Data Science Intern (Spring 2022)
Weber Shandwick, a leading global communications agency, is seeking a talented and an enthusiastic Spring 2022 intern (January-April) in Washington, DC, to work with our Analytics practice.
Our Analytics internship is a full-time, paid program designed to complement and enhance academic studies through participation in a variety of assignments and professional responsibilities. Interns work side by side with the firm’s diverse team of strategists, analysts, producers, designers, developers and campaign activators.
The intern assigned to our analytics team will work on a range of projects from communications reporting and automation to machine learning, and big data integration. You’ll work on clients of all types, using data to solve strategic business and communications problems. We hire technical Analytics interns to one of two tracks:
- Data Modelers: data scientists with a background in statistics and modeling (e.g. cluster-based segmentations, regression modeling, decision trees, and media mix modeling)
- Data Engineers: data gurus with skills in accessing data from multiple data sources, building pipelines, ingesting and transforming data to be used for modeling and mining.
General Responsibilities:
- Understand client background and needs, including general business strategy, industry issues, products and services, key customers and competitors in the marketplace
- Participate in strategic brainstorming sessions when invited by account leads or supervisors
- Create and maintain optimal data pipelines and data integration solutions
- Assemble large, complex data sets that meet business requirements through web scraping or API’s
- Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
- Mine and analyze data to drive optimization and improvement of campaign management, marketing techniques and business strategies
- Develop custom predictive models and machine learning algorithms tailored to client’s business problem
- Coordinate with different teams to implement models and monitor outcomes
Basic Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree
- Availability: 40 hours a week throughout the duration of your internship
Additional Qualifications: Ideal Analytics intern candidates will possess some combination of the following. Please note: you do not have to have ALL of these qualifications, just some combination of them, in order to be a viable Analytics candidate.
- Excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms
- Experience with some or all of the following: AWS or similar platform, Python, SQL, R
- Strong applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.
- Experience with extraction and integration of data from multiple data sources
- Knowledge of ETL techniques and frameworks
- Experience with data visualization tools like Tableau
- Interest in data-based storytelling
- Basic understanding of intersection of traditional and digital PR and familiarity with developments in the media industry
- Strong verbal and written communication, organizational, time-management, and critical-thinking skills
- Experience working with or interest in web analytics, social and traditional media monitoring, and social media analytics platforms
- Experience working with or interest in data visualization tools and creative ways to display information
- Keen eye for data trends and the ability to solve strategic business and communications problems
- Familiarity with developments in the media industry, plus knowledge of a variety of social platforms (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat, etc.) and the latest news and trends affecting these channels
How to apply:
Candidates are required to submit the following supplements. Incomplete applications will not be eligible for consideration.
- Resume
- In lieu of a cover letter, please upload a response to the writing prompt below
Prepare a one-page written response to the following question:
Multiculturalism, gender equality and age diversity are important for campaigns and the communication industry as a whole – and it's these things that help us produce award winning work!
In no more than one page double-spaced, tell us about yourself, your views on diversity in our industry, and which practice(s) you want to join during this internship. Give us a sense of where you’re best positioned to contribute to our work. And while we respect modesty, don’t be bashful – this is an application to the world’s leading communications agency, so we’re keen to see your creativity and strength as a storyteller.
Be a part of one of the world’s leading communications firms, Weber Shandwick, as we activate bold, data-driven ideas that earn attention and solve our client’s complex business and communications problems (www.webershandwick.com).
Employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and, if hired, present proof of vaccination prior to start date, unless eligible for a medical or religious accommodation or other accommodation required under applicable law.
Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.
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