Data Scientist (Project Placement) Brighton, England
Job description
Duration: 3 months
Start date: flexible
Application deadline: March 17th
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THE COMPANY*
Headquartered in Brighton, UK, Sopro provides sophisticated digital marketing services to hundreds of businesses, from innovative start-ups to sector leaders and global brands.
We have spent seven years redefining B2B demand generation techniques and proving that there are more predictable, higher quality ways to harness technology to create demand.
Receiving a Best Place to Work award by the UK Business Awards 2021, we’ve been busy collecting awards for our people, service, technology and business results. With >100% revenue and headcount growth 7 years running we are proud to be one of the UK’s fastest growing digital marketing agencies.
Sopro is part of the Sopro Holdings group.
THE PROJECT
At Sopro we have an exciting new 3-month project opportunity within our Data Science Team.
The goal of this project is to generate a hierarchical job title/role taxonomy and normalise and group job titles in order to categorise them according to a specified taxonomy.
As a company, we have accumulated a database of records for all the specific roles people across various companies and industries hold, to inform future marketing campaigns. Targeting the right audience is vital for a campaign to be successful and it is therefore important that we can build a hierarchy of normalised job titles in order to categorise the specific roles and classify whether they are decision makers within their organisations.
During this project you will have access to Sopro database that holds millions of records containing unique job titles and roles within different industries and departments.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- working individually on a project as a part of our growing Data Science team, collaborating closely with software developers, data engineers, data scientists and product owners, utilising cutting edge technologies and methods.
- applying NLP and ML methods to textual data and taking part in the internal process of product development.
- working with large databases.
- working with and cleaning of text documents programmatically.
- conducting research and giving suggestions on the specific approach to be taken with the project involving ML, NLP and NER.
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ABOUT YOU*
- Strong skills in Python (or other relevant programming language).
- Experience in working with and cleaning of text documents.
- Experience in working with ML, NLP and NER.
- Prior experience with mySQL/SQL/MariaDB will be considered as a plus but will be also gained alongside the project.
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ABOUT US*
We’re the people behind the prospects. For all the clever tech, what makes the Sopro service stand out is the people. As we like to tell our clients, we’re a team not a tool.
Our values permeate Sopro through our behaviours, not only as people but across the business.
We invest in our people, their development, our products, and our working environment. We are ambitious, not only as a business but by encouraging passionate and imaginative collaboration. We are people who are proud of our identity and celebrate each other’s successes, whilst giving back to our local communities. We are open and transparent, with our clients and our people – each team member has a voice, and we ensure it is heard!
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WHAT WE OFFER*
At Sopro we invest in our people – they are what makes our company great and we work hard to make sure that everyone feels like a valued member of the team. Some of the perks we offer:
- Learning and Development - A learning platform to encourage you in personal and professional growth additionally supported by mentorship, external training, and certification when needed.
- Hybrid working- 3 days from home, 2 days in the office, and if you want to come every day - you surely can!
- Extended annual leave
- Wellbeing package adapted to the needs of our people. Regular sports, social activities, and lots of healthy snacks.
- Your work matters - We have an open-door policy and value your opinion. Ideas are heard and genuinely put into practice.
Job Type: Part-time
