Obama re-election campaign is growing the analytics team

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Hiring analytics experts who want to make a difference. The Obama re-election campaign is growing the analytics team to work on high-impact large-scale data mining problems.

We have several positions available at all levels of experience. Looking for experts in statistics, machine learning, data mining, text analytics, and predictive analytics to work with large amounts of data and help guide election strategy.

[Idle_Thoughts]

MPSIMS —> Elections

[Simplicio]

reported

[Inner_Stickler]

Well this is a stimulating thread. I predict the number one topic will be the article’s use of the word growing.

[Little_Nemo]

@Inner_Stickler

Well this is a stimulating thread. I predict the number one topic will be the article’s use of the word growing.

The linked page also includes the word “webify”.

[Measure_for_Measure]

In a 2009 New York Times article, Google’s chief economist Hal Varian said, “I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians. And I’m not kidding.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/technology/06stats.html
In the political realm, maybe we’ll have a character as skilled as Isaac Asimov’s Hari Seldon crunching numbers in a couple of decades.

[Sam_Stone]

Somewhere, off in the distance, Paul Krugman barked.

[Duke]

If I didn’t have two kids in school, I might be thinking about doing this. Fundraising analytics is pretty fun, but political analytics might be even better.

[Voyager]

Good for them. I do this kind of stuff, not for elections, and it is astonishing what you can learn.
Obama is our first modern president, who is not scared of computing.

[John_Mace]

Sounds like a job for the NSA.

[ultrafilter]

I got this in my email today:

The Obama for America analytics team is hiring quantitative analysts for the 2012 campaign. We’re looking for recent graduates or current students with significant quantitative experience in media, communications, Web analytics, marketing analytics, computer science, math, statistics, economics or political science.

The Obama for America Analytics Department analyzes the campaign’s data to guide election strategy and develop quantitative, actionable insights that drive our decision-making. Our team’s products help direct work on the ground, online and on the air.

We are a multi-disciplinary team of statisticians, mathematicians, software developers, analysts and organizers – all striving for a single goal: re-electing President Obama.

We are looking for Quantitative Media Analysts, Analytics Engineers, Battleground States Elections Analysts and Modeling Analysts at all levels to join our department now through November 2012 at our Chicago headquarters. Select a job position below for more information and requirements.

To learn more about each position, visit us online or forward this message to your top candidates:

https://my.barackobama.com/page/s/o2012-analysts-job-app