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Our data scientists are responsible for maintaining return on investment and forecasting models for MediaCom’s clients, ensuring that these models run with correct data inputs and refreshing interactive dashboards. Data scientists also answer more ad hoc queries, building statistical and machine learning models and designing data visualisations to respond to queries from across MediaCom.
What we're looking for
Initially, this role will focus on maintaining and running existing tools and models, before expanding with experience into model design and building interactive applications in R and Shiny software. We are looking for someone who has an analytical mindset and a passion for solving problems.
Key Responsibilites
- Maintaining existing R models, refreshing with new data and ensuring robust output
- Building models and running statistical analyses to respond to ad-hoc queries
- Visualising datasets and model outputs for understanding by a non-technical audience
- Refreshing and designing interactive Tableau dashboards
- Working with MediaCom teams to customise report templates to individual client needs
- Progressing towards statistical model design and creating interactive applications in R and Shiny
Essential Skills
- Undergraduate degree in a STEM or other statistically focussed subject such as Economics
- Experience with statistical modelling techniques such as OLS regression
- Logical, problem solving mindset
Desirable Skills
- Experience with machine learning techniques (e.g. random forest, gradient boosting)
- R or Python coding
- Tableau
- SQL
- Experience of working in cloud computing environments
- Experience working with marketing and/or web analytics data
