Analyst Relations & Insights Manager

This role reports to the head of Activation and Engagement on Merkle's Enterprise Marketing team.

Responsibilities

• Resource Management: Aid in creation and own maintenance of AR and Insights libraries, establish and maintain organizational standards, and work closely with internal and external team members to ensure content currency and accessibility, including upkeep of the intranet page.
• External Communications: Lead coordination with the Social Media Manager and Project Manager to drive timely, high-impact announcements of key AR wins, ensuring consistent messaging and brand alignment across channels.
• Insights Curation & Distribution: Build up to owning the curation, packaging, and distribution of analyst insights to internal teams and senior stakeholders, ensuring content is timely, relevant, and positioned for practical application.
• Client Co-Marketing Leadership: Help drive the creation and submission of client co-marketing initiatives including Flagship stories, case studies, awards, and speaking submissions, coordinating across client and internal teams.
• Internal Enablement: Develop and deliver assets and communications that equip internal teams — including sales, marketing, and leadership — to leverage analyst research for competitive positioning, thought leadership, and business development.
• Analyst Relationship Management: Aid in execution of strategic analyst relationship plans across Gartner, Forrester, IDC, and Everest Group, helping to manage briefings, inquiries, and research participation.
• Evaluation Response Ownership: Own substantive contributions to analyst evaluation responses — including IDC MarketScape, Gartner Magic Quadrant, Forrester Wave, and Everest Group PEAK Matrix submissions — providing editorial support and cross-functional coordination, with increasing ownership of end-to-end evaluation workstreams and strategic positioning input over time.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in communications, marketing, account management, business analysis, or a related field, with demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-functional workstreams independently.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, social sciences, statistics, or a related field.

Skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 Suite, including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint, with the ability to learn reporting tools such as Power BI.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to interpret data into actionable insights.
• Light design skills: Ability or willingness to learn standard design principles to support delivery of impactful content, particularly in Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for reporting and stakeholder management.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.

Schedule

Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices (Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City) are required to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles and Detroit). Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $68,000-$90,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k
• Flexible paid time off
• At least 15 paid holidays per year
• Paid sick and safe leave
• Paid parental leave

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.