Economist/Data Scientist

Created on 27-11-2017

Location Palo Alto, CA, US

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About Houzz

Houzz is the leading home renovation and design platform in the world. We have a highly engaged community of more than 40 million unique monthly users who leverage our technologies to find inspiration for their next home project, connect with over 2.1 million home design and remodeling professionals and discover products in the Houzz Shop.

About the Team

Houzz’s Economic Research team combines extensive internal and external data to answer interesting questions about the home design, building, and remodeling markets in the U.S. and internationally. We produce research content, build new products and work with journalists and industry stakeholders to engage, educate, and inform millions of people worldwide. If you have a passion for data analysis and storytelling, then welcome to Houzz.

About the Role

Houzz is seeking an experienced Economist to join our growing research team. If you are creative and curious, have a knack for unearthing trends and insights from datasets large or small, and love telling stories through data, we want to hear from you.

In this role, you will use your experience with data, statistics, knowledge of economics and housing to conduct original research, write stories and create data products for a broad audience of homeowners, business groups, and media. You will work in an informal, collaborative atmosphere directly with Houzz’ Principal Economist, as well as with teams of researchers, engineers, designers, marketing specialist, communications managers, and writers. Additionally, you will help develop and manage research collaborations with academics, industry stakeholders and other external parties.

What You'll Do

Apply economic theory, econometric methods and data analysis techniques to inform economic issues and trends

Leverage internal and external data sources for analysis, modeling and visualizations (including for gathering, analyzing and visualizing your own data)

Guide data collection efforts and identify opportunities for new data generation

Create topical narratives, reports and white papers

Contribute to research on quantifying Houzz’s growing impact and relevance

At a Minimum, We'd Like You to Have

A graduate degree in Economics, Statistics or other quantitative field

Knowledge of econometrics and multivariate statistics and record of applying these skills

Experience with data science tools such as R, SQL, and/or Python

Demonstrated research ability, including the conceptualization and execution of original research topics, writing and explaining research motives and conclusions to expert and non-technical audiences

A knack for visualizing data in innovative and compelling formats

A detail-oriented and analytical mindset, with emphasis on accuracy

Creativity, curiosity and fascination with data and trends they reveal

Ideally, You'll Also Have

Ph.D. in Economics, Statistics or other quantitative field

Expertise in housing research

Knowledge of Tableau

Passion for home design, building and remodeling

Experience with creating, fielding and analyzing complex surveys