About Us

Protagonist is the Narrative Analytics company. From the vast amount of data available in the digital universe, we mine the perceptions, opinions, and stories that constitute the Narratives people hold in their minds. Our offering empowers organizations to understand the discourse that matters, what’s driving that discourse, and how to take action to work within the Narrative Landscape. Protagonist uses natural language processing, machine learning, and human expertise to identify, measure, and shape Narratives. Today, Narrative Analytics is used by dozens of the world’s leading corporations, business leaders, and foundations.

About You

The Protagonist Intern has a passion for understanding the deeply held beliefs -- the narratives -- that drive critical issues and unleashing the power of big data to drive strategic decisions. Our interns support the continued development of our Narrative Analytics offering, finding and isolating the online media conversations that matter and curating powerful datasets that will drive success for our customers. You are deeply data-savvy, have outstanding analytical skills, and are creative and enthusiastic about using technology, data, and the power of narratives to solve complex problems. You have a strong backing in data analysis. Attention to detail and comfort with ambiguity are key attributes.

Primary Responsibilities

Over the course of the internship, the intern will take an active role in casework from scoping datasets to conducting analysis. The intern will be expected to collaborate across teams on both client deliverables and internal process priorities.

Specific responsibilities include:

Work with a range of content vendors and deploy a variety of scrapers, scripts, and other tools to develop narrative-rich data sets to address customer needs
Support our analytics approach to data and collaborate closely with Client Solutions teammates to deliver Narrative Analytics to our customers
Implement research plans for assigned projects, based on discussions with members of the Client Solutions team
Collaborate with the case teams to identify and visualize insights that answer key client questions

Requirements:

Authorized to work in the US
Experience with R, STATA, Python or another statistical programming language, experience with SQL is preferred
Experience with Excel in particular advanced formula creation, data cleaning, pivot tables, and other necessary functions
Familiar with a range of data science concepts (such as natural language processing, content similarity analysis, social network analysis, and sentiment analysis)