Marketing Science (Sandwich Placement)

Role: Marketing Science Intern Department/Team: Mindshare UK – Marketing Science

Role Objective

The Marketing Science team is an integral part of Mindshare. Our job is to use our problem solving and data analysis skills to help the agency and our clients with their marketing challenges. The Marketing Science Intern will help the wider team answer business questions for our clients such as:

• How is our client’s marketing activity working and what can we do to improve its performance?
• What is the potential growth for our clients? How can they compete and continue to drive Good Growth through better, more innovative and more effective marketing?

About the role

• Data processing – developing R and excel skills to create the datasets needed for analysis
• Data analysis – extracting trends and consumer insights from large datasets to derive data-driven insights
• Building econometric models – supporting the team in building models to help our clients understand how their media is performing and how it can be optimised in future
• Presentation writing – preparing slides and data visualisations for clients and other teams within the agency

About you

• You will be an analytical and numerate candidate with a genuine interest in a career in marketing and advertising
• Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in a numerate subject e.g. Maths, Statistics, Economics etc. if you feel you can demonstrate the skills required without a numerical degree, we would still love to hear from you
• You will have an understanding of basic statistics and regression analysis
• You will be comfortable using data and able to analyse it to discover insights
• You will be happy using Excel, Powerpoint and Word
• You will either have some experience in or be happy to learn R
• You will have a willingness to learn – on the job training will be provided to help you learn more about how we use econometrics in media

What we can offer you

• A strong salary commensurate and in-line with relevant experience
• 25 days annual leave and your birthday day off
• Ongoing internal and external training opportunities
• Flexible working
• The opportunity to attend industry conferences and awards nights
• Career and personal progression
• Private Healthcare
• Excellent pension matching structure

About Mindshare
Mindshare is a leading global marketing and media services network with billings in excess of £23 billion worldwide. We work with some of the most famous businesses and brands in the UK – such as Unilever, Ford, KFC, Nike, Marks & Spencer and TK Maxx. The Mindshare network consists of 116 offices across 86 countries throughout the USA, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific; each dedicated to forging competitive marketing advantage for businesses and their brands.
Our approach Our ambition is to drive Good Growth for our clients. Good Growth is about delivering growth that is enduring and is considerate of people and planet. Media is a powerful force, and we need to be mindful of the responsibility that it brings. We help our clients make better decisions by ensuring we use media in a trusted, inclusive and sustainable way. We recognise that in order to drive Good Growth, we need to place people at the heart of everything we do. Understanding people, not demographics allows us to place media meaningfully into their lives.
Good Growth is a big ambition – one which inspires change for the industry but also for our agency and we achieve this through our values of Energy, Empathy and Impact.
Working for Mindshare Our brilliant people allow us to deliver our ambition. We invest heavily in their development to ensure they are progressing and thriving wherever they work in our business. We also think inspiration for our staff is key and our pinnacle and flagship event of the year, Huddle, connects people, opinions and perspectives across borders and is all about learning something new and participating. Committed to Diversity & Inclusion We have a big dream at Mindshare, to become the most inclusive place to work in the country! This will take time but the whole agency is passionate about making it a reality. To support this, we currently have 8 Employee Resource Groups available for our people to join and be a part of including, Roots, PrideM, Women in Business, Enable, Declassify, 0Borders, ADAM and Working Parents. These groups hold the agency to account for making progress and, along with our Mental Health Allies, design and lead events and initiatives that help us create a welcoming environment to all and a place where everyone can be their most confident self.