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We were built from scratch with PhD data scientists and award-winning creatives working on the same briefs, from day one. That structure earned us an Ad Age #3 A-List ranking, back-to-back Data & Insights Agency of the Year wins, plus Emmys, Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies across clients in finance, tech, entertainment, consumer goods, and real estate. We're distributed across the U.S. and unapologetically ambitious.\nIf you're tired of choosing between doing smart work and doing creative work, you'll fit right in here.\nBUT ENOUGH ABOUT US, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU\nAbout the role:\nKnown’s Media Science team uses advanced analytics, machine learning, statistics, and algorithms to plan and optimize advertising dollars. We partner with our clients to translate their business goals into meaningful metrics, and buy media across all channels to drive those target outcomes. We are looking for someone to join the team and work alongside data analysts, data scientists, media strategists, media buyers, and software engineers.\nThis role is on the “Buyer Science” team: a group of data scientists who specialize in media measurement, data analysis, experimental design, and campaign optimization. You’ll work hand-in-hand with Known’s media strategists, media channel experts, and directly with clients to elevate their media performance and drive real business value. You will also work with other data scientists to develop campaign measurement strategies, build experimentation plans, and collaborate with media planners and channel teams to ensure media allocations are built scientifically. At the Consultant level, you’ll conduct analyses in service of campaign optimization, surface insights that go beyond media metrics to incorporate first party data, and help drive business strategy. You may find yourself working with our development team (Skeptic) to help productionalize deeper and more technical approaches to common media challenges. In many cases you would work with senior managers on the team and in some cases (especially over time) you would be expected to lead projects independently.\nYou would be expected to embrace your project management responsibilities, from defining key business objectives, to designing the measurement or analytical approach, to analyzing data, and presenting findings. You would also be expected to ensure that our clients have an amazing experience and reinforce our relationship with them as trusted and valued partners.\nWHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE\nA degree from a well-regarded college or university. STEM degrees are preferred. \n3+ years of hands-on experience doing quantitative analysis, statistical modeling, optimization and/or statistics. Experience utilizing Python and SQL. \n1+ years of experience building data science software.\nExperience in strategy consulting, marketing and/or marketing research, with specific passion and background in technology and/or media. This should include examples of account / client management.\nUnderstanding of the advertising and media landscape, especially as pertains to measurement vendors and ad platforms.\nSuperb communication and presentation skills, with a specific fluency in talking about strategic business problems - you combine a drive for analytical reasoning with a practical understanding of what our clients in marketing are trying to achieve.\nAbility to communicate technical information with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nExperience in making appropriate research or analysis recommendations for these business problems.\nProficiency in Google products (Sheets, Documents, Slides) and/or Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).\nAbility to think strategically, analytically, and proactively about diverse business problems.\nPassion for managing the quality & accuracy of data sources and downstream analytics, including checking your and others’ work.\nExperience working on a variety of projects simultaneously and delivering results on a deadline.\nWHAT YOU’LL DO\nProject management and ownership. While you have will account-level project management support, you will independently manage workstreams you own.\nUnderstanding the client’s overall business objectives and translating them into a campaign and measurement strategy.\nOverseeing the performance of media campaigns and amazing our clients, both by meeting their targets and creating insightful narratives through bespoke reporting. Writing reports and presenting to clients in a way that is engaging and persuasive.\nDeveloping research, measurement, or analytical approaches.\nStatistical analysis of complex datasets.\nManaging the ingestion and cleaning of new datasets relevant to your work / projects.\nCreating reproducible work through common coding languages (Priority: Python and SQL).\nWorking with other data scientists and engineers to productionalize new tools.\nInterpreting data to understand the business implications of the research. Framing analyses, stories, and slides for client media plans and reports.\nServing as the key client point of contact on campaign measurement, optimization, and data infrastructure.\nCreation of interactive data tools that are delivered to clients, such as dashboards for marketing campaign performance, media experiments, or simulation tools - you would be provided training in how to create these, but prior experience with MCI is a plus.\nSOME OF OUR PERKS\nUnlimited paid time off\n401k with company matching and no vesting period\nAnnual bonuses\nGenerous medical plan\nPaid parental leave\nONE LAST THING TO ASK YOURSELF\nAll this might sound great, but you’re probably still wondering, “Would I be a good fit for Known?” or “Would Known be a good fit for me?” Our culture is propped up by four values that we aspire to every day: We are one team. We see the good. We never stop learning. There’s always a better way. At Known we are setting out to build something more than just a company. We are building a legacy filled with exceptionally talented people with a kaleidoscope of backgrounds, experiences, and origin stories who feel encouraged and empowered to bring their whole selves to work, and to partner with us in molding and shaping our culture through our values.\nKnown is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or qualified job applicants on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or locally protected class.\nThe base salary for this position is $120K - $130K.\n This range is posted in compliance with state and municipal Pay Transparency laws. 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