Careers in Data

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in data? Here's an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have entry level and internship opportunities that will interest you.

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Big data is hot right now. If working with lots of data and getting information from it excite you, here are some job options for you.

Just about every company with a technological component uses data to gain information about users, target products and services, gather ideas to enhance user experiences, create and improve user predictions, and more. Most positions working with large amounts of data involve writing programs to gain information, using statistical methods to come to conclusions, and using analytics software to analyze data.

A bachelor’s degree is required for almost all positions involving big data. Since you’ll be applying them a lot on the job, take lots of courses in math, computer science, and statistics. Knowledge of at least one programming language as well as a statistical software package such as R or SPSS are also useful.

Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Data

The Center for Effective Philanthropy - The Center for Effective Philanthropy is based in Cambridge, MA and San Francisco, CA and helps "philanthropic funders better define, assess, and improve their effectiveness."

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Job Title	Location
Home Therapies Program Mgr 5K Sign On Bonus	Vancouver, WA
Home Therapies Program Mgr(32)	Lancaster, CA
Dialysis Home Therapies RN Program Manager 5k Sign On Bonus Hackensack NJ	Hackensack, NJ
Inpatient Services RN 3K Sign On	Phoenix, AZ
Inpatient Services RN	Fort Worth, TX

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Oscar - Oscar is a New York, NY based startup that dubs itself “a new kind of health insurance company that is using technology to make insurance simple, intuitive, and human.”

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Job Title	Location
Sales Assistant	Tampa, FL
Staff Accountant	Burlington, NC
Sam’s Club – Oscar Mayer, Customer Business Lead	Bentonville, AR
Associate Marketing Research Manager	Chicago, IL
Marketing Research Manager	Chicago, IL

See all 299 job postings

Umbel - Umbel is an Austin, TX based company that helps publishers “leverage social and big data to prove your premium audience story to advertisers and sponsors.”

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Job Title	Location
Intern	Austin, TX
Office Manager	Austin, TX
Web Developer	Austin, TX
Sales Director	Austin, TX

See all 4 job postings

Nest - Nest is a Palo Alto, CA based company that “takes the unloved products in your home and makes simple, beautiful, thoughtful things.”

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Job Title	Location
Inside Sales Consultant	Loveland, CO
Early Childhood Teacher	Plymouth, MN
Nail Technician	Denver, CO
Summer Camp NURSES WANTED - Needed for summer of 2014	Minocqua, WI
Media Intern (Film/Video/Photo)	New York, NY

See all 670 job postings

Harry’s - Harry’s is a New York, NY based company that was started "for guys who know they shouldn’t have to overpay for a great shave.”

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Job Title	Location
Customer Insights Intern	New York, NY
Interactive Designer	New York, NY
Barber	New York, NY
Email Marketing Manager	Richmond, VA
Brand Manager, Etail Strategy	Parsippany, NJ

See all 27 job postings

Movable Ink - Movable Ink is a New York, NY based company that wants to make e-mail marketing just as agile as other online marketing channels.

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Job Title	Location
Assembler B	Costa Mesa, CA
Assembler B	Costa Mesa, CA
Community Manager	New York, NY
Account Manager	New York, NY
Head of Sales Strategy	New York, NY

See all 9 job postings

Videology - Videology is a a Baltimore, MD based company whose technology "works across all video screens to connect brands with those consumers they most want to reach.”

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Job Title	Location
System Administrator	Baltimore, MD
Associate Product Manager	Baltimore, MD
Sr. Netsuite Analyst	Baltimore, MD
Executive Assistant	Baltimore, MD
Software Developer	Austin, TX

See all 12 job postings

Oxford University Press - Oxford University Press is “the world’s largest university press with the widest global presence” and has U.S. offices in New York, NY and Cary, NC.

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Job Title	Location
Academic/ Editorial Trade Internship	New York, NY
Editorial Assistant	New York, NY
Assistant Direct Mail Marketing Mgr	New York, NY
Intern - Academic/Trade Editorial	New York, NY
Intern - Online and Scholarly Reference Editorial	New York, NY

See all 49 job postings

Savers - Savers is a Bellevue, WA based chain that aims to “provide [their] customers with the best selection and shopping experience of any thrift store in the world.”

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Job Title	Location
Part Time Marketing Event Representative	York, PA
Outside Sales Executive Central New Jersey	Hillsborough, NJ
Seeking Experienced Home Improvement Sales Manager	Lewisberry, PA
Home Improvement Sales Professional	Milton, DE
Retail Management	Wheaton, MD

See all 1,246 job postings

Global Footprint Network - Global Footprint Network is an Oakland, CA based non-profit that is focused on “measuring human impact on the Earth so we can make more informed choices.”

