Insights Director - Freelance Contractor (1099)

Insights Director – Freelance Contractor (1099)

Who We Are

Escalent is an award-winning data analytics and advisory firm that helps clients understand human and market behaviors to navigate disruption. As catalysts of progress for more than 40 years, our strategies guide the world’s leading brands. We accelerate growth by creating a seamless flow between primary, secondary, syndicated, and internal business data, providing consulting and advisory services from insights through implementation. Based on a profound understanding of what drives human beings and markets, we identify actions that build brands, enhance customer experiences, inspire product innovation and boost business productivity. We listen, learn, question, discover, innovate, and deliver—for each other and our clients—to make the world work better for people.

Why partner with Escalent? As a freelance contractor, you will have the opportunity to...

• Collaborate with experts across industries on meaningful, high-impact research engagements.

• Apply a rich variety of research techniques alongside knowledgeable professionals.

• Work remotely on a project basis, with scheduling flexibility inherent to independent contracting.

• Gain exposure to how the world’s leading brands use research to navigate disruption.

• Partner with a firm committed to conducting research ethically and with integrity.

• Engage with a collaborative, professionally energizing environment on a project-by-project basis.

Role Overview

This freelance contract engagement calls for an experienced senior-level insights professional to lead the development of insights and storytelling and own the data analysis and reporting phases of project work. This is a project-based, independent contractor engagement (1099); it does not constitute employment and carries no eligibility for employee benefits.

The freelance Insights Director engagement is a senior-level contract role that contributes to project success through consistent responsiveness and delivery of high-quality insights.

Deliverables for this engagement include:

• Presenting insights that address the client or industry’s needs.

• Proper application of analytical techniques & tools

• Creating client-ready materials on time

• Sound process & integrity of insights

Responsibilities

• Lead and/or execute the development of insights and storytelling and complete the data analysis and reporting phases of projects.

• The contractor will work closely with Escalent staff in Insights, Project Management, and Sales & Strategic Growth roles in delivering project solutions in a high-quality manner.

• The contractor may leverage a variety of methods and tools and may collaborate with Escalent experts, including Centers of Excellence such as Marketing & Data Sciences, Behavioral Science, the Qualitative team, Syndicated & Javelin Advisory practices.

• The contractor will apply their existing expertise to collaborate with Escalent staff across project engagements.

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor degree in a related field. An advanced degree is preferred

• Minimum of 7 years of related experience within the desired industry or sector

• Considered “Highly skilled” in analytics functional skillset

• Breadth of research methodology expertise & experience including survey / instrument design

• Able to distill findings into meaningful insights

• Formation of story architecture

• Highly skilled in all aspects of Reporting (deliverables)

• Prescriptive / Consultative Writing skills – reports and client communications

• Data viz / PPT / Excel

• Autonomous report design / analysis plan

• Strong presentation and storytelling abilities

• Ability to contribute to research design and/or proposal writing if the engagement requires

• Ability to manage a number of projects concurrently.

• High degree of professionalism & situational awareness (particularly related to client interactions)

• Highly collaborative, capable of working effectively with Escalent staff in various roles and geographies

Engagement Details

• This is a freelance, independent contractor engagement classified as 1099. The contractor is not an employee of Escalent and is not eligible for any employee benefits, including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, or paid holidays.

• The contractor is responsible for all applicable self-employment taxes and maintaining their own insurance coverage.

• Compensation is invoiced by the contractor and paid per agreed project terms; no payroll processing applies.

• The contractor retains the right to perform services for other clients, provided there is no conflict of interest.

• Project assignments are made on an as-needed basis; this engagement does not guarantee ongoing or continuous work.

• Work is performed remotely and on your own schedule

• Availability for minimum of 10 and up to 40 hours per week

• Strongly preferred: Ability to communicate during standard business hours for project kick-off and collaboration with the team

Equal Opportunity: Escalent is committed to considering all qualified applicants for this engagement without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status.