Data Scientist
AKQA
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Maintain accurate and timely output and delivery.
- Help to strengthen the profile of the Data & Analytics team and drive team progression.
- Assess client commercial realities to deliver the most relevant and effective data solutions.
- Ability to analyse data, create reports, provide insights and recommendations.
- Proactively seek out testing and tactical opportunities to recommend to clients.
- Deliver remarkable client service to become a go-to data scientist in analytics and an agency partner.
- Contribute to product innovation in the data science space.
- Deliver strategic opportunities to all teams and clients based on analysis coupled with keen marketing intelligence.
- Work with internal and client teams to deliver performance improving insights.
- Strong attention to detail
- Demonstrable experience in a hands-on role in Data with expertise in consumer data analysis, web analytics, digital marketing performance metrics, and marketing intelligence
- Demonstrable experience in tagging design, setting up analytics or data pipelines, and analysing performance
- Proof of analytics certifications/training are advantageous
- Collaborate with Data Engineers to build tools, dashboards and automate processes or tasks
- Work with key stakeholders to align business goals with marketing objectives, focussing on a strategic approach to data
- Analyse toolsets and provide recommendations
- Assist with new business pitches and business development initiatives within the scope of data
- Advanced MS Office Suite skills (especially Excel) and Google product suite
- Demonstrable experience with Google Data Studio or Tableau
- Experience with SQL, JavaScript, and Python advantageous
- Strong aptitude for mathematics
- Individuals who are accepted for the role will be performing tasks related to the following.
- Analysis - Data Analysis, Business Analysis, Causal Impact, etc.
- CX - Customer Profiling, Customer Segmentation, Churn Prediction etc.
- Business - Opportunity Mapping, Opportunity Validation, etc.
- Strategy - Analysis, Forecasting, Data Modelling, etc.
- Tech - Usability Testing, POC Application Builds, Enhance Data Collection, etc.
- Performance - A/B Testing, Conversion Rate Optimization, Incrementality Tests etc.