DATA ANALYST

SJOIN OUR JOURNEY

Medialab is the UK's leading independent media agency, and one of the fastest growing in the industry. We're a media agency that's made differently: purpose-led, data-driven, founder-run and proudly independent.

Our entrepreneurial spirit means success is rewarded and there are no limits to what you can achieve, which our employees agree with, evidenced by being a Campaign 'Best Place to work' for the last 5 years in a row, Campaign's Independent Agency of the Year 2024 and The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025. We are IPA Effectiveness accredited, an IPA People-First agency and widely awarded including a double-gold at the 2024 IPA Effectiveness Awards for our work with Laithwaites.

Our independence means we can focus 100% on doing the right thing to secure success for our clients and our brilliant people. We work with a wide variety of clients including Hovis, Sharps Bedrooms, SunLife, Standard Life, Laithwaites Wine, EMMA Mattresses, Save the Children, Mind, Guide Dogs Alzheimer's Society, RNLI and Clearscore.

OUR VALUES

• Commit to Doing the Right Thing (Act with integrity and accountability)
• Help People Flourish (Invest in people)
• Dig Deeper to Understand Better (Data driven curiosity)

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU

Working at Medialab comes with lots of perks including all the usual things you would expect, such as a competitive salary package, pension, season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, weekly social events and big summer / end of year parties.

On top of that, we offer extra benefits, which make life at Medialab even more rewarding:

• Time to Unwind - 22 days holiday (+ Christmas holiday closure), birthday & mental health day off, holiday buying scheme, flexi-hours and work abroad scheme.
• Hybrid Working - Balance between home and office. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements from the commencement of employment.
  Career Growth - A meritocratic approach to progression with quarterly reviews, CPD Platinum accredited training, mentoring and leadership support.
• Health & Wellbeing - Private medical insurance, health cash plan, gym discounts, wellbeing apps Mental Health First Aiders and unlimited free professional counselling.
• Supporting Families - Enhanced parental leave, flexible working and life assurance.
• Giving Back - Paid charity days and sustainability initiatives.
• Perks & Rewards - Retail discounts, long-service trips and an unforgettable team culture.

YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

As a Data Analyst at Medialab, you will:

• Understand and translate client requirements into Apollo configurations, collaborating with customer success teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment with business goals.
• Define and onboard data feeds, using platforms like Adverity to connect diverse marketing data sources to Apollo.
• Contribute to the modelling process, working closely with Analytics Engineers by translating business logic into clear technical requirements, using our domain model as the shared language.
• Build insightful dashboards using Preset.io (Apache Superset), delivering high-quality visual outputs aligned with client needs and platform standards.
• QA data and outputs, performing integrity checks and validation against source systems or expectations.
• Manage end-to-end onboarding and major change requests, taking full ownership of the analyst workflow from intake to delivery.
• Communicate progress and risks clearly and professionally, managing expectations and maintaining transparency.
• Support platform excellence, by learning and mastering Apollo's domain model, staying up to date with platform changes, and proactively suggesting improvements.
  

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

You bring a sharp eye for detail, strong data instincts, and a passion for making complex processes work simply and effectively. You're comfortable engaging with stakeholders to uncover, challenge and shape requirements - and skilled at translating those into practical solutions across Apollo's end-to-end workflow. You enjoy getting close to the data, using tools like SQL, spreadsheets and dashboards to manipulate, QA and validate outputs that align to business needs.

You thrive in collaborative environments, working closely with engineers, analysts, and client teams to configure and evolve our platform. Your deep curiosity drives you to fully understand the marketing data you're working with - enabling you to spot issues, optimise delivery and help the team move faster with confidence.

Must Have Skills

• Data fluency - comfortable working with data, exploring patterns, and manipulating it to draw insight (spreadsheets are second nature).
• Dashboarding - able to turn business requirements into effective, accessible visualisations (experience with tools like Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or Superset).
• Requirement gathering - strong ability to engage stakeholders, extract use cases, and align to business objectives.
• Data QA - detail-oriented with a strong instinct for validation and ensuring data integrity.
• Fast learner - able to pick up new platforms and concepts quickly.
• Organised and autonomous - skilled at managing your own time and workload, while delivering to high standards.
• Team collaborator - thrives in an environment of shared ownership, learning and continuous improvement.
  

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience writing or adapting SQL queries for ad-hoc analysis or QA.
• Familiarity with the marketing or advertising domain, especially media data.
• Experience working in media agency, planning, or activation environments.
• Exposure to agile ways of working.