Junior Data Analyst in Marlow

Salary: £25-28k depending on experience.

As a marketing agency, we believe in the power of data when it comes to informing strategic marketing decisions. As a result, we’re growing our Research & Insights department and are on the lookout for a second Junior Analyst to share responsibility for core reporting and insight work, helping to deliver client‑ready analysis, and improving how data flows through the business.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has 1+ years’ work experience using mathematical and statistical tools/methods to provide reports and interpret data.
• Loves uncovering insight in complex datasets and is excited by what data can tell us about marketing performance, customer behaviour, and the retail/leisure landscape.
• Is able to work confidently with messy/incomplete data, applying sensible judgement and quality checks.

BWP is an award winning destination marketing agency. We elevate brands with impactful, creative strategies that bring people to places to achieve commercial growth. Our integrated marketing campaigns support the growth of brands like The Trafford Centre, Gravity and Stabilo.

All our employees enjoy the standard benefits you’d expect - a competitive salary (in this case £25-28k); 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays and an extra day for your birthday; and a pension scheme. Plus, we also offer:

• A busy social calendar with regular company socials.
• Hybrid working – everyone at the agency enjoys three days collaborating and building strong working relations with colleagues in our Marlow town centre offices (Monday, Wednesday & Thursday) and two days working from anywhere.
• Bespoke Personal Development Plans and the mentoring and support you need to develop your role.
• Company wellbeing programme including a free counselling service as needed.
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary) – if BWP does well, so do you. Our Junior Analysts can get up to 4% of annual salary as a bonus.
• A culture of appreciation, reward, and recognition with monthly and quarterly awards and celebrations.

What does a Junior Analyst at BWP do?

You’ll be responsible for gathering and analysing data to provide insights that will enable your colleagues to deliver great work for our agency and our clients. This will involve:

• Client analysis & insight
  • Delivering analysis and insight to support client reporting, campaign evaluation and strategic planning.
  • Combining multiple sources with varying coverage and reliability, producing clear outputs and appropriately explaining assumptions and limitations.
  • Creating client‑ready charts, tables and written commentary that answer business questions and support recommendations.
  • Contributing to desk research into market, consumer and competitor trends, translating findings into client‑relevant implications.
• Reporting & dashboards
  • Maintaining and improving Power BI dashboards and reporting outputs so teams have consistent, trusted performance reporting for clients and internal decision‑making.
  • Collaborating with teams to ensure reporting meets their needs, evolving dashboards and outputs based on their feedback and your own ideas.
• Data management & process improvement
  • Helping to maintain and improve the end-to-end data lifecycle, maintaining structured datasets and a future database solution so data is fit for reporting and analysis.
  • Using Python to support reliable data ingestion and preparation, and to reduce time spent on repetitive tasks.
  • Using SQL to query and validate data when required, particularly as we transition towards a more structured database environment.
  • Supporting the ongoing maintenance and light enhancement of bespoke AI tools and workflows introduced to the business, including data preparation and practical troubleshooting.
  • Contributing to developing internal documentation so tools can be adopted effectively.

What do I need to showcase in my CV to stand out?

We’re looking for candidates who have experience delivering analysis from real datasets using a range of data tools and techniques (e.g. Power BI, Python, statistical analysis) and is able to select the tool best suited to the task. A demonstrable interest in marketing effectiveness, customer behaviour, and the retail/leisure sector is desirable. As is experience working within a marketing agency or relevant industry.

In terms of skills and interests, we’re looking for someone who:

• Has strong Power BI and Excel skills for reporting and analysis.
• Has working knowledge of Python for data preparation and analysis (e.g., cleaning, transforming, working with structured datasets).
• Has a basic working knowledge of SQL.
• Has excellent problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Is able to communicate with a range of stakeholders and tailor reports and insights to their individual needs.
• Has a strong understanding of business principles and industry trends/challenges.
• Has an interest in applied AI and confidence learning AI‑enabled tools.

We’re also looking for someone who aligns with our values:

• Strives to make a positive impact in everything you do, be it for your clients, your colleagues or the wider community (embodying our value Impactful).
• Wholeheartedly loves data analysis, and using this insight to inform strategic decisions (embodying our value Passionate).
• Isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo or assumptions.
• Enjoys pushing boundaries, trying new things and finding new, creative ways of reporting on and sharing data analysis and insight (embodying our value Brave).
• Is fun, friendly and driven to use your heart as well as your head (embodying our value Human).

Can be office‑based in Marlow three days a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday).

If this sounds like the role for you and you tick our ideal candidate boxes, we welcome your application. If we agree you could be the newest member of the team, we’ll be in touch to invite you to a Teams interview with our Research & Insights Manager. Nail that interview and you’ll be given a task to complete and invited into the office to meet a few more of the team you’ll be working alongside. Wow them, and the job’s yours. Please note, we’re aiming to appoint the right candidate to start as soon as possible; therefore, applications will be considered as they are received. We typically respond to all applicants within two weeks of applying.