Data Scientist (Contract)

Swift is seeking a Contract Data Scientist to join our growing team in Portland, Oregon. Here you will find a dynamic environment working with opportunities to influence the evolution of digital and social analytics for some of the worlds most beloved brands. Our Data and Marketing Sciences teams work closely with our Strategic Planning, Creative, and Account Management teams to deliver exceptional, results-driven work.

Who you are:
You are intellectually curious and always up for a good challenge. You get a rush from solving problems and working with numbers and ideas comes easily to you. Always keenly observant and can’t help by try to understand what makes the world click, you are hacker and maker, driven to create. You are someone who challenges what’s possible.

What you’ll do:
Data Scientists mine datasets both big and small to uncover hidden consumer needs, identify emerging social trends, and surface meaningful insights for our clients.

As a Data Scientist, you will be a driving force in the blending of art and science to bring insights to life through storytelling. Your audience includes internal creative and planning teams, as well as our clients.

• Be a core member of our Data Science team, working with Creative and Strategic Planning to turn deep consumer insights into amazing consumer experiences
• Apply open source tools to capture, process, analyze, and visualize proprietary and public data in new ways to tell compelling and meaningful stories
• Work with the leadership of our data science team to evaluate new tools and processes, developing new intellectual property for the agency, outline procedures for applying or implementation of best practices and case studies

What you’ll need:

• 1-2 years of relevant experience; we love hearing about the projects you’ve hacked at work and in your spare time with special preference to amazing Github profiles.
• An obsession for solving problems with data
• Strong analytic and critical thinking skills, with an eye for detail
• Experience in more than one of the following:
• Programming (Python, R, SQL, Presto)
• Data Visualization (Tableau, D3.Js, etc.)
• Relational or NoSQL Databases (MongoDB, Redshift, etc.)
• Infrastructure as a Service (AWS, Azure, or Google)
• Sensors and Hardware (Raspberry Pi, Arduino)
• Machine Learning (Tensorflow, scikit-learn)
• Good understanding of (and interest in) advertising technology and landscape, including external data providers and data management platforms
• Able to run a project from start to finish while targeting aggressive timelines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to be flexible and thrive in a rapidly-evolving environment
• Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) from a four-year college or commensurate work experience is highly preferred

Who we are:
Swift is a strategic creative agency that lives and breathes digital, leading brands forward with a groundbreaking combination of insights and ideas. We are hyper-focused on delivering campaigns that get results. Our client roster includes Starbucks, Google, Paypal, Carters, Umpqua, Nestlé, adidas, and YouTube.

What we offer:
Swift offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including no-cost medical insurance for employees, generous paid parental leave, and 401(k) with immediate matching and vesting. We put family first and ease the transition back to work for primary caregivers with a 32-hour work week at full pay for 12 weeks (and two comfy nursing rooms). Located in NW Portland near a Portland Streetcar stop, our airy, light-filled office inhabits a repurposed industrial building and has a variety of workspaces for collaborating and working independently. We encourage all employees to shape culture with their own ideas and provide professional development and management training. Employees receive paid holidays, volunteer time, vacation and wellness leave. We welcome dogs and emphasize community. You can find us every Friday, coming together for lunch and inspiration.

We aim to build an inclusive culture where differences are used to inform better creative, strategic and business decisions. We actively seek diversity of beliefs, backgrounds, education, and ways of thinking. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.