Chinese Media Landscape Researcher

Peraton

Position description

Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our 22,000 employees do the cant be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law.

As a government contractor, Peraton abides by the following provision

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of the other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).

Qualifications 

Required Qualifications

• Two (2) years work experience demonstrating technical expertise applicable to conducting open source research on media trends and consumer media use in global markets.
• Two (2) years work experience demonstrating technical expertise applicable to collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data on media trends and consumer media use in global markets.
• Two (2) years work experience demonstrating Level 2 proficiency the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale with widely-spoken or specialized foreign language expertise; preferred language mix includes Spanish, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Chinese, Persian/Farsi, Russian, Bhasa, German, Japanese, Italian, Berber, Turkish, Indonesian, Thai, and Korean.
• Knowledge and ability to understand intelligence gathering and analysis missions over three (3) project life cycles.
• Ability to develop knowledge of legal and policy issues, such as Executive Order (EO) 12333 and sensitive intelligence operations, the Congressional oversight process, and the regulations and procedures for handling defectors.
• Ability to apply knowledge of policies, regulations, technical tools, and databases to support operations.
• Ability to understand operations as they pertain to the agent acquisition cycle, intelligence collection, and asset validation.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university
• Knowledge and experience in research techniques.
• Ability to analyze data and research results.

Desired Qualifications

• Five (5) years work experience demonstrating technical expertise applicable to conducting open source research on media trends and consumer media use in global markets.
• Five (5) years work experience demonstrating technical expertise applicable to collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data on media trends and consumer media use in global markets.
• Five (5) years work experience demonstrating Level 2 proficiency on the ILR scale with widely-spoken or specialized foreign language expertise; preferred language mix includes Spanish, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Chinese, Persian/Farsi, Russian, Bhasa, German, Japanese, Italian, Berber, Turkish, Indonesian, Thai, and Korean. (U) Possess an advanced degree relevant to media landscape research, such as, Journalism, Marketing, or International Relations.
• Regional area or functional

Requires 5 to 8 years with BS/BA or 3 to 5 years with MS/MA or 0 to 2 years with PhD.

Responsibilities 

Description

• Gather open source data on media trends for individual tasked countries, including, but not limited to, television, radio, and digital formats.
• Quantify consumer use to identify the main sources of news, relative rates of accessibility, and relative rates of use.
• Identify limitations to data such as media consolidation, centralized government control, or outright bans on a type of media.
• Obtain private-sector or foreign-government market research on media.
• Obtain demographic data to baseline media consumption.
• Synthesize data to produce media landscapes with rankings of top media channels, individuals, and mediums.
• Contextualize reports with local influences (media laws, language barriers, infrastructure limitations)
• Augment, as necessary, the Media Landscape Research with additional foreign language support.

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