Data Journalist, Insurify
+ Stock options
Office located in Cambridge, MA
Insurance quote comparison platform
Be an early applicant
Insurance quote comparison platform
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Stock options
Office located in Cambridge, MA
101-200 employees
Company mission
Insurify's mission is to help people quickly and easily save money on insurance.
Role
Who you are
- A self-starter who has a portfolio of data storytelling
- You have 2+ years of data writing and data analysis experience
- You have some experience with digital PR and are motivated to get your insights reported on by the media
- You are proficient in SQL, Python or R
- You are excited about brainstorming and developing new data-driven content ideas
- You are always looking for incremental ways to improve whatever you are working on
- You love writing and have strong communication skills
- You are an analytical person who dives deep to understand the “why” behind questions
- You are a detailed-oriented person who takes time to understand what will engage your audience
- You consistently strike a writing tone that communicates depth of knowledge and empathy
- You can accurately employ AP style and active voice within your writing
- You have experience acting as the expert source for media interview, including but not limited to TV (Preferred, not required)
What the job involves
- Dive deep into proprietary data sources to find and write the stories that will interest the media and establish Insurify as the leading source of insurance data
- Gather and analyze public data and research to balance topical and tangential content topics
- Keep track of topics and trends in the media to understand how our data, content, studies and reports can can pickup on trending topics
- Program survey to gather qualitative and quantitative insights
- Play a key role in creating a proactive content strategy that drives media attention and builds authority
- Analyze competitor content and successes to identify opportunities for improvement
- Drive the data content strategy and creation for auto, homeowners, and other insurance verticals related to personal finance
- Own the whole process of data content creation from ideation to data analysis to writing
- Identify opportunities to collaborate with stakeholders to launch new data content
Our take
Insurify is a company that sets out to make the process of buying car insurance easier and better suited to what the customer requires. Since its founding in 2013, the company has generated over 26 million quotes, representing over 44 million dollars saved for consumers.
Operational in all 50 US states, the platform uses artificial intelligence to sift through quotes from insurance companies to empower its customers to make sensible choices. Policies can be purchased online or over the phone, and include exclusive rates and discounts found only through Insurify.
Insurify is up against fierce competition in the insurtech industry, with other comparison-shopping sites like The Zebra, Root Insurance, and Coverhound all offering similar services. That said, the company has expanded its operations substantially in recent years, with its most recent fundraise cited to support acquisitions (it has already announced plans to acquire Compare.com) as it looks to strengthen its market leadership.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2023
$22.4m
LATE VC
Sep 2021
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $154.1m
Company benefits
- Remote-optional workplace
- Unlimited PTO
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- HSA/FSA options
- Catered lunches, free snacks and beverages in the office
- 401(k) with matching contributions
- Company stock options
- Learning & development stipends
Company values
- Empowered: We empower everyone to go above and beyond
- Customer-focused: We work to solve real customer problems
- Accountable: We take ownership of our work and we are accountable for our individual and team successes and failures
- Results driven: We act with urgency everyday to drive results and high standards
- Always learning: We bring a spirit of continuous learning to everything we do
- Respect: We embrace diversity of opinions and treat everyone with respect
Company HQ
Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
Articles
Leadership
Snejina Zacharia
(CEO)Having worked as an Insession Technologies Project Manager, they spent 3 years at Dynamo Software and then 7 years as a Gartner Director. They took an MBA at MIT before founding Insurify in September 2013.
Tod Kiryazov
(CPO)Having spent almost 5 years at Northeastern University as Director of Digital Strategy, they co-founded Insurify in 2013.
Giorgos Zacharia
(Board Member)A seasoned Advisor and Investor for more than ten years in various companies. Former CTO of OpenTable. As well as co-founding Insurify and serving as Board Member, they are also the current President of KAYAK.
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