Data Scientist (12-Month Fixed Term Contract) - Maker Lab

Maker Lab is a marketing agency specializing in decentralized technology-led teams, collaborating closely with clients across digital marketing competencies, including measurement & analytics and content production.

Maker Lab supports clients in technology, entertainment, financial services, and the payments industry. They are seeking dynamic individuals to join their team and support clients in the music and entertainment industry.

We are looking for a Data Scientist to build models and analytical systems that drive smarter marketing. By combining statistical modeling, machine learning, and applied data science, you will transform complex audience signals into actionable insights. This role empowers teams across APAC to make faster decisions, uncover new opportunities, and drive meaningful fan engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, train, and validate machine learning and statistical models to monitor product consumption velocity, flag early-stage trend spikes, and calculate real-time success probabilities for upcoming releases.
• Partner with data engineering to define feature requirements and consumption patterns for a unified data engine that ingests real-time signals from DSPs, social networks, and eCommerce platforms.
• Build localized data tokenization and anonymization approaches into modeling workflows to ensure compliance with cross-border data regulations when working with data from regulated markets.
• Use modern AI coding assistants to rapidly prototype, test, and iterate on models, and build interactive dashboards and visualizations for non-technical marketing teams to monitor campaign performance.
• Develop and refine a natural-language AI briefing intake system, including automated classification of incomplete or non-compliant briefs and AI-generated brief enhancements drawn from historical campaign data and past model outputs.
• Collaborate with Paid Media on predictive scoring to prioritize bulk ad deployment for strong-performing campaigns, and with Creative teams on data-informed, Gen-AI-assisted script generation for proven creative assets.

Requirements:

• A BA/BS degree or equivalent experience.
• 9-12 years of professional experience in data science, statistical modeling, or predictive analytics within high-volume tech or digital media.
• Deep hands-on experience building and validating production ML models within Databricks environments, with advanced proficiency in Python, SQL, and experimentation/statistical methods.
• Fluent in using modern AI coding assistants and LLMs to accelerate model iteration, testing, and analytical workflows.
• A strong understanding of data privacy frameworks and cross-border data security protocols, particularly when working with data from complex regulatory environments.
• Exceptional verbal and written English communication and presentation skills.