Data Scientist - 4 Month FTC

The Role

Taking responsibility for delivering effective analysis to enhance our clients media buying and planning by running analysis and sharing across the planning and client teams in a manner that leads to better business decisions. This role will work on a main client – enhancing their media through hands on data analysis. This position does not currently require managing direct reports – but likely to change as the work expands. This is a 4 month Fixed Term Contract.


Key Responsibilities

  • Consulting / client problem solving : Listen and understand client issues. Gather information. Consider the contribution of data and analytics. Suggest options.

  • Client Liaison - Mid-level : Being able to liaise with mid-level clients, take briefs and suggest outline responses.

  • Data Formatting : Format data using Excel or R. Create data frames. Understand data matrices. Prepare data for analysis.

  • Data specification : Be able to write a data specification based on the requirements of a specific project.

  • Descriptive Analysis : Undertake basic descriptive analysis in Excel or R. E.g. histograms, X,Y plots, Correlations etc

  • Model building and Testing : Run standard and advanced models, review results and test additional specifications to determine the best way forward to answer the clients question

  • New business - pitching : Make a valuable contribution to the pitch process by wither using data to generate insight or to drive increased optimisation and effectiveness.

  • Presentation - writing : Be able to write persuasive presentations which are written to the be easily accessible to clients. Focus on generating actionable insight.

  • Project management: Day to day project management to help ensure projects are delivered on brief and on time

  • Recruitment : Be able to source and interview the levels below your level

  • Team Management : Be able to manage the grades below you

  • Training : Help train other members of the team and contribute to agency training


Skills and Experience

  • Experience in a data science/advanced analytics role within an agency or business space

  • Masters in quant preferred

  • Experience running MMM, incrementality tests, optimisation and other forms of Data Science tools in R or other coding languages

  • Advanced analytics capabilities: ability to build and run statistical models with clear outputs from

  • Excel skills : Be proficient in the use of excel. Vlookups, indexing, Writing formulae.

  • Programming capabilities in R and Python – intermediate level okay, advanced preferred – able to write functions, manipulate data, research functions and run linear and non-linear regression models in R or python.

  • Geo-spatial analysis experience a plus

  • Proficiency in Microsoft products and building power point decks for analysis

  • Detail oriented, takes pride in accurate and clear outputs based on triple checked data

  • A desire to ensure insights are applicable and utilised by the recipients

  • Clear experience developing insights that drove business change and growth

  • Programming capabilities in R and Python – intermediate level okay, advanced preferred

  • Entrepreneurial spirit – willing to take on new challenges, and look into answering client questions in new ways with new data sources

  • Digital media channel experience a plus

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