Data Scientist Assistant - Internship (6 months) January 2024 (M/F/D)

Company Description

Ubisoft's teams consist of 20,000 people spread across more than 40 sites worldwide, all united by a common mission: to enrich the lives of players with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their energy and talent has brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassins Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer who values diversity of backgrounds and perspectives as essential to creating worlds that allow everyone to thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about tackling challenging tasks, leveraging cutting-edge technologies, and contributing to the future of entertainment, join us and create the unknown.

Job Description

Within the Brand & Portfolio Management (BPM) team, you will join the Data Science Modelling (DSM) department, whose mission is to describe and predict the entire video game market from different angles: game success, player motivation and satisfaction, topic analysