Teaching and Research Associate
- Vienna University of Economics and Business
- Research, development, teaching
- Part time
- published till: 2024-10-09
Institute for Marketing and Customer Analytics
Part-time, 30 hours/week
Starting as soon as possible and ending after 6 years
What to expect
- Writing a dissertation: You will be investigating your research topic and spending a third of your working hours on writing your dissertation in the rapidly growing field of applying machine learning and AI in marketing.
- Research for yourself and others: You will support publications, conduct experiments and research projects in co-operation with colleagues from WU’s marketing and customer analytics group and international cooperation partners. Ideally, your set of skills is compatible with the Institute’s current research projects (learn more at: https://www.wu.ac.at/mca/research).
- Learning from top researchers: You will have the opportunity to work together with renowned researchers in the marketing field and to learn from them. Recurring research and PhD seminars will help you to improve your ongoing research projects.
- Teaching courses and teaching support: You will be planning and teaching courses in the field of marketing and customer analytics at the Bachelor’s level independently and co-teach at the MSc level.
- Student support: You will be available to answer students’ questions, provide feedback on seminar papers, coach students in their projects and act as a co-advisor for bachelor and master theses.
- Teamwork: You will be working to advance research in the area of marketing and customer analytics together with an experienced and truly international team. Look forward to a welcoming atmosphere and open-minded discussions.
- Building and enhancing your personal network: You will create or enhance your own professional network for the future.
What you have to offer
- Degree: We are looking for applicants with a solid academic qualification, i.e., an outstanding master’s degree (or equivalent qualification) in economics, marketing analytics, information systems, business engineering, mathematics, physics, statistics, or computer science (or a related field) with a strong focus on quantitative topics -- such as marketing science, econometrics, operations research, machine learning, or finance -- that qualifies you for enrollment in a doctoral program at WU.
- Data analytical skills: You have outstanding prior knowledge of statistics and empirical research methods. This includes analyzing data using statistical models and econometric techniques (e.g., using R, Matlab or Python) and/or machine learning skills (e.g., using PyTorch).
- Experience in marketing and customer analytics: Experience in the field of marketing analytics and customer research (e.g., through internships, student jobs, or working on one’s own website) is beneficial.
- Communication skills: For research and teaching purposes, we expect you to have an excellent oral and written command of English, ideally also proficiency in German.
- Ability to develop and deliver excellent teaching at Bachelor’s and/or Master’s level in marketing marketing-related fields. Any prior teaching and/or publishing experience would be ideal but is not essential.
- Willingness to use multimedia teaching methods: You are prepared to use multimedia teaching and learning formats.
- Working style: We look for enthusiastic, curious team players, who are passionate about marketing and customer analytics and research. You work independently, show initiative, are willing to take on responsibility, and have good self-organization skills.
What we offer you
- Inspiring campus life with over 2,400 employees in research, teaching, and administration and approximately 21,500 students
- A modern campus with spectacular architecture in the heart of Vienna
- Excellent accessibility by public transportation
- Meaningful work in an open-minded, inclusive, and family-friendly environment
- Flexible working hours
- A wide range of benefits, from an in-house medical officer to athletic activities and a meal allowance to a variety of employee discounts
The minimum monthly gross salary amounts to €2,684.10 (14 times per year). This salary may be adjusted based on job-related prior work experience. In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive social benefits.
Do you want to join the WU team?
Then please submit your application by October 09, 2024 (ID 2209).
We are looking forward to hearing from you!