About the Role:
This role sits within our Data and Technology team.
In this role, you will use your skills to help facilitate our analytical and data driven approach. Primarily this will involve architecting custom data solutions both for clients as well as the agency.
You will work closely with our team to automate data collection and transformation pipelines, ensuring the highest standard in data integrity. You will also be required to propose best ETL pipeline solutions.
This is an exciting role with excellent career opportunities within a high-profile team and scope to strategically shape the agency. Therefore, we are looking for someone who can hit the ground running, define their work, and drive a new practice area within the overall team. Whilst experience with digital media data isn’t a pre-requisite, it would be extremely beneficial.
Responsibilities:
- Be the leading voice on the core design of data architecture, determine the best way to progress, and lead the team implementing the plan.
- Be available for the team of data engineers as a mentor.
- Take responsibility for the team to mature into a best practices dataops team, as well as driving data literacy across the marketing science team within the data engineering space.
- Be a key stakeholder on our cloud based infrastructure, providing expertise and recommendations on the best opportunities to innovate and develop the underlying technology.
- Get involved in designing, building and maintaining data pipeline architecture for ELT/ETL.
- Proactively review existing process to identify opportunities to automate manual processes, optimise data delivery, re-design infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
- Collaborating with data scientists, analysts and front-end data visualisation team to identify potential opportunities and maximise the value delivered from data models.
About You
- Experience as a data engineer working in with experience in key disciplines, e.g. data warehousing, Business Intelligence and big data processing.
- Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (preferred, but any other cloud experience e.g. AWS, Azure is also relevant).
- Experience in developing ELT/ETL data pipelines.
- Ability to translate business needs into technical specifications.
- Good knowledge of Python and/or R.
- Good knowledge of SQL.
- Familiar with different data modelling techniques.
- Comfortable using GIT.
- Familiarity with CI/CD principles and tools.
- Some experience of Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as PowerBI, Tableau or QlikView desirable, but not necessary.
- Experience with DBT(Database Build Tool) desirable.
- Knowledge of the digital media industry is necessary.
Qualities:
- Organization – an ability to manage multiple projects at one time with accuracy and speed.
- Curiosity – a natural and persistent inclination to explore, discover, and learn, and a general fascination with analytics.
- Resourcefulness – an ability to look beyond the usual sources and insight opportunities to find a solution when data may be limited.
- Creativity – an ability to think and solve problems in non-linear ways, and an ability to connect dots and craft compelling stories.
- Collaboration – a desire to create a collaborative working environment where the notion of team comes before labels.
About the Agency:
At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of ‘better decisions, faster‘ for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across our region every day. As part of the world’s largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy. Empathy to see the world through the eyes of the consumer, to recognise the needs of our clients and to identify aspirations of our talent.
Learn Fast, Act Fast. To help navigate the road to a ‘new normal’, learning from, and acting upon data signals at scale and speed is crucial. Visit Why OMD? to learn more about our unique Act Fast Framework.
Be Your Best
We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at [email protected] to let us know how we can support you.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG
At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.
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What We Do
OMG UK delivers transformational experiences for consumers, clients and talent. Powered by the Omni marketing orchestration system, OMG connects best-in-class capabilities that enable our full-service media agencies OMD, MG OMD, PHD and Hearts & Science to deliver more relevant and actionable consumer experiences, more productive and proactive client experiences, and more collaborative and rewarding talent experiences.
We are enormously proud of our Agency and Network of the Year accolades, including most recently, PHD named Adweek’s Global Media Agency of the Year, MG OMD named Thinkbox TV Planning Agency of the Year, and OMG Unite named Media Agency of the Year at the Leadership and Diversity Awards.
We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, diverse voices and minority communities are valued, heard and well represented, and where everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and fairness.
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