Graduate Consultant | Data Science | Strategic Communications
How You’ll Grow
We are committed to investing and supporting you in your professional development and we have developed a range of programs focused on fostering leadership, growth and development opportunities. We aim to promote continuous learning and individual skills development through on-the-job learning, self-guided professional development courses and certifications. You’ll be assigned a dedicated coach to mentor, guide and support you through regular coaching sessions and serve as an advocate for your professional growth.
This role will also benefit from being a part of the Strategic Communications graduate scheme. As a part of the cohort, you will get access to trainings, workshops and opportunities helping you learn the foundations of corporate communications and public relations, enabling you to develop data science approaches that directly target client needs.
As you progress through your career at FTI Consulting, we offer tailored programs for critical professional milestones to ensure you are prepared and empowered to take on your next role.
What You Will Need to Succeed
We are looking for candidates wanting to explore how data science is transforming the world of communications and be at the forefront of that industry change. The candidates must be able to code in Python and be comfortable using statistics to interrogate data, as this is a technical role where engineering solutions will be a core part of the job.
Basic Qualifications
- Intellectual curiosity and critical thinking
- Strong sense of data and artificial intelligence ethics
- Passion for tackling challenging problems and innovating
- Ability to distil insights from data and communicate them to non-technical audiences
- Programming skills in Python, R or a similar language and ability to apply data science techniques in practice
- Familiarity with cloud computing platforms, big data frameworks and database technologies
- Familiarity with data visualisation principles and data visualisation tools, e.g. Tableau, Power BI
- Comfortable with writing and using prompts across AI tools such as ChatGPT to produce research outputs
- Excellent English and strong presentation skills
- Experience with Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
Desirable Qualifications
- Programming skills in Python including data science libraries such as pandas, numpy or plotly
Work experience in:
- Consulting or a client-facing business
- Quantitative research methods (especially surveys and experiments)
- Media and conversation analysis
Expertise in:
- Natural language processing including LLMs/GenAI
- Journalism, media, communications, or marketing
- Digital listening tools (e.g. Brandwatch/Talkwalker)
- Additional language skills
- Good understanding of software design principles
- Exposure to version control systems such as GitHub
- Experience in code and model deployment, including MLOps
- Scripting experience (e.g., bash) and ability to write SQL queries
Total Wellbeing
Our goal is to support the wellbeing of you and your families—physically, emotionally, and financially. We offer market competitive benefits (including pension), supplemented by 15 flexible benefits, to meet your needs. These include health, lifestyle and family friendly options. We also offer professional development programme, wellness, recognition, community volunteering initiatives, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements.
About FTI Consulting
FTI Consulting, Inc. is the leading global expert firm for organizations facing crisis and transformation, with more than 8,300 employees located in 34 countries and territories. Our broad and diverse bench of award–winning experts advise their clients when they are facing their most significant opportunities and challenges. The Company generated $3.49 billion in revenues during fiscal year 2023. In certain jurisdictions, FTI Consulting’s services are provided through distinct legal entities that are separately capitalized and independently managed. FTI Consulting is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Instagram and LinkedIn.
FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
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