Junior Researcher Spain/Latin America – Society & Economy/Politics in Hamburg bei Statista GmbH

Tasks

Your daily responsibilities in the Editorial Research Intelligence department will be comprised of two components: research, including content database management, and editorial work - as detailed below:

Research & content management tasks:

• Desktop research (secondary data sources) on the Spanish/Latin American markets with a particular focus on society, economy, politics and lifestyle data (research topics including, but not limited to: education, politics and government, religion, economics, and crime and law enforcement.)
• Building an understanding of valid data sources and potential data partners in the industry
• Active generation of research topics for the database development, in close communication with the team lead and fellow editors in the industry team
• Managing the SEO-optimized web content via Statista’s own Content Management System (CMS), in accordance with departments’ goals, monitoring usage and keeping the database up to date

Editorial tasks:

• Editing, publishing, and contextualizing statistical information in English, via the statista.com platform, following Statista’s editorial style and documentation
• Creating and maintaining a host of editorial products, including individual statistics, dossiers (Statista-specific reports), as well as topic, industry and landing pages

Requirements

• Successful completion of undergraduate studies
• Exceptional written and spoken English skills; first editorial experience in English (Please send us a Cover Letter in English)
• Very good Spanish language skills
• Ability to describe complicated data in a concise and comprehensible manner
• Structured, organized, and independent working style with attention to quality, detail, and accuracy
• Strong interest and knowledge of the state of the political and economic systems of Spain and Latin America, including past, current, and future trends

The team

In our Editorial Research Intelligence Department, approximately 300 researchers work on the statistics and topic pages for our different national platforms. Each day, while focusing on their specific fields, our experts research and prepare new data from the world’s most significant sources for our platforms: https://www.statista.com/.

About us

At Statista, we’re all about facts and data, for we are the world's leading business data platform.
By providing reliable and easy-to-use data as well as various data analytics products and services, we empower people worldwide to make fact-based decisions.

Founded in Hamburg in 2007, we have quickly grown into a global company with offices in major cities such as London, New York and Tokyo. And we still have a lot of plans. Our constant growth does not only prove our success, but also keeps creating new development and career opportunities for our employees.
Are you ready to join us?