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Job Title	Location
Network Architect	San Francisco, CA
Staff SWE in Quality	Mountain View, CA
Staff Application Ops Eng	Menlo Park, CA
Account Coordinator	Long Beach, CA
Staff Software Engineer in Quality	Mountain View, CA

See all 638 job postings

Trulia - Trulia is a San Francisco, Denver, and NYC based company that “displays more than 4.5 million real estate and rental listings" online.

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Job Title	Location
Inside Sales Professional	Denver, CO
Senior Software Engineer - SIP Signaling	San Francisco, CA
Senior Software Engineer - Media Stack	San Francisco, CA
Automation Engineer - Twilio Client API	San Francisco, CA
Software Engineer - Intern (CO-OP: Jan.-jun. 2014)	San Francisco, CA

See all 95 job postings

GraphScience - GraphScience is a Palo Alto, CA company that helps brands “leverage the social graph to generate revenue and optimize marketing spend on Facebook.”

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Job Title	Location
Ad Operations Intern	San Francisco, CA
Social Media	Irving, TX
Social Media - Ecommerce Marketing Specialist, Lead	Irving, TX
Ad Operations Manager	San Francisco, CA
Data Analytics Manager	San Francisco, CA

See all 12 job postings

Defenders of Wildlife - Defenders of Wildlife is a Washington, DC based non-profit that aims to “protect and restore imperiled species throughout North America."

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Job Title	Location
Chief Operating Officer (COO)	Washington, DC
Endangered Species Science and Policy Analyst	Washington, DC
Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff Conservation Policy Intern	Albany, NY
Coordinator to the CFO	Washington, DC

See all 3 job postings

PeopleAnswers - PeopleAnswers is a Dallas, TX based company that has developed a web-based assessment tool to provide insight into applicants' future on-the-job capabilities.

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Job Title	Location
Business Analyst	Dallas, TX
VP Trade Development	Saint Charles, MO
Data Analyst	Dallas, TX
Inside Sales Representative	Dallas, TX
Behavioral Scientist	Dallas, TX

See all 18 job postings

Brandwatch - Brandwatch is a New York, NY based company that is “all about monitoring what people say about your brand, products, competitors, industry or any related topics.”

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Job Title	Location
SOCIAL MEDIA LISTENING COORD	Atlanta, GA
Research Analyst	Seattle, WA
Research Analyst	Seattle, WA
Researcher & Analyst	New York, NY
Account Director (Social Media Monitoring)	Manhattan, NY

See all 27 job postings

Ultimate Fighting Championship - Ultimate Fighting Championship is a Las Vegas based company that “revolutionized the fight business, and today stands as the world’s leading MMA promoter.”

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Job Title	Location
Assistant Editor - Multiple Positions Available - Ultimate Fighting Championship (the UFC)	Las Vegas, NV
Internship - Sponsorship Activations - Spring 2014 - Ultimate Fighting Championship	Las Vegas, NV
Internship - Public Relations - Spring 2014 - Ultimate Fighting Championship	Las Vegas, NV
Immigration/Global Compliance Coordinator - Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)	Las Vegas, NV
Internship - Sponsorship Sales - Spring 2014 - Ultimate Fighting Championship	Las Vegas, NV

See all 15 job postings

Datalogix - Datalogix is based in Westminster, CO, and they “leverage the power of purchase-based audience targeting to drive measurable online and offline sales.”

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Job Title	Location
Technical Account Manager, Digital Media Partnerships	Westminster, CO
Revenue Recognition Manager	Westminster, CO
Partner Development Lead	New York, NY
Digital Strategist, Retail	New York, NY
Client Partner, CPG	New York, NY

See all 35 job postings

National Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition - National Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition is an Alexandria, VA based non-profit started in response to the US Surgeon General’s conference on infant mortality.

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MyWebGrocer - MyWebGrocer is a Winooski, VT based company that provides “leading-edge eCommerce and eMarketing solutions to the grocery and consumer packaged goods industries.”

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Job Title	Location
Internship, Advertising Operations	Winooski, VT
Junior Marketing Analyst	Winooski, VT
Advertising Operations Coordinator	Winooski, VT
Product Manager, Retail	Winooski, VT
Senior Account Director, Digital Advertising	New York, NY

See all 10 job postings

Edmunds - Edmunds is a Santa Monica, CA based company was has become “one of the most beloved and well-known automotive resources of the 21st century.”

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Job Title	Location
Director of Digital Marketing & e-Commerce	South Amboy, NJ
Technical Service Analyst	Santa Monica, CA
Software Engineer, Big Data	Santa Monica, CA
Research Associate	Washington, DC
Intern - IT Operations (Santa Monica)	Santa Monica, CA

See all 120 job postings

PitchBook - PitchBook is a Seattle, WA based company that provides “clients with the highest-quality PE and VC data, news and information."

