Data Entry Clerk

We are a digital advertising analytics company looking for someone to assist in identifying Advertisers and Brands in our platform.

This is a part time, work-from-home position that requires a minimum commitment of 20 hours a week. Ideal candidates would be able to work 20-25 hours a week. In the beginning (weeks 1-3), you will meet with the Data Project Manager regularly in-person to receive instructions regarding our tools, processes, and methodologies. You MUST be able to travel to Santa Monica during the initial on-boarding (and we do not cover any travel costs). After receiving your instructions, you can work from home / coffee shops… anywhere you have a high-speed-internet connection (your internet connect must meet a minimum bar). You will use chat rooms & email to receive assignments, ask questions, and deliver finished projects. The work is project based, meaning you’ll have a certain amount of data that you’re responsible for categorizing and a deadline for completion. WHEN you complete the work throughout the day is up to you. This position requires that applicants be self-driven, self-monitoring, and motivated to hit deadlines while working autonomously.

Those that excel in this position are great at research. Applicants should be prepared to give several examples of when and how they use the internet to conduct research and should be VERY proficient with PC use. Additionally, this job requires being able to use language translator tools to identify non-English advertisements. If you are proficient with any other languages (besides English), be sure to highlight that in your application. Finally, this job is very repetitive in nature. Applicants should be very comfortable with highly repetitive tasks. Those that have an interest in advertising are encouraged to apply, but prior experience in advertising is not required.

You’ll need to supply your own working machine for this positions (PC or Laptop). This machine needs to perform at a minimum speed threshold for data uploads and downloads in order for you to be effective with our tools. Additionally, a high speed internet connection is required. Please be sure to fill out the Machine & ISP Screener as part of your application.
Finally, please supply a personal statement about why you think you’d be a fit for this position. Explain your relevant experience as it pertains to research and/or data classification.

What you’ll do

• Identify the proper Advertiser and Brand for a given online advertisement (aka creative).
• Use our custom tools to assign creatives the proper Advertiser and Brand, following our existing taxonomy very closely.
• Write logic statements to query for and classify creatives. (No computer language skills are required. Our tools are entirely custom for which we will supply instructions. However, an understanding of search logic and search operators is very helpful.)
• Watch short video advertisements to determine the Advertiser and Brand.
• Suggest improvements to data quality by identifying erroneously categorized creatives.

About you

• Strong attention to detail. This work is very detail oriented, so you must be organized, analytical, conscientious, and thorough.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Since this position has you working from home once you are trained, you’ll primarily be using written communication to ask clarifying questions and report on your status. Familiarity with messenger apps and chat room etiquette is a plus, as this is how we will communicate.
• Ability to comfortably (and repeatedly) enter text into edit fields.
• Resourceful on google/wikipedia to research information for data sets.
• Self-driven and focused to complete assignments on your own and within the established deadlines.
• Along with the above, we’re looking for candidates with a positive and energetic attitude! Our supportive and fun teammates all have a sense of humor… and we hope you do, too.

Additionally, Candidates should highlight their Interest in or familiarity with any of the following:

• Advertising
• Data Entry
• Cars (I.e. knowing the Makes and Models of various cars)
• Tech Industry Business Solutions [B2B] provided by Cisco, SAS, IBM, HP, etc.
• Banking industry knowledge
• Knowledge regarding Heathcare co-operatives and hospitals
• Knowledge of foreign languages is also very helpful in this position when identifying creatives in Non-US regions. if you can read a foreign language(s) ‘enough to get by’, let us know which language(s) those are.