Marketing Science and Engineering Intern

Key Skills

Algorithms, Data Analysis, Effective communication skills, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, Marketing Strategy, Python Programming, SQL

Job Description

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on! 

At Live Nation our fans use our sites and apps powering one of the world's top ecommerce sites. Our events can sell out in seconds, and we leverage our data to reach and connect fans to the events they love. As a member of the engineering team, you will work on our Automated Fan Engagement and Targeting Engine creating personalized fan experiences. You will focus on improving Live Nation’s customer acquisition capabilities, amplifying our voice and enabling timely, personalized communication with fans. Your work will increase millions of fans’ awareness of live events, providing them with opportunities they otherwise would have missed.

THE ROLE

We are looking for software and machine learning graduate students to leverage and explore methods and algorithms to help connect fans to the live events they crave and remember. You are an individual with a strong curiosity about data and leveraging it to connect to fans. You are excited to work on large data sets and summarize them using a broad range of algorithms and computational approaches.

You will be working with some of the most exciting data, tools, frameworks like Spark, Scikit Learn, Pandas, and AWS just to name a few, and be a key contributor to Live Nation’s large-scale collaborative filtering system and marketing platform.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• We have a variety of teams and problems where you can work and learn
• Be part of a dynamic, highly-focused team that is responsible for providing machine-learning insights and products that engage Live Nation’s 170+MM users

• Research and evaluate the effectiveness of various tech tools

• Work with Recommendations, Analytics, Marketing Automation and SEO Team members to create tools to analyze audiences, website content, conversion, search keywords and their relationships

​WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• Must be currently a Masters or PhD student
• Coursework and/or professional experience with a high-level programming language like: Python and/or Java

• Coursework and/or previous experience with data analysis and SQL languages a plus (some projects may require it)

• Machine learning coursework a plus

• Experience with state-of-the-art machine learning tool kits and algorithms

• Interest and the desire to learn

• Effective communication skills and enjoying work as part of a team

Live Nation’s policy regarding vaccinations and masking related to a pandemic or other infectious disease control measures, acts of God, health and safety mandates and/or restrictions imposed by applicable local, state or federal governments has evolved over time. Currently, we strongly encourage employees to be fully vaccinated from such infectious diseases for which vaccinations are available. You are expected to follow Live Nation’s health and safety protocols and policies as they change from time to time.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case by case basis.

HIRING PRACTICES

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job

Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.