ABOUT

Equis is a set of organizations (including Equis Research, Equis Institute, and EquisLabs) working to create a better understanding of Latinos, innovate new approaches to reach and engage them, and invest in the leadership and infrastructure for long-term change and increased engagement.

At Equis Research we lean into the complexities of Latino voters in the United States, ensuring they get the sophistication of treatment and level of attention that matches their critical role in the electorate. We act as a public utility, using a diversity of tools (polling, qualitative insights, digital testing, voter data, and analytics, along with best practices from other sectors) to shape the decisions of the political and policy ecosystem. People who are invisible in the data are invisible to campaigns and decision-makers; we aim to make them visible and shift from a paradigm of neglect to one of engagement. Some of our previous public analysis is available here and here.

POSITION SUMMARY

Equis is seeking a Targeting Assistant to support a portfolio of voter, polling, and other data projects that aim to deepen our understanding of Latino communities and improve the targeting of potential Latino voters by campaigns. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Data Ingestion: Develop plans, build structures, and design repeatable workflows and protocols for ongoing data collection and processing, in a comprehensive and well-documented way. 
• Data Management: Clean, combine, merge, and maintain data sets of all sizes and types. Assist with data projects and planning, including helping to develop consistently and methodologically sound best practices and systems. Collaborate with others to make datasets more understandable and easily accessible to non-technical members of the team.
• Collaborate: Work with the rest of the Targeting and Research Teams to better understand Latino voters and nonvoters, manage poll and survey data, and think of new and better ways to identify and think about potential Latino voters. 
• Partnerships: Help advise trusted partners on how best to find and reach Latinos, the best modes and methods of communication, and the strengths and limitations of of the targeting tools at our disposal.

QUALIFICATIONS

• The ability to be nimble: to switch between different projects, and different types of data, and come up with creative solutions to complex data issues.
• Unending curiosity, a love of solving puzzles, and a knack for tweaking methods to get better outcomes.
• Expertise in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets
• Experience working with voter files is critical (though work with fundraising, demographic, or media datasets of high complexity could be considered)
• Experience working on digital campaigns or with digital datasets is a plus
• Familiarity with VAN (voter database) is useful but not required.
• Experience with one or more of the following is a plus: R, SQL, Python, Stata, R, or data visualization.
• Please include the word “Fuzzy” somewhere in your cover letter.

While experience working with data on Latinos, specifically, is not necessary, our ideal candidate will have cultural fluency and a demonstrated awareness of racial and ethnic bias in data collection and analysis.

THIS POSITION REPORTS TO

Senior Director of Targeting

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Equis is a national remote office environment with team members located across all continental U.S. time zones. Candidates should be prepared to either work from home or at a location of their choosing that is located within the continental United States.  

This position requires the ability to work core hours Monday through Friday in your local time. This position may require occasional evenings and some in-person attendance for all-staff or department-level events, approximately two per year, which require overnight travel. 

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

This is a fully remote (USA only), full-time position, role with occasional domestic travel and a competitive salary range of $55,000-$75,000 p/year. This salary range represents a good-faith estimate of what Equis may pay for this position at the time of posting. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as budget availability and commensurate with the selected candidates’ experience. 

Equis offers 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage at no premium, 4% employer match 401K, and unlimited Paid Time Off. Additionally, Equis provides an annual professional development stipend, a work-from-home stipend, and an employee assistance program. Equis observes office-wide holiday closures following the federal government alongside additional summer and winter breaks.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send your resume and cover letter here or via our career page. For your application to receive full consideration, please explain in your cover letter why you are interested in working at Equis and how your background and/or experience demonstrate your commitment to Equis’s core goal of enhancing the well-being and power of the Latino community.

Equis is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Equis is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the recruitment process, please contact Equis.