Inc.
Position Title/Short Description
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: Oakland, California, UNITED STATES
JEL Classification: 00 -- Default: Any Field
Keywords:
scientist
intern
internship
new graduate
graduate
economist
summer
advertising
consumer
Full Text of JOE Listing:
Pandora is looking for Computational Economists for the following roles:
Scientist, Advertising Economics (2017 New Grad)
http://pandora.com/careers/position?id=o3F73fwC
Scientist, Advertising Economics (2017 Intern)
http://pandora.com/careers/position?id=ovF73fw4
Pandora is seeking a Computational Economist [Intern or New Grad] for our Advertising Science team. In this role, you will partner closely with product and engineering teams to build data science products which provide value to the Advertising business at Pandora. Areas of interest include pricing of advertising, measuring advertising effectiveness, and measuring the impact of advertising on consumer listening behavior.
In addition, you will interact regularly with the Advertising Science team to guide and shape Pandora's Advertising strategy. This team is new and growing, with significant potential for impact on Pandora's business.
Requirements:
· Pursuing PhD degree in Economics, Statistics or related quantitative field
· Experience with: R, Python (scientific libraries), or other scientific computing language
· Excellent English written and oral communication skills with both technical and nontechnical audiences
Recommended:
· Background in statistics and experimental design
· Familiarity with the theory of matching and market design
· Familiarity with Hadoop
· Familiarity with SQL queries
· Applied research &/or design and execution of large-scale quantitative analyses experience a plus
Application Requirements:
- External Application Link
- Letters of Reference Instructions Below