Ben S.
About me
| Ben S. | |
| History | |
| History | |
| Undergraduate | |
| 2011 | |
| United Kingdom |
My employment
| Client Manager | |
| Nielsen | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Advertising, marketing and PR | |
| Large business (250+ employees) | |
| 2013 | |
| £26000 | |
| £32000 |
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A day in the life of a Client Manager in the United Kingdom
Data analyst
My career history
I worked at Ernst & Young for 1 year on their graduate scheme, this definitely wasn't for me so I left and looked for another Graduate scheme, I left it late so Nielsen was one of the only ones left, it turned out to be a much better fit for me.
I finished the Nielsen Graduate scheme after a year, after a further year I applied for an emerging Leaders programme and was successful with my application, this European rotation scheme will last for 18 months.
What has helped my career to progress
Taking an interest in the wider data analytics field.
Courses taken since graduation
ICAS, SQL Server
Where I hope to be in 5 years
More within the technical side of the data world, possibly developing data delivery systems or end user interfaces.
My advice to students considering work
Employer's don't have a checklist, if you are enthusiastic and pro-active about getting the job it will work in your favour, no matter what you've done to date.
What I do
The job is all about data, the part of the business I am in is about analyzing sales data for FMCG companies and providing recommendations. It's similar to consultancy in that sense but the company is also responsible for providing the data, meaning that we have to be familiar with operational side as well.
Skills I use and how I developed them
Degree skills:
Largely unrelated, but the ability to present confidently and be self-motivated certainly help.
What I like most
Being part of a 'data company' makes you feel like you are part of something which is only going to become more relevant.
The products and services being developed in some parts of the company are really interesting: tie ups with google, facebook, and twitter, there is also some really interesting stuff that comes out of the neuro-science team.
If you think you'd enjoy analyzing large data sets, and are interested in the future of "big data" it's a good place to start, with a really supportive Graduate scheme and lots of opportunities to rotate within the company.
What I like least
The work-life balance might be weighted to much in favour of leisure, if you're looking for a really high pressured environment which takes up all of your time this probably isn't the right place for it.
The headquarters are in Oxford which means the social scene is a lot more low-key compared to London based employers.
What surprised me most
The range of job roles available to me, I'm currently on an "emerging leaders programme" which is allowing me to live in 3 locations in Europe over the next 18 months. After that I can choose to work in a number of departments in a number of countries, this is surprising to me because I didn't expect the company to be genuinely open to international moves.
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