Spin
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Location:
Chicago, IL
Type:
Part Time
Posted:
06/25/2019
Deadline to Apply:
Open - no deadline given by employer
More Information:
Spin Job Posting
Job Summary:
Spin is seeking an outstanding, analytically-minded urban planner to join our fast-growing, fast-paced team. Based in our Chicago, IL office , the position will work closely with the entire Business Team — and cross-functionally throughout the company — to use data, maps and other visualizations to help us launch and scale markets, make the case for safer and more livable streets, and tell a great story around what Spin brings to cities. The ideal candidate is a passionate urbanist with strong quantitative and programming skills, with experience working on practical urban planning or transportation applications.
This is a part-time (estimated 16-24 hours per week) contract position.
Duties:
- Provide analytical and mapping support to the Business Team for key strategic and tactical needs around launching and scaling markets. This work might include:
- Developing scooter deployment strategies using geospatial data and ridership trends.
- Analyzing ridership data to inform operational improvements in select markets.
- Understanding the impact of mandated scooter deployment policies on revenue potential.
- Implementing spatial features into Spin’s mobile application through coordination with Spin’s engineering team.
- Acting as liaison between different teams to ensure our strategic scooter deployment strategy is data-driven and well communicated.
- Assisting the Government Partnerships team with packaging data and visualizations into proposals and permit applications.
- Source, analyze and visualize data that helps make the case for how scooter-sharing and micromobility can support safer and more livable streets.
- Provide analytical and visualization support to other portfolio initiatives within the policy team, such as data privacy and sustainability.
Qualifications:
Required
- Bachelor’s degree or higher.
- 2+ years experience of relevant professional experience sourcing, analyzing and visualizing large urban and transportation datasets.
- Highly proficient in ArcGIS/qGISProficient in Adobe Creative Suite applications.
- Proficiency in R/Python and SQL a plus.
- Passionate about improving the experience of transportation in cities.
Preferred
- Background in urban or transportation planning.
- Engineering experience with setting up pipelines to a variety of public and private datasets, and cleansing these for effective analysis.
- Work experience in transportation organizations with fast-paced operational demands.
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