Contract - Lead Data Scientist

An exciting creative agency in London is looking for a Lead Data Scientist to drive innovation across audience strategy, insight, and prototype tooling.

• Location: London

• Office Policy: Hybrid (2-3 days onsite)

• Contract Length: 6 months

• Start Date: ASAP

• Salary: £90k Pro Rata or Day Rate Inside IR35

The Job

• Lead development and maintenance of machine learning, LLM, and AI prototype tools

• Own end-to-end design and deployment across computer vision, NLP, and deep learning use cases

• Work with Python, GCP, SQL, Docker, FastAPI, HuggingFace, PyTorch and more

• Collaborate with strategists to translate briefs into data-driven solutions

• Explore innovative data applications, from image/audio features to creative performance

• Build data pipelines and visual outputs for Tableau, Power BI or bespoke JS tools

• Manage junior Data Scientists and Analysts, providing technical leadership and mentoring

• Support strategy and revenue goals through tool development and performance insight

• Collaborate with wider tech teams across the agency group to scale high-impact tools

You

• Strong data science background with hands-on experience in ML, NLP, LLMs, and deep learning

• Comfortable working with ambiguity and creating structure from open briefs

• Confident communicator with both technical and non-technical audiences

• Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, ideally GCP

• Proven ability to manage and mentor junior team members

• Bonus: academic background (Masters or PhD) or experience in creative, cultural, or behavioural fields

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