About the Role
This role is part of the Data Science & Engineering Platformer programme within Havas Media Group's Data and Analytics (DNA) team. The DNA team provides marketing analytics, data science & engineering, consumer insight, and Martech consultancy. This role will build in-house tools and services that power data-driven marketing across the group, working primarily in Python and SQL on Google Cloud Platform.
Responsibilities
- Contribute throughout the data product lifecycle, from data collection and transformation to analysis, modeling, and deployment.
- Design and maintain data pipelines to ensure reliable and efficient data flow across various systems and projects.
- Support model development for audience insights and media performance measurement.
- Collaborate with the team to develop data-driven tools or internal applications that enhance business decision-making.
- Work closely with Client Planning, Data Ops, Consumer Research & Insight, and Data Strategy teams to turn data into actionable recommendations and compelling stories for clients and stakeholders.
- Gain exposure to cloud platforms (such as AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Extract, process, and transform large and varied datasets from multiple sources, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and readiness for analysis.
- Conduct data analysis and exploration using tools such as Python, SQL, and Excel.
- Perform competitor and market analysis, identifying trends and providing data-driven recommendations based on findings.
- Create clear, insightful, and visually engaging presentations or dashboards to communicate analytical outcomes effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Apply analytical and statistical theory to real-world problems, learning to implement practical data science and engineering solutions.
- Interpret data to uncover key insights and communicate findings in both written and verbal form.
Requirements
- Demonstrate real, genuine interest in data and technology.
- Curiosity, drive, and a willingness to learn.
- A strong numerical and analytical mindset, whether developed through formal study or self-directed learning.
- Enthusiasm for using data science and engineering to help drive smarter business decisions.
- A keen interest in media and entertainment, as well as how data can shape audience insights and marketing strategies.
- Interest in using Python and SQL for data manipulation, analysis, and automation.
- Willingness to learn data engineering tools and workflows.
- Comfort with Excel for quick data analysis and PowerPoint for communicating insights effectively.
- Love tackling business questions and think analytically.
- Be a curious, strategic problem solver, able to apply critical thinking at every stage of a media planning process.
- Be a high energy, positive, can-do person, always looking for ways to improve what we do.
- Have strong communication skills with an interest in presenting data-driven stories to people who don’t work with data.
- Feel comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, collaboratively and independently.
- Have great attention to detail.
- Can communicate in fluent, professional verbal and written English.
Skills
- Python
- SQL
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Data visualization
- Data manipulation
- Data analysis
- Automation
- Statistical tools
- Analytical tools
- R
- pandas
- NumPy
- Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Intern
Experience Level
- Intern
Benefits
- HR Benefits
- Free breakfast in the office
- Wellbeing and mental health support
- Yulife - wellbeing app
- Gym discount
- Eye care
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Employee assistance programme
- Workplace Nurseries
- Training and Development sessions (Communication, Productivity, Career Development, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Networking, Industry Insights, Group Projects)
About the Company
- Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, employing over 20,000 people in over 100 countries around the world.
- Havas Media's ambition is to be the UK’s most integrated, agile media and marketing services group with data, content, and entertainment at its core.
- Havas Village, known as HKX, in King’s Cross, London, brings all UK agencies and 1,700 people together under one roof.
- Havas agencies stretch across media, creative, CRM, PR, healthcare, entertainment, and include among others Havas Media, Havas London, Havas Sports & Entertainment and Havas Helia.
- Havas Media have also recently launched CSA - a global consultancy, data science and analytics brand.
- The DNA team is at the core of the Havas Media proposition, providing marketing analytics, data science & engineering, consumer insight and Martech consultancy.
- The DNA team’s work allows clients to understand their customers, optimise their marketing investment plans and grow their brands.
- Within the Havas Data Science and Engineering team, we build the in-house tools and services that power data-driven marketing across the group.
- Our work directly supports the strategies and campaigns behind some of the world's best-known brands, so what we build has real, visible impact.
Equal Opportunity
- Havas across the group prides itself on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and has zero tolerance for discrimination.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.
