Senior Data Scientist

WHO ARE WE:

We’re Mediahub, the industry’s best-kept secret. This year we got our first Campaign School Report, coming in at number one for building the most ethnically diverse team in the industry.  COMvergence rank us as the UK's fastest-growing media agency for the second year running.

We bring a challenger mindset to everything we do.  Brands choose to work with us to disrupt category norms.

We offer the best of both worlds.  A start-up culture backed by Mediabrands.

Just some of the brands we work with – New Balance, Pinterest, Celebrity Cruises.

Role Description  

This muti-faceted role will suit candidates with a strong interest in unleashing the power of machine learning, and those who are familiar with data science who want to hone their skills on real life client challenges which manifestly impact client decision making. Please see our award winning NBD tool on our website as an example. 

As our Senior Data Scientist, you will lead decisions and be responsible for the technical specification, development and delivery of new data products that deliver transformational value for the business and our clients such as New Balance. Data products will be powered by machine learning algorithms to solve predictive forecasting or classification problems for our customers - It’s a fantastic opportunity to build on some award winning existing work and also build new products from scratch that will make a huge impact!  

You will be in control of architectural decisions, methodology and model selection and will work closely with our data engineers with regards to the agency’s data infrastructure systems built on the AWS stack. You will also be the go to data technologist for our clients providing recommendations and roadmapping solutions to solve problems with the application of ML or other such solutions. 

About You

• Degree(s) or working experiences in data science fields
• Data system development experience (e.g. interacting with APIs using Python or other languages; data manipulation with SQL)
• Experience with common cloud based data analytics architecture (e.g. Databricks, AWS based  and/or Google Cloud Platform based)
• Experience with popular libraries in R or Python for data analysis (e.g. for python, numpy, pandas, scikit learn)
• Deployment: Docker, Lambda, amplify
• Attention to detail and time management
• Experience deploying and maintaining applications end to end 
• Knowledge of statistics - descriptive statistics, regression, probability, sampling, MCMC, hypothesis testing, econometrics techniques

Bonus Points

• Experience in back-end development (support is available for front-end design and development)
• Experience building application frameworks using Flask, Django, FastAPI
• Knowledge of common marketing technology platforms (e.g. DoubleClick stack, AdWords, Facebook) as well as their reporting APIs and logs (e.g. data transfer files in DoubleClick stack)

Employee Transparency

At IPG Mediabrands, we celebrate differences and believe this makes us stronger. IPG Mediabrands are equal-opportunity employers committed to championing an inclusive culture that provides a sense of belonging for all our employees. We do not discriminate against any applicant based on age, disability, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, belief, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please reach out to our Talent Inclusion Specialist Jess at [email protected] if you would like to have a confidential conversation regarding any adjustments that would ensure our recruitment process is accessible for you. Please note requesting a reasonable adjustment will not affect your application.

The Perks

We aim to provide all our people with a supportive and fun work environment where you can develop your full potential and benefit from the broad range of opportunities within the agency. When you join us, we want to make sure you feel valued – and that you are rewarded for your fantastic work. So, we also offer a range of benefits:

• Flexi–leave, with 25 days annual leave to be taken as minimum. In addition to your holiday entitlement, the office usually closes between Christmas & New Year
• Free breakfast and free lunch
• Early finish Fridays
• Core Hours (Mon-Thurs, flexible start/finish times) 
• Retail discounts
• Wellbeing programme
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Paid time off for Volunteering
• Group Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance or Health Cash Plan (dependent on level)
• Group Personal Pension Plan with matched contributions from 3-6%
• Generous Parental Leave & Pay 
• Independent mortgage advice
• Financial education
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free eye tests
• Flexible benefits including Dental, Travel insurance, Cycle to Work, Gym Discounts and many more!