Known · 14 hours ago
Data Scientist
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$110K/yr - $130K/yr
2+ years expKnown is a modern marketing company that combines creativity with data science to tackle the challenges faced by marketers today. The Data Scientist role involves creating innovative analytical approaches to enhance media buying strategies and developing data-driven applications to support media activation teams.
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Responsibilities
Analyze complex media buying data to identify trends, insights, and opportunities for performance improvement and optimization
Develop, implement, and refine innovative analytical models, algorithms, and frameworks to enhance media buying strategies, targeting, and ROI
Design, build, test, and deploy robust data-driven applications and tools to automate processes, improve efficiency, and support decision-making for the media activation team
Collaborate closely with media buyers, strategists, engineers, and account teams to understand their challenges and translate business needs into effective data science solutions
Contribute to media consulting engagements by delivering data analysis, predictive modeling, strategic recommendations, and client-facing presentations
Develop and apply a range of techniques to improve Known IP and create valuable tools for Known's internal teams and clients
Work with other data scientists and engineers to productionalize new tools and analytical solutions, ensuring scalability and reliability
Stay current with advancements in Data Science, AI, media analytics, and ad technology, identifying opportunities for their application in the marketing domain
Qualification
Required
A Bachelors, Masters or PhD in a STEM field, or equivalent practical experience
Hands-on experience doing quantitative analysis, statistical modeling, optimization and/or machine learning
Proven ability to translate complex data into actionable business insights, particularly within a marketing or media context
Strong understanding of marketing principles and media buying/activation processes
Experience utilizing Python and SQL for data manipulation, analysis, and model building
Experience building data science software, analytical workflows, or data-driven applications
2+ years (with Masters/PhD) or 3+ years (with Bachelors) of relevant experience in data science or analytics
1+ years of experience building data science software or applications, ideally including those leveraging AI/ML models
Superb communication and presentation skills, with an ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences (including media teams and clients)
An ability to translate business challenges from the media buying, activation, and consulting domains into quantitative problems, and solve them effectively using appropriate data science methodologies and tools
A strong blend of data science expertise and marketing/media acumen
Proven ownership of projects taken from ideation to completion and impact
A commitment to managing the quality & accuracy of analytics, ensuring high standards with your and others' work
Experience working collaboratively on a tech team, with familiarity in cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), version control (e.g., Git), etc
Ability to prioritize time, work and effort while multitasking on multiple projects
Desire to mentor and teach others
Collaborative attitude
Self motivated and exhibits initiative
Willing & able to learn quickly
Abundant intellectual curiosity and integrity
Preferred
Direct experience in media analytics, ad-tech, or a similar marketing-focused data science role is highly desirable
Academic projects, internships, or personal projects demonstrating application of modeling techniques to solve real-world problems are preferred
Benefits
Unlimited paid time off
401k with company matching and no vesting period
Annual bonuses
Generous medical plan
Paid parental leave
Company
Known
Known is a marketing agency that offers data science, research, and technology.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (3)
2022 (4)
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2020-02-05Acquired
Leadership Team
Kern Schireson
Chairman and CEO
Recent News
2024-02-03
InvestmentNews
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2023-09-27
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