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Strategy & Analytics Intern

Cartesian
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About Cartesian

 

 Cartesian is seeking great analytical thinkers and problem solvers to join our talented team of strategy consultants. Our strategy consulting team works with clients on engagements that drive value and growth within the communications, media, and technology sectors. Cartesian’s Strategy & Analytics practice has a 20+ year track record helping companies and investors develop and implement market-leading strategies to solve their most important challenges. 

 

We take a data/technology-focused approach to help our clients craft business strategies, evaluate market opportunities, improve performance, and drive revenue growth through competitive differentiation. As a consulting boutique practice, we use our subject matter expertise, data-driven methodologies, and creative problem-solving skills to rapidly drive meaningful, measurable results. 

About this Job: Strategy & Analytics Intern

Strategy & Analytics Internship is a 10-week program. This position requires the ability to think creatively and thoughtfully about challenging issues facing a variety of clients in the Telecom, Media, and Technology sectors. Interns should be highly motivated, entrepreneurial, and intellectually curious problem-solvers. The role will require an analytical mindset and a willingness to investigate complex processes, analyze data and build models, research new industries and technologies, develop actionable strategies, and communicate clear recommendations to internal and external clients in a fun, fast paced, driven environment.

Responsibilities include:

  • Collaborate with consulting teams to help deliver strategy and analytics engagements for our clients by applying thoughtful research and analysis techniques to answer business questions
  • Conduct market research and synthesize findings to build a fact base and tell compelling stories
  • Create thoughtful data visualizations that communicate insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Contribute to the development, execution, and management of analytics-focused workstreams by building, improving, and overseeing critical data processes
  • Gather and process structured and unstructured data in a wide variety of formats (Excel, text, csv, databases, json, web scrape, etc.) from diverse sources to support project-related data needs
  • Build quantitative models (e.g. predictive, geospatial, financial, etc.), merge and manipulate data, conduct statistical analyses, and design and test hypotheses
  • Develop and present findings and strategic recommendations to client stakeholders, including executive-level summaries of insights

Desired Skills and Experience

Requirements:

  • A passion for problem solving and working with data
  • A desire to work both independently and in team settings to offer solutions to strategic challenges our clients are facing
  • Effective time management and organizational skills, and ability to proactively set priorities/objectives and execute against them
  • Openness to working with and learn a range of new tools/languages, such as Tableau, Alteryx, QGIS, Python, and R - previous programming experience not required
  • Experience in quantitative fields (e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Economics) is often helpful, but not required
    • Those applying with less quantitative experience are eligible as long as applicants have strong math skills and a desire to learn to work with and interpret data
  • An interest in the telecommunications industry

Knowledge and/or experience in the following areas is a plus:

  • Analysis, modeling, and predictive modeling using Excel, SQL, R, SAS, or similar tools
  • Data visualization (Tableau, Qlik, R, etc.)
  • Geospatial analytics and mapping

 

Location: Boston

 

Cartesian is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.