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Kristina Nastoska

Kristina Nastoska

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Market Research Analyst

Analyst, Media & Entertainment Custom Research at MarketCast

Open to Remote
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Job experience

  • August 2022 - June 2024
    Analyst, Media & Entertainment Custom Research
    MarketCast
    Los Angeles, CA, USA

    • Supporting all phases of quantitative and qualitative custom research projects, including participant recruitment, field management, analysis, and report development
    • Developing questionnaires, screeners, and discussion guides
    • Reviewing and testing programmed survey links, including resolving issues with programming logic, grammar, and spelling
    • Addressing quality control issues in data tables, report charts, and presentation decks
    • Effectively communicating with external clients and ensuring client satisfaction
    • Collaborating on story creation, generating high-quality project deliverables, and communicating research findings and insights to clients

  • September 2008 - August 2022
    Administrative Assistant
    New Horizons Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
    Clinton Township, MI, USA

    • Providing support to the department manager and 20+ department staff members, and extending assistance across departments as needed
    • Documenting monthly revenue and placement numbers for the Employment Services department, calculating data and producing a compiled spreadsheet for managerial review
    • Daily data entry for customer payroll
    • Reviewing and editing final counselor reports for Service Coordinators when requested
    • Coordinating interviews with department manager and job applicants
    • Gathering Outcome Measurements for the Employment Services department, evaluating data for measurement objectives, and editing measurement reports
    • Tracking and reporting demographic data for FCA grant
    • Collecting fiscal year-end statistical data from the Employment Services department and generating a spreadsheet for managerial review

  • September 2018 - May 2020
    Research Assistant
    Hymes Research Lab
    Dearborn, MI, USA

    • Preparing lab for participants, running and observing lab sessions, coding and analyzing participants' data
    • Developing items for questionnaires
    • Attending weekly lab meetings, reviewing results of various studies, and discussing findings
    • Submitting abstracts and preparing posters for psychological research conference presentations
    • Presenting results of various studies at psychological research conferences
    • Training incoming research assistants


Education

  • University of Michigan-Dearborn
    Bachelor of Arts, with High Distinction
    2014 - 2020
    Major: Psychology, GPA: 4.0

Certifications

  • Market Research Specialization
    Coursera
    AGAMHE86RVE8
    March 2023 - present
    In this Specialization, learners gained the skills to conduct market research within their organization. The Specialization covered the
    necessary skills of initiating and responding to a research project request, of identifying a target audience, and conducting basic research through multiple research modes. Learners also analyze the research data, manage suppliers performing specialized research, and deliver recommendations and insights of the findings to key stakeholders. This Specialization builds on the skills from conception of a market research project through data collection and analysis to presentation to demonstrate learned skills.
  • PEERRS Human Subjects Protections
    University of Michigan
    August 2021 - August 2024
  • CPR/AED/First Aid
    American Red Cross
    February 2021 - February 2023
  • Google Analytics Individual Qualification
    Google
    87094126
    January 2022 - January 2023