Horizon Media · 1 month ago
Associate Director, Data Science
New York, New York
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$125K/yr - $165K/yr
3+ years expHorizon Media is recognized as one of the most innovative marketing and advertising firms. The Associate Director, Data Science will focus on generating insights to inform audience strategy and optimize performance for clients, utilizing advanced statistics and machine learning techniques.
AdvertisingBrand MarketingDigital Media
Responsibilities
Advanced knowledge of dimensions & metrics (people based, behavioral and media data)
Ability to understand and make sense of the relationships/connections across datasets
Knowledge of the data dictionaries and taxonomies of structured data sets
Experience in ML and different techniques of supervised and unsupervised learning ETL & EDA processes
Understanding of the complexity of working with Big Data
Ability to understand and leverage blu. structured and unstructured data
Data transformation/mining and generation of insights to explain audience performance and inform optimization
Data join process between blu audiences, media exposure and conversion events to build feedback loops
Analysis of audience conversion to KPIs
Model creation to estimate contribution of attributes driving conversion
Validation of models used during the Audience Building process
Assessment of audience duplication and incrementality by channel, partner, or tactic
User/log level data extraction from delivery sources to create new audiences based on exposure to manage frequency
Database(s) querying to extract exposure events and create a new audience based on exposure by paid media channel (digital or linear)
Problem solving and development for new modeling and analysis techniques
Increasingly utilize AI solutions to inform and expedite some or all of the required analysis
Operate as a Product Innovator and become a Product expert and power user, to drive continuing improvement in both in the analysis and results being supported by AI and the continuing custom solutions built on top and around those
Experience with the ongoing operation and support of a Product in development and/or production
Ability to ensure design principles that scale and can be repeatable and/or extensible to other clients or industries
Experience with release management processes, including all levels of testing (Alph, Beta, QA, UAT)
Ability to define features, models, queries and requests and provide “proof of concept”s for Product enhancement and future incorporation into blu+ product
Act as a collaborative partner to the business and all stakeholders
Participate in daily standups and meet delivery commitments
Proactively identify and, when required, escalate issues and blockers striving to avoid business/client impact
Work with Client Architects and Data Solutions to outline work required to fulfil requests and generate outputs
Provide input to team training and development needs
Qualification
Required
BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field required
3+ years relevant experience, preferably in a media, marketing or digital advertising environment
Working knowledge of Big and basic data mining routines a must
Expert knowledge of SQL/Python/R knowledge a must
Solid understanding of data technology integrations across data sources and ecosystems, and ability to troubleshoot
Ability to work in a fast paced, multiple project environment on an independent basis and with minimal supervision
A team player who can work collaboratively within the group and across business units/functions
Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
Preferred
Advanced Statistics a plus
Knowledge of GitHub a plus
Machine Learning a plus
Experience working with digital analytics and audience insights reporting (Campaign Manager/ GA/ Adobe/GA360) - a plus
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Retirement savings plans
Company paid holidays
Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
Mental health and wellness resources
Pet insurance
Childcare resources
Identity theft insurance
Fertility assistance programs
Fitness reimbursement
Company
Horizon Media
Horizon Media is the largest and fastest growing privately held media services agency in the world.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2021-12-08Private Equity
Leadership Team
Richard Arenaro
Executive Vice President, CTO & CISO
Allan Johnston
SVP, Head of Program Management
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