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Job Title	Location
Investment Banking Intern Analyst (Jan - Mar) \| Finance & Investment	New York, NY
Trust and Estate Associate	Hopewell, NJ
Trust and Estate Associate - Hopewell, NJ : 1300064691	Pennington, NJ
2014 Corporate & Investment Bank Public Finance Analyst Summer Program \| World's Leading Financial Services Corporation	New York, NY
Executive Assistant	Chicago, IL

See all 44 job postings

HelloWallet - HelloWallet is a Washington, DC. based company that offers a “financial wellness” tool designed with the help of behavioral economists.

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Job Title	Location
COMMUNITY MANAGER INTERN (SPRING SEMESTER)	Washington, DC
COMMUNITY MANAGER	Washington, DC
Software Engineer	Washington, DC
Senior Software Engineer	Washington, DC
QUANTITATIVE SOFTWARE ENGINEER	Washington, DC

See all 9 job postings

TrueCar - TrueCar is a Santa Monica, CA based company that offers “hassle-free car-buying experience from a nationwide network of certified dealers.”

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Job Title	Location
Partner Development, Insurance Segment	Field, KY
Architect, Data Platform	Santa Monica, CA
Collections Specialist	Santa Monica, CA
Data Analyst	Santa Barbara, CA
Business Development Manager, Open Market	Santa Monica, CA

See all 25 job postings

Grouper - Grouper is a New York, NY based dating startup/social club “that sets up drinks between 2 groups of friends.”

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Job Title	Location
Regional Outpatient Coding Manager	Worcester, MA
Regional Director of Coding	Worcester, MA
Coding Specialist II	Towson, MD
Coding Specialist/Reviewer - Network Health Plan	Appleton, WI
Coding Supervisor	Manhattan, NY

See all 177 job postings

Visual Revenue - Visual Revenue is a New York, NY based company that helps editorial teams figure out what readers respond to and react to it in real time.

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Job Title	Location
User Experience (UX) Designer (Interaction and Visual design)	Mountain View, CA
UX Designer	Plymouth Meeting, PA
Graphic Designer	Greenwood Village, CO
Vice President of Marketing – Global	Santa Clara, CA
Store Management LOFT Shoppes at Flemington	Flemington, NJ

See all 4,896 job postings

Shopatron - Shopatron is a San Luis Obispo, CA based company that offers a “retail-integrated eCommerce solution for branded manufacturers, distributors and retailers.”

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Job Title	Location
Security Intern	San Luis Obispo, CA
Market Research Intern	San Luis Obispo, CA
Sports Merchandising Company - Returns Coordinator	Seattle, WA
Quality Assurance Intern	San Luis Obispo, CA
Software Engineer Intern	San Luis Obispo, CA

See all 19 job postings

Factual - Factual is an LA based company that “provides access to definitive global data for powering web and mobile apps, mobile advertising, and enterprise solutions.”

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Job Title	Location
Event Specialist (Albuquerque, New Mexico)	Albuquerque, NM
E-Discovery Project Coordinator	Washington, DC
Customer Processing Lead Assoc Job	Lake Mary, FL
Retail Manager - Vitamins	Shawnee, KS
Activity/Recreation Therapist (Must be Certified)	Springfield, VT

See all 1,888 job postings

Foundation Center - The Foundation Center is a New York, NY based non-profit that “connects people who want to change the world to the resources they need to succeed."

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Job Title	Location
Technical Support Specialist Job	Jackson, MN
Occupational Therapist (OT)- Travel/Local Contract Adult Day Opportunity in Annapolis, MD!	Annapolis, MD
Occupational Therapist (OT)- Travel/Contract Adult Day in Annapolis, MD!	Annapolis, MD
Physical Therapist (PT)- Travel/Local Contract Adult Day Center Opportunity in East Baltimore, MD!	Baltimore, MD
Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations Job	Baltimore, MD

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eSpark - eSpark is a Chicago, IL based startup that works with K-8 schools to offer “personalized learning on the iPad.”

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Manager	Chicago, IL
Junior Project Manager, Product Mgr or Delivery Mgr (You Name It)	Chicago, IL
Ruby on Rails Developer (Plus iOS and/or Javascript)	Chicago, IL

See all 3 job postings

CrowdFlower - CrowdFlower is a San Francisco, CA based company that allows you to “instantly hire millions of people to collect, filter, and enhance your data.

