About Tunnl
Tunnl is building a future where artificial intelligence enables organizations to connect meaningfully with the people who matter most. We help organizations conduct research at scale, define the right audiences, surface real-time insights, identify optimal communication channels, and measure changing attitudes over time.
Tunnl serves brands, agencies, and advocacy groups alike - organizations navigating complex communications, reputational, and regulatory landscapes. These teams need smarter, faster ways to make audience-informed decisions that stand up to scrutiny and resonate across stakeholder groups. Whether you're building a brand, shaping public opinion, managing risk, or launching a new initiative, Tunnl empowers you to move from insight to impact with clarity & confidence.
The Role: Research Analyst
Tunnl is hiring a cohort of Research Analysts (0–2 years of experience) to join our team and support client work across research, data, and campaign strategy.
This role is designed for recent graduates or early-career professionals who are excited to learn how data and research inform real-world decisions across:
- Brand and market research
- Marketing and media campaigns
- Survey design and data operations
As a Research Analyst, you will work closely with our Account Management and Strategic Research teams to support projects from kickoff through delivery. You’ll gain exposure to the full research lifecycle, from survey design and data validation to reporting and client insights.
The ideal candidate is a motivated self-starter who enjoys solving problems, works well in fast-paced environments, takes pride in getting the details right, and is eager to build technical and analytical skills in survey research and microtargeting. Candidates must be located in the DC-area.
Core Qualities
Attention to Detail
- You catch errors others miss
- You take pride in accuracy and clean work
Problem Solving Initiative
- You don’t wait to be told what to do
- You see a problem and try to solve it
Communication & Collaboration
- You can explain complex ideas simply and clearly
- You are comfortable asking questions when something isn’t clear
Curiosity & Learning Mindset
- You are eager to learn new tools, concepts, and workflows
- You are humble and open to feedback
Understanding the “Why”
- You look beyond the task to understand the real goal
- You think about how your work impacts the bigger picture
Responsibilities
Collaborate Across Teams
- Work with Account Management, Strategic Research, and Product teams
- Join internal and client meetings, take notes, and support follow-ups
- Learn how different teams contribute to delivering client value
Work with Data & Research Tools
- Help validate datasets and review outputs for accuracy
- Assist with data formatting, tagging, and basic processing
- Learn how survey data is collected, structured, and analyzed
Build Skills & Improve Processes
- Follow internal workflows and quality control processes
- Document issues and help improve team processes over time
- Continuously develop technical, analytical, and communication skills
Support Research & Client Deliverables
- Assist in preparing client-facing materials such as data summaries (toplines, crosstabs), slide decks, and memos
- Ensure outputs are accurate, well-formatted, and easy to understand
- Support teams in turning data into clear, actionable insights
Support Survey Execution
- Assist with survey programming and testing (e.g., logic, skips, quotas)
- Monitor fieldwork and flag unusual patterns or issues
- Conduct quality checks on surveys and data outputs
Required Qualifications
- 0–2 years of experience in survey research, market research, marketing or communications campaigns, analytics, or equivalent (internships or academic experience considered)
- Strong attention to detail and communication skills with demonstrated ability to catch and resolve errors
- Comfort working with structured data and large datasets
- Proactive team player that wants to join a high performing team and is curious about research
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in public affairs, brand insights, political campaigns, or market research
- Familiarity with concepts like survey weighting, quotas, probabilities, and more
- Exposure to reporting outputs such as banners, crosstabs, memos, or presentation decks
- Exposure to different programming languages, like SQL, R, Python, etc.
- Strong written communication skills for summaries and client-facing outputs
What Success Looks Like
- Your work is accurate, organized, and reliable
- You proactively catch and fix issues before they escalate
- You become a trusted support partner to your team
- You develop stronger technical and analytical skills over time
- You begin to contribute ideas — not just execute tasks
Why You Should Apply:
- Join a team driven by curiosity, teamwork, integrity, and a shared passion for solving big challenges.
- A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture with regular social and team events.
- Comprehensive benefits with excellent medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options.
- Employer-paid life insurance & short-term & long-term disability, with other voluntary additional coverage available (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity).
- Flexible hybrid work policy.
- Flexible unlimited paid vacation plus 80 hours of paid sick leave.
- 10 paid company holidays per year plus the week between Christmas and New Year’s off.
- 401(k) plan with 100% match up to 3%, plus 50% match up to 5% (subject to IRS limits).
- Cell phone reimbursement stipend.
- Monthly parking or commuter stipend for VA-based employees.