Summer 2024 Data Science Internship Position

Location: Minneapolis, MN, Chicago, IL, New York, NY

Internship Dates: 12 weeks, between May 28th, 2024 - August 16th, 2024

About Ovative Group:

Ovative Group is the premier independent media and measurement firm in the United States. We help change-makers, in fast-growing, customer-centric organizations across industries reinvent their marketing and measurement programs. We leverage our media, measurement, and consulting capabilities to help brands like Coach, Kate Spade, Stuart Weitzman, Facebook, The Home Depot, CVS, Disney, and UnitedHealth Group transform their media and marketing programs. Our proprietary approach to measuring and optimizing marketing investment decisions, Enterprise Marketing Return (EMR), is disrupting the industry and setting the gold standard for customer and marketing strategy, activation, and measurement.
Recognized eight consecutive years on Star Tribune's list of Top 150 Workplaces and five years on Inc 5000's list of the fastest-growing private companies in America, we pride ourselves in always overdelivering for our clients, our teams, and our communities.

About the Role:
An internship with Ovative is a truly unique opportunity for a client-focused, independent, problem solver to take on a key role at a fast-growing company that has the highest standards for talent, fun, and client success. This is a pivotal resource for our team – demand continues to grow for what we do and it’s our customer data-driven measurement and activation focus that continues to set us apart.
The Intern Experience:

• Interns will go-through a robust onboarding bootcamp during their first couple weeks at Ovative to gain a big picture view of our business, history and vision
• Interns will meet with senior leaders for both project work and informational interviews
• Interns will be invited to internal and client meetings to experience the full scope of projects
• Interns will have the opportunity to get a certification in one of many programs we work with at Ovative (E.g. Google Adwords, Google Analytics, etc). This is a great addition to a resume.
• Interns will work closely with managers for training, project work, and mentoring
• The 12-week internship will take place between May 28th and August 16th in Minneapolis
• Candidates will be expected to contribute 40 hours/week.

Responsibilities of a Data Science Intern:

• Acquire expertise in the media testing methodologies and execution, including geographical and A/B customer testing
• Design and deploy systems of tracking incrementality testing results across Ovative
• Identify opportunities for improved data gathering & process in existing testing practices
• Interface with broader Data-Science team, contributing to ad-hoc modelling & analytical needs

Skills and Qualifications:

• 0-1 years data science or computer science experience
• Experience leveraging Python (or similar languages) in the software development lifecycle
• Effective communication skills
• Foundational understanding of statistics, including hypothesis testing, parametric & non-parametric distributions, etc.
• Familiarity with SQL
• An entrepreneurial mindset
• Ability to work independently and drive efforts from start to finish

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience building & deploying machine learning models
• Computer science or related undergraduate degree
• Prior focus on digital marketing analytics and/or working with non-technical stakeholders
• Experience building robust software applications
• Prior experience with cloud-based services

Benefits of Working at Ovative Group:
We provide strong, competitive, holistic benefits that understand the importance of your life inside and out of work, including:

• Access to all office space in MSP, NYC, and Chi
• Paid holidays
• 401k match program (30-day waiting period)
• Company paid parking or reimbursement for public transportation options
• Charitable giving financial match program

Culture:

Culture matters and we’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace six years running because of it. We demand trust and transparency from each other. We believe in doing the hard and complicated work others put off. We’re open in communication and floor plan. We’re flat – our interns sit next to VPs, our analysts work closely with senior leaders, and our CEO interacts with every single person daily. Put together, these elements help foster an environment where smart people challenge and support each other in performing to their highest potential.

Working at Ovative won’t be easy, but if you like getting your hands dirty, driving results, and being surrounded by the best talent, it’ll be the most rewarding job you’ll ever have. If you think you can make us better, we want to hear from you!

Pay Transparency:

At Ovative, we offer a transparent view into two core components of your total compensation package: Hourly Rate and Benefits.

For our Intern positions, our compensation is $20/hour.