CovarioDirector of Marketing Analytics and Insights, Competitive Market Researcher
Feb. 2012 - Nov. 2013San Diego, CA; Chicago, IL ; Madison, WIDelivered reporting/analysis of digital marketing programs to Covario’s Fortune 500 client base, including Lenovo, Intel, IBM, T-Mobile, State Farm and JCPenney, leading to improved ROI and sustained engagements ►Major focus/interest included competitive and market research and analysis of synergies across natural and paid search channels◄ Responsibilities: ● Managed an analytics and reporting team to support natural search and paid media accounts ● Responsible for the delivery of monthly reporting dashboards and scorecards that included Executive summaries used to drive business decisions and support the strategic plans of natural search and paid media teams ● Leveraged both quantitative and qualitative analytical skills to conduct brand engagement, competitive and market research, utilizing Google's suite of tools, as well as industry research, Comscore and Forester Research Developed data weighting and scoring tools that included: ● Indexed competitors Share of Voice based average position in search engine results, search demand and industry trends. ● Measured an advertiser’s level of brand effectiveness in social media based their reach, level of engagement, as well as technical and reputation factors. ●Ranking of a list of targeted keywords based on a number of variables (average position in search engine results, conversion rate, competition, CPC, quality score), used to identify performance gaps across natural search and paid media—allowing client teams to prioritize their efforts and optimize budget allocation ● Partnered with client services to deliver quarterly business reviews highlighting search channel performance and identifying opportunities aligned with account growth strategy ● Extracted and mined clickstream data from third-party analytic tools including Omniture SiteCatalyst, Coremetrics and Google Analytics.