We are a boutique digital analytics company that consults with Fortune 500 businesses, our mantra is to be a trusted partner, strategic asset and integral part of our Client’s business. We help big businesses use data to understand their customer’s behaviour, derive insights to optimize online experiences and drive profitability from their digital channels.
We are flat in structure, lean in size and yet mighty in our goals and achievements! We often refer to ourselves as the ‘Independent to beat’ within our Industry, we are immensely proud of who we are....who we all are.
We hire people who are passionate, ready to roll up their sleeves and move at lightning pace to get the job done, to fail fast yet learn faster and to accelerate the growth of our clients and our business and its people.
OUR DNA & OUR CULTURE!
Passion
For data/digital and the value it brings to both consumers and businesses.
Dedication
To become a value based partner (not vendor), and deliver above and beyond customer expectations.
Humility
To fail fast, with integrity, good intent and transparency
Curiosity
Explore the possibilities and the opportunities for the information you are given. Ask business questions, be hungry for the information that delivers value to Sparkline customers and helps to grow their businesses.
Creativity
To see beyond the answer and understand ways in which businesses can use insights in a variety of ways to reach potential customers more effectively.
Embrace Change
Charles Darwin said; ‘It’s not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive, but those that can best manage change’.
THE ROLE
All of our Technical Consultants strive to form a deep understanding of the Client’s business, leverage industry knowledge and analytics techniques to provide creative solutions to solve real business problems. As a passionate storyteller you can present your insights in the form of a narrative. You are comfortable across all communication channels and can tailor your
message to help cross functional stakeholders connect with the bigger picture.
As part of our Technical Delivery team you get the opportunity to dive under the hood of some of the biggest global brands and their technology stack. Using your mad skills in digital technologies and best in class data analytics integrations, you will deliver creative solutions, quality execution and strategic value to our Clients.
To summarise, in this role you leverage your engineering, software architecture and technology integration expertise to oversee the scoping, design and implementation of marketing and analytics technology solutions across the Client’s desktop sites, mobile sites, and mobile apps. Cool right?
This is an integral role as you are the Client’s consultant, whom they rely on to know how to maximise their technology investments and the best ways to reach and retain their customers, using data driven strategies. You guide them throughout any implementation phases, integration possibilities to bring data together in a cohesive way and advise them on how to get the best ROI and attract their target customers.
Keeping connected with the ever evolving digital technology landscape you can help identify new solutions and skills that could create greater opportunities for our Clients and Sparkline.
THE PERSON:
Sounds like an exciting opportunity right? It is, for the right person! At Sparkline social capital is king! Your success will be based on your ability to collaborate, cooperate and ideate with Sparks from across the business. Demonstrating your natural bias for action, you’ll chase every opportunity to flex your entrepreneurial muscles and contribute to delivering impactful
solutions for our clients. You’ll enjoy working with a degree of ambiguity and see the challenge in not having all the pieces of the puzzle in front of you. You will be a passionate learner with the ability to pick up new tools and languages with ease.
YOU WILL BRING:
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 3-5+ years working in roles using a consultative approach for technical solutioning
- At least 3 years working with analytics and tag management solutions; specifically Google or Adobe suites.
- Previous experience in Digital First environment and/or Media Industries would be a distinct advantage with prior customer facing/consulting experience of utmost interest
- Experience using JavaScript and Google Developer APIs
- Experience in software engineering practises, delivering scalability when writing code
- Experience implementing marketing technology and/or cloud solutions
- Exposure to big data platforms and technologies such as Google BigQuery, as well as R/Python would be particularly valuable