Looker & Looker Studio Developer (6 Month Contract)

Who We Are
Escalent is an award-winning data analytics and advisory firm that helps clients understand human and market behaviors to navigate disruption. As catalysts of progress for more than 40 years, our strategies guide the world's leading brands. We accelerate growth by creating a seamless flow between primary, secondary, syndicated, and internal business data, providing consulting and advisory services from insights through implementation. Based on a profound understanding of what drives human beings and markets, we identify actions that build brands, enhance customer experiences, inspire product innovation and boost business productivity. We listen, learn, question, discover, innovate, and deliver—for each other and our clients—to make the world work better for people.

Why Escalent? Once you join our team you will have the opportunity to...

• Access experts across industries for maximum learning opportunities including Weekly Knowledge Sharing Sessions, LinkedIn Learning, and more.
• Gain exposure to a rich variety of research techniques from knowledgeable professionals.
• Enjoy a remote first/hybrid work environment with a flexible schedule.
• Obtain insights into the needs and challenges of your clients—to learn how the world's leading brands use research.
• Experience peace of mind working for a company with a commitment to conducting research ethically.
• Build lasting relationships with fun colleagues in a culture that values each person.

About the Role:
We are seeking a motivated Looker & Looker Studio Developer with around 3 years of experience in data visualization and business intelligence (BI). The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise in building dashboards, reports, and data models in Looker and Looker Studio, along with working knowledge of Google Workspace tools and exposure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services. This role is a great opportunity for someone early in their BI career to contribute to impactful analytics projects while growing into more advanced cloud data engineering and visualization work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and optimize dashboards and reports in Looker and Looker Studio to meet business requirements.
• Design and implement LookML models, explores, and views to enable scalable self-service analytics.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to ensure data pipelines and semantic layers are aligned with reporting needs.
• Translate stakeholder requirements into clear visualization solutions with effective storytelling.
• Apply data governance and best practices to ensure accuracy, consistency, and usability of BI assets.
• Work with Google Workspace tools (e.g., Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Docs, Google Drive) for reporting, documentation, and collaboration.
• Leverage exposure to GCP services (e.g., BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Data Studio APIs, Cloud IAM) to integrate data sources into Looker/Looker Studio.
• Support ad-hoc analysis requests and provide user training/documentation as needed.

Required Qualifications:

• ~3 years of professional experience in BI/reporting or data visualization.
• Hands-on experience with Looker (LookML, Explores, dashboards) and Looker Studio (formerly Data Studio).
• Proficiency in SQL and comfort working with relational databases.
• Understanding of data modeling concepts (joins, star/snowflake schema, dimensions, measures).
• Working knowledge of Google Workspace tools (Sheets for quick analysis, Slides for reporting, Drive for collaboration).
• Exposure to GCP services, especially BigQuery (querying, connecting to dashboards).
• Strong analytical mindset and ability to translate business needs into data-driven insights.

Preferred (Nice to Have):

• Familiarity with other GCP analytics and data services such as Cloud Composer, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, Dataflow.
• Basic scripting knowledge (Python or SQL-based ETL) for data preparation.
• Experience in version control (Git, GitHub, or GitLab) for LookML projects.
• Understanding of BI best practices and UX for dashboard design.

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to evolving project needs.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy and consistency.
• Curious mindset and willingness to explore new GCP/BI tools.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to grow BI and cloud analytics expertise in a collaborative environment.
• Hands-on exposure to Looker, Looker Studio, and GCP ecosystem.
• Work on impactful projects that influence strategic decision-making.