Data Mining Analyst

The Corporate Marketing division of Scholastic is seeking a data analyst. Candidate must have a strong knowledge of SAS programing as well as a strong familiarity with data processing within a traditional direct marketing environment. The position reports to the Director of Data Mining.

The primary responsibility of this position is supporting all email and direct mail campaign selection, reporting, and modeling / data mining analysis for Scholastic Canada. But the position will also work on analytical and statistical projects for the domestic Scholastic divisions, as well as function as a fully cross-trained team member of the Corporate Marketing group.

Candidate should be an expert SAS programmer, and equally adept at developing production-level code and at rapidly writing complex programs to support ad hoc data manipulation needs. Candidate should also be able to perform cold readings of SAS code and confidently understand what the code is doing.

Candidate should also be comfortable juggling a highly varied spectrum of projects – from routine programming duties, to campaign selection in SAS Campaign Management and SAS E-Guide, to participation in more long-term analytical projects, all while constantly dealing with interruptions for data and analytical emergencies. The candidate’s ability to manage time effectively and transition from project to project quickly is essential for success in the position.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Execute mail campaigns within SAS Campaign Manager or SAS Enterprise Guide, and interface with clients concerning mail selections.
• Create reports and perform ad hoc marketing analysis, using SAS code or SAS Enterprise Guide
• Develop SAS data sets using Base SAS, to support statistical modeling and data mining projects.
• Work on analytical data mining projects using SAS
• Write production SAS code supporting reporting/analysis, campaign selection, and the creation of summarized data mart tables within SAS environment
• Create and maintain external data feeds into SAS environment, cleaning and transforming data using SAS code
• Support data QC through SAS programming
• Support all Corporate Marketing reporting and campaign selection by writing SAS code as necessary

HOW YOU CAN FIT

• BS / BA in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, or other quantitative field
• At least 5 years professional experience using SAS programming for data analysis and data processing
• Strong written/verbal communications skills
• Proven ability to juggle multiple data processing and analytical projects, while also handling emergency interruptions, managing time effectively.
• Ability to collaborate and function effectively as a member of a team

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Expert SAS programmer – candidate must have a solid understanding of:

• Match-merging in SAS code, especially using the DATA step
• SAS macro-language
• SAS arrays
• Looping – within DATA step and within marco code
• SAS ODS language
• All functionality of PROC SQL and the DATA step
• Basic procedures like MEANS, TRANSPOSE, FREQ, RANK, TABULATE,

• Candidate should be proficient with SAS Enterprise Guide.
• Candidate should be a power user of Excel – experience using SAS-Excel interface a plus
• Experience with SAS campaign management is a strong plus, but not required.

Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, a leading provider of core literacy curriculum and professional services, and a producer of educational and entertaining children’s media. The Company creates quality books and ebooks, print and technology-based learning programs for pre-K to grade 12, classroom magazines and other products and services that support children’s learning both in school and at home. With operations in 14 international offices and exports to 165 countries, Scholastic makes quality, affordable books available to all children around the world through school-based book clubs and book fairs, classroom collections, school and public libraries, retail and online. True to its mission of 97 years to encourage the personal and intellectual growth of all children beginning with literacy, the Company has earned a reputation as a trusted partner to educators and families. Learn more at www.scholastic.com.

Some benefits that we offer:

• 100% vested of 401(k) Retirement Plan after 5 years employment
• Up to 1M worth of supplemental Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Purchase Scholastic stock at a 15% discount

Thank you for your consideration in choosing Scholastic.