Agency: Initiative
Job Function: Operations
Location: New York, United States
Job Ref#: 10355
Description & Requirements
Position Summary
Initiative is a global media agency looking for a Director, Data Architecture to foster cross-functional team relationships to design & implement automated solutions. This person will lead a team of engineers and business analysts in developing Initiative’s standard global reporting suite to fuel interactive digital media dashboards for all Initiative clients
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee all Initiative partner data integration into AWS data warehouse for traditional and digital performance sources (30+ vendors integrated - DCM, FB, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Twitter, TikTok, Ad Verification Partners, Partner data, Prisma, MBOX etc.)
- Oversee planning and execution of all data integrations for Initiative and custom reporting deliverables for multi-market Initiative clients
- Drive reporting automation adoption across Initiative globally by proliferating healthy data practices across markets
- Lead the data transformation for Initiative globally and working to transition Initiative’s data infrastructure from SQL based infrastructure to AWS cloud-based solution to more effectively scale Initiative’s reporting capabilities to international clients
- Develop strong client relationships to launch client reporting solutions and communicate Initiative performance to client leadership
- Foster strong relationships with global data vendors (i.e. Meta, Google, Twitter, MediaOcean, etc.) to fuel the data integration
- Mentor and developing talent within the Initiative Global Reporting team across multiple disciplines, Business Analysis, Data Engineering, Visualization Design
- Support reporting requirements on all new client pitch work for Initiative
- Own the client relationship related to all reporting requirements for the global reporting deliveries (Dashboards & Data Feeds to the client) to support key Initiative global clients; those with multi market scope
Desired Skills & Experience
Bachelor’s Degree or above in: Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, Business Management, Statistics, Mathematics, or other related field. Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience are a bonus Industry:
- 5+ years' experience working in the engineering discipline within the data infrastructure domain
- 3+ years' of experience in data specific function
- 2+ years' experience managing people
- 2+ years' experience with media analytics platforms / ad tech
Knowledge of AWS services, open-source technologies, and industry best practices * Awareness of consumer privacy regulations and their impact on technology design * Implementation of data pipelines - streaming and batch integrations - using tools/frameworks such as Lambda, Google Cloud DataFlow and Spark Streaming * Hands-on AWS cloud data experience * Prior experience working with ETLs, Python, sSQL and excel are a must
Employment Transparency
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About Us
Initiative is different to other media agencies.
We are not trapped by a legacy structure primarily centered on paid advertising. Instead, we are liberated by a new world structure designed to deliver highly differentiated and highly effective communications strategies for our clients.
We are the world’s fastest growing media agency built upon the strongest strategic capability of any agency in the market. Core to this strategic proposition is the belief that the faster a brand can move through culture the more relevant it can become.
We call this Cultural Velocity ™.
Our process is designed to create ideas that move through culture through unique insight, market leading analytics and strategic media brilliance.
Our new world model is comprised of “craft centers” – Client Advice and Management, Strategy, Communications Design, Partnership and Culture, Insights & Analytics.
All U.S. Mediabrands employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved accommodation.