Research Engineer at IPG MediaBrands in San Francisco, CA

Position Summary

MAGNA is a unit within Mediabrands that is focused on driving automation and enhanced investment for our clients as a complement to our agency brand partners. MAGNA Intelligence produces more than 40 annual reports on audience trends; media spend and market demand, and ad effectiveness. The Programmatic Buying unit within Magna enables technology-driven audience-buying services across a variety of channels, and is a critical pillar of marketing effectiveness for our clients. The Search unit within Magna (Reprise Media) is a results-driven digital marketing agency with expertise in search engine marketing, search engine optimization, and social media marketing. MAGNA Global Investment harnesses the aggregate power of IPG media investments to create power and leverage in the market, drive savings and efficiencies, and ultimately make smarter, more effective media investments on behalf of our clients.

“It is exciting to come to work because every day is different. Working on a small team, you get to touch all aspects of our work. From crafting research methodologies to analyzing results to telling compelling stories with data, it is exciting to manage and execute Media Trials. Early on in my career, not only have I built up a diverse portfolio of skills but my work also has visibility across IPG, with Fortune 500 clients, and throughout the advertising ecosystem. I love my job because it is a fun mix of science, creativity, and innovation.”

– Current IPG Media Lab Employee, Senior Research Analyst

Job Responsibilities

• Learn team-based source control for writing PHP, SQL, and other code within an IDE and learn debugging skills in order to support project needs
• Write PHP code to link data needs between different platforms, create dynamic elements within web pages, and create various views to support web query tasks such as real-time recruitment monitoring
• Write SQL code for a variety of tasks including: bringing data into PHP, ETL of various simple data sources into a single platform (MS SQL Server), and BI-type tasks to assist answering research questions
• Work with developers, programmers, and analysts not within immediate team in order to manage a development timeline, clearly communicate functional needs and goals to both technical and non-technical audience
• Provide guidance at a functional technical level to developers/programmers and other project management tasks to support building and development
• Learn 3rd party survey tools and obtain proficiency with advanced survey logic programming in order to build custom consumer surveys
• Use internal and 3rd party tools to clean and weight data as needed prior to analysis
• Contribute to the development and design of thought leadership research projects

Desired Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM field with an experimental science background
• Minimum of 3 years research experience
• Strong analytical thinker and problem solver
• Excellent communication skills – both written & verbal
• Familiarity with modern web development techniques including Git, Laravel, Unit Testing, HTML/CSS
• Experience doing statistical analysis using statistical software (e.g. Python, R, SPSS, SAS, etc.)
• Extremely detail oriented
• Proficient at managing multiple projects at a time in a fast-paced environment, and able to rapidly adapt to changes and tight deadlines
• Working knowledge of the digital media advertising ecosystem is a plus (understanding of branding metrics, how ads are bought, etc.).

Employment Transparency

It is the policy of Mediabrands, division of the Interpublic group, to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.