Data-Driven Research and Insights

MarketCast combines the power of research, technology, and data science to help marketers and researchers maximize their advertising impact and unlock brand Fandom.

Our data and insights guide critical marketing decisions, helping brands determine which fandom audiences to prioritize and product benefits to communicate, in addition to developing, launching, and measuring brand and advertising campaigns across media platforms. Today our clients represent the biggest names in entertainment, tech, consumer brands, and sports and video games, and our impact touches the lives of billions of people around the globe.

This position will be responsible for the overall administration of U.S. benefits programs. This includes the company-wide benefits plans, including health and welfare, retirement, global programs and time off policies for the company. You will be a key member of the Total Rewards and broader HR team, ensuring a highly operationally effective and compliant, which delivers timely and great service to our employees. You will liaison and build relationships with the total rewards and HR team, employees, managers, legal and the broader team.

What You Will Do:

• Responsible for the vendor management and communication of most global programs.
• Administer all company benefit plans in US, such as Health & Welfare (Medical, HSA, FSA, Dental, Life, Wellness, COBRA), Retirement (401k Plan), Leave of Absence/Disability,
• Lead annual open enrollment and related functions including renewal analysis, updating payroll and HRIS systems and vendor management systems, and hosting education sessions.
• As an HR team member with key benefits knowledge, recommend new approaches, policies, and procedures for continual improvements in efficiency of department and services performed.
• Maintain compliance with federal, state, and provincial regulations concerning benefit plans
• Keep detailed and organized records for various audits and compliance and provide documentation for different audits (401(k), Medical, 5500s filings).
• Answer employee benefits questions through internal benefits portal.
• Partner with Finance and HR/Total Rewards on benefits budgets/costs reviews
• Establish, build and maintain strong relationships with leaders across the organization to ensure our benefits align to our employees needs and educate leaders, managers and employees on the company's benefits plans.

We are looking for someone who:

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance or accounting, or equivalent
• 5 - 8+ years of solid full cycle benefits administration and design experience (Health & Welfare (Medical, Dental, Life, Wellness, Retirement 401K administration, Leave of Absence (LOA) administration
• Solid vendor management experience (e.g. Fidelity 401k, LOA & Cobra administrators, Aetna or other medical carriers, benefits brokers, wellness)
• Has obtained advanced knowledge of benefits compliance requirements (e.g. LOA/Disability in multi-state environments like California & New York), 5500 filings, 401k Plan audits and testing, Cobra notifications.
• Strong project management and process improvement skills (able to devise an annual benefits rollout plan in advance and manage according to schedule).
• Disciplined and detailed benefits plan administration methodology (e.g. 401k loans, 5500 filings and audits, LOA requirements)
• Strong communication, collaboration, and consultation skills working with a diverse and dynamic group of stakeholders.
• A customer service focus with a responsive and positive "can-do" open-minded attitude and naturally proactive.

It’ll be helpful if you have:

• HRIS experience (UKG or similar sophisticated enterprise systems)
• Solid payroll interface experience and understanding of payroll and benefits dependencies
• Global experience or exposure to international benefits (e.g. UK, India)
• Ideal if have experience in mid-size start-up and/or other highly transformative environments.
• CEBS appreciated

Our Purpose:

Fandom connects people with shared passions and builds communities around them. It offers them space to express their joy and love, whether that’s for superheroes, sports teams, or even small batch whiskeys. At MarketCast, we believe in the power of fandom. It’s as important for brands as it is for action heroes and we do fandom research, data science and analytics better than anyone on the planet. This obsessive focus on fans helps the world’s top creators, media platforms, and sports leagues transform followers into fanatics and investments into impact.

Our Core Values:

Curiosity Makes Us Tick

Our love of learning manifests in everything we do - from the surveys we field and the datasets we analyze to the technology we develop. Where others pause, we push forward, uncovering hidden meaning and answers. Always learning, always looking for more.

We Celebrate Wins

Whether its wowing clients with research or solving everyday challenges, we pause to honor great work and everyone who plays a role in it. We acknowledge and recognize great work and hustle that helps deliver the very best outcomes.

Trust is Always Trending

Trust means everything to us. It’s lending a hand when deadlines loom, always delivering on the promises we make, and calling out behavior that harms our culture. And our client’s trust is what makes all this possible, something we never take for granted.

We Roll with Change

We embrace change as an opportunity to learn, grow, and further develop. We do this by challenging our biases and rethinking how things have always been done in the past. This fresh, open-minded approach keeps us agile, innovating, and adapting in the face of uncertainty.

Diversity is Our Superpower

Our differences make us stronger. As researchers and data scientists, we have a responsibility to reflect the diverse audiences and communities all around us. Understanding people, opinions and life experiences fuels our insights and deepens our perspectives.

At MarketCast, we don't just accept difference - we embrace it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our global culture and success. MarketCast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. Check us out: www.marketcast.com

Per the pay transparency law, the hiring range for this position is $55.00 to $62.00/hourly. As a candidate for this position, your hourly wage and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skill set, and any other factors MarketCast considers relevant to the hiring decision.

CCPA NOTICE: In accordance with the California Consumer Privacy Act, please note that we collect some or all the below categories of personal information from you as part of the application process and use it for the purposes indicated. Category of Personal Information: 1. Name, Contact Information (phone, email, address) Purpose: To be able to contact you 2. Information on work history and education Purpose: To be able to assess qualifications for the role 3. Race/ethnicity information (optional) Purpose: To comply with governmental reporting obligations 4. Veteran and military Status (optional) Purpose: to comply with governmental reporting obligation.

MarketCast research, analytics, and data science fuels fandom for the most successful studios, entertainment platforms, sports organizations, and lifestyle brands on the planet. Our unique mix of research analytics is combined with big data science to provide clients with powerful insights to inform their biggest business decisions. Today, MarketCast counts some of the biggest names in entertainment as clients, including leading Hollywood studios, streaming services, lifestyle brands, tech platforms, and sports leagues and teams.