Senior Data Analyst

WE HAVE CREATED A WORLD WHERE ART AND SCIENCE ARE BEST FRIENDS

Known is a modern marketing company engineered for the unprecedented opportunities and challenges facing marketers today. We are about 250+ people strong, pairing PhD data scientists with award-winning creatives, strategists, engineers and expert research teams to produce some of the most innovative and cutting-edge creative work in culture. We believe that when creative truly collaborates with science, strategy, and technology, amazing things can happen. 

Ad Age touted that “Known may be the ultimate example of a full-service agency,” and honored us with top ten status on The Agency A-List for 2024 & 2025, and as Ad Age’s Data & Insights Agency of the year for a record third year in a row. Without our incredible partnerships with our clients, spanning across the leading brands in finance, technology, entertainment, media, CPG, real estate, and many other categories, honors like this could not be possible, and also have helped us earn additional awards and recognitions over the years like: Emmys, Clios, Effies, Cannes Lions Awards, ProMax Agency of the Year, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas, Digiday’s 2025 Best AI Platform and Digiday’s Most Innovative Media Agency, to name a few.

We couldn’t create this award-winning work without seeking out and hiring the best talent. What does it mean to be a Knowner? We are curious innovators, knowledge-hunters who are constantly challenging ourselves to do better and be better for our clients, for our team and for our world at large. Our offices around the U.S. are open and while most of our people work in a hybrid setting, we are a distributed workforce with a number of Knowners working remotely.

BUT ENOUGH ABOUT US, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU

About the role:

Known is seeking Senior Data Analysts to work in our Skeptic and Data Consulting practices. This highly technical position involves advanced analytics, machine learning, and statistics. 

The Data Consulting practice solves various challenging business problems for our clients, who span some of the world’s most famous brands across media, tech, entertainment, consumer products, and more.  Known’s Skeptic team builds the tools that power Known’s media buying practice and elevate our clients' media campaigns. Our work ranges from predictive modeling/optimization to infrastructure development, and Skeptic’s data scientists and engineers are challenged daily to push the limits of advanced advertising. 

Senior Data Analysts work closely with PhD-level data scientists, engineers, and other analysts, quickly learning the skills needed to deliver exploratory analyses, on-the-fly reports, machine learning results, data quality strategies, or production code.

Being a Senior Data Analyst at Known is a unique opportunity to take on increasing levels of responsibility, with our analysts often becoming expert data scientists, engineers, or team leaders.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Creating and validating data analyses using SQL, Python, R, and a variety of proprietary tools
• Planning project strategies and timelines along with senior teammates
• Communicating results internally and directly with clients
• Amazing our clients with prompt and thoughtful responses to their requests and questions
• Developing and improving analytics code, dashboards, and reporting
• Monitoring and updating machine learning models while improving related tools and processes
• Contributing to deliverables, including documents, code, slides, and presentations
• Lending your intellect, creativity, and unique perspective to individual projects and Known’s overall strategy
• Improving data and code quality
• Troubleshooting and analyzing data quality issues

WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE

• A BS/BA degree from an accredited college or university. STEM degrees are preferred.
• At least two years experience in analytics, advertising, ad tech, or media (or an advanced degree in a technical field)
• Experience utilizing Python (or similar) and SQL regularly
• A desire to work on challenging problems that require flexibility in approach -- everything from on-the-fly analytics to statistics, big data, machine learning, and mathematical algorithms (but not alone!)
• A willingness to learn foundational knowledge and skills rapidly
• Abundant intellectual curiosity and integrity
• Superb communication and presentation skills
• Passion for managing the quality & accuracy of analytics, including checking your and others’ work
• Experience multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment is a plus
• Experience working directly with clients is a plus
• Experience with predictive analytics/machine learning is a plus
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Looker, MCI or Tableau is a plus

SOME OF OUR PERKS

• Unlimited paid time off
• 401k with company matching and no vesting period
• Annual bonuses
• Generous medical plan
• Paid parental leave

ONE LAST THING TO ASK YOURSELF

All this might sound great, but you’re probably still wondering, “Would I be a good fit for Known?” or “Would Known be a good fit for me?” Our culture is propped up by four values that we aspire to every day: We are one team. We see the good. We never stop learning. There’s always a better way. At Known we are setting out to build something more than just a company. We are building a legacy filled with exceptionally talented people with a kaleidoscope of backgrounds, experiences, and origin stories who feel encouraged and empowered to bring their whole selves to work, and to partner with us in molding and shaping our culture through our values.

Known is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or qualified job applicants on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or locally protected class.

The base salary for this position is $90K - $120K.

            This range is posted in compliance with state and municipal Pay Transparency laws. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible to receive additional Known benefits.

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