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Job Title	Location
Dynamic Marketing Intern Needed for Newark-based Non-Profit	Newark, NJ
Research Intern	Yorktown Heights, NY
Account Strategist	San Francisco, CA
Alchemist - Entry Level	San Francisco, CA
Software Engineer Speech / Natural Language	Santa Clara, CA

See all 10 job postings

The Echo Nest - The Echo Nest is a Somerville, MA based company, and they “provide the largest repository of dynamic music data in the world" with 30 trillion data points.

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Job Title	Location
Fall - Student Internship - Audio / Music Analysis	Somerville, MA
Front End Developer and Designer - US	New York, NY
Front End Developer and Designer	New York, NY
Spring - Student Internship - QA/Marketing	Somerville, MA
Spring - Student Internship - Evolver.fm	Somerville, MA

See all 22 job postings

EnerNOC - EnerNOC is a Boston, MA based company that wants “to make energy management as integral as accounting to the operation of every organization.”

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Job Title	Location
Executive Assistant to the CEO	Boston, MA
Enterprise Sales Manager	Chicago, IL
DevOps Engineer	Boston, MA
Business Applications Intern	Boston, MA
Energy Analytics Intern	Boston, MA

See all 24 job postings

NORC at the University of Chicago - NORC at the University of Chicago is a non-profit organization that aims to “to conduct high-quality social science research in the public interest.”

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Job Title	Location
Telephone Interviewer NBS	Chicago, IL
Telephone Interviewer NBS - Spanish Bilingual	Chicago, IL
Research Assistant - Substance Abuse, Mental Health Research	Bethesda, MD
Field Interviewers - Sandy Phase II - New York City (2013346)	New York, NY
Research Scientist/Economist - International Projects Department (2013360)	Bethesda, MD

See all 67 job postings

Chrysalis - Chrysalis is a Los Angeles, CA based non-profit that helps "homeless and low-income individuals by providing resources and support to find and retain employment.”

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Job Title	Location
Dir Campus Actv & Prog	Lewisburg, PA
Assistant Counselor - Therapeutic Group Home for Boys	Fort Lauderdale, FL
Employment Coordinator	Gahanna, OH
Paid Internship	Ogden, UT
Kitchen Assistant	Hartford, CT

See all 61 job postings

Rent The Runway - Rent The Runway is a New York, NY based “community designed to fill the needs of women who know and love high fashion" but may only want to wear something once.

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Job Title	Location
Fashion Merchandising Internship - Fashion Industry Opportunity	New York, NY
Fashion Merchandising Intern	New York, NY
Senior Account Executive in Fashion/Beauty - Fashion Industry Opportunity	New York, NY
Manager, Partnerships	New York, NY
Assistant Showroom Manager	New York, NY

See all 15 job postings

DramaFever - DramaFever is a New York, NY based company that gives “you a better way to find and watch the best TV and movies from around the world.”

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Job Title	Location
Junior Software Engineer – Automated Test (Narberth, PA)	Narberth, PA
DF News Editorial Assistant	New York, NY
DramaFever Latino - Paid Intern	New York, NY
Marketing Tech/Youtube Internship	New York, NY
Product Manager	New York, NY

See all 20 job postings

Spindle - Spindle is a Boston, MA based company that is building “the discovery engine for the social web.”

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Job Title	Location
CNC Machine Shop Manager & Programmer	Township of Hamilton, NJ
Industrial Sales - Energetic self starter (Chicago/Milwaukee)	Chicago, IL
CNC Programmer & Shop Foreman	Fountain Valley, CA
CNC Machinist B	Milford, MA
CNC Screw Machine Operators, Set-up	Easton, PA

See all 405 job postings

Resonate - Resonate is a Reston, VA based advertising company that uses "big data to develop a sophisticated understanding of consumer values, attitudes and beliefs.”

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Analyst - Advertising Strategy Lead Job	Mayfield Village, OH
Public Relations (PR) Account Manager - Consumer/Consumer Tech	Seattle, WA
Social Media Manager 055090	Andover, MA
3D Retail Designer	Milwaukee, WI
Marketing Communications Manager	Houston, TX

See all 1,102 job postings

Pardot - Pardot is an Atlanta, GA based company that provides online marketing automation software to businesses and is seeing insane growth.

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Director	Pittsburg, CA
Director of Marketing	New York, NY
Marketing Campaign Manager	Menlo Park, CA
Director, Americas Field Marketing	Pleasanton, CA
Marketing Promotions Intern \| Marketing, PR & Advertising	Atlanta, GA

See all 116 job postings

William J. Clinton Foundation - The Clinton Foundation aims to “improve global health, strengthen economies worldwide, promote healthier childhoods, and protect the environment."

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Job Title	Location
Website Managing Editor	New York, NY
Part-Time Graphic Designer	New York, NY
Graphic Designer	New York, NY
Vice President for Development	United States
Account Executive	New York, NY

See all 16 job postings

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