Data Scientist, New Grad & Entry Level

Company Description

Informa is one of the world’s leading knowledge providers. We create and deliver highly specialized information through publishing, events, training, market intelligence, and expertise, providing valuable knowledge to individuals, businesses and organizations worldwide.

Responsibilities include:

• Leverages analytical skill set to access data from multiple data sources for ad hoc analysis, data visualizations and machine learning initiatives.
• Applies statistical analysis including turf, regressions, perceptual mapping, elasticity modeling, cluster analysis on survey and transaction data.
• Independently develop code in R (including R Shiny apps), SPSS, SQL to support advanced analytics projects.
• Develop analytic web applications and simulators utilizing data science algorithms.
• Design and code highly scalable machine learning applications processing large volume of data.
• Understand existing code to support ongoing analytic applications including data refreshes, model calibrations etc.
• Support innovation efforts by developing prototype applications including validating data and models
• Collaborate with Products & Services, Product Development, R&I and IT teams to conceptualize and implement analytic products from start to finish.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, or quantitative discipline plus 2 years of related professional experience OR Master’s degree and 0-2 years of related professional experience
• Expert level programming in R/Shinyapps
• Must have attention to detail, as well as strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new programming languages and tools with minimal guidance.
• Working knowledge of Python, SPSS, SQL programming a plus