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With PlayVS, students can play video games as a sport for a state championship. Come help us as we bring esports to 20K high schools for the first time ever nationwide.

We are seeking a Data Analyst (Data Scientist/Visualization Master) to become an integral part of our team! You will analyze data and build visualizations to better understand industry business & trends in order to increase our community engagement. This is a vital role to the success of our business.

Learn more about PlayVS here:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/19/playvs-wants-every-high-school-to-have-an-esports-team/

http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/23239068/national-federation-state-high-school-associations-partners-playvs-high-school-esports-leagues

Responsibilities:

  • Drive projects to identify key levers for new user growth, retention, and revenue
  • Leverage data to understand the product, identify opportunities, and execute initiatives to drive growth and engagement
  • Drive experiment design, interpretation, and actionable insights
  • Partner closely with Product & Marketing teams to drive data-driven solutions and alignment
  • Self motivated with a growth mindset - you seek out learning opportunities for yourself and the team

What youve accomplished:

  • 3+ years in a data-intensive role
  • Bachelors degree in quantitative field (or equivalent training & experience)
  • Proficiency with SQL, Excel, and R or Python
  • Strong team player who can work well across multiple cross-functional teams, including, finance, growth, product, engineering, and data teams
  • Focus on scale - develop tooling to automate commonly requested analyses
  • Experience building out data pipelines from new and raw data sources
  • You have a passion for video gaming, esports, and high school sports

PlayVS is building the infrastructure for high school esports and have the exclusive rights to introduce video games as a sport in 20K high schools nationwide. So for the first time ever, students can play esports for a state championship like other sports and be recognized by their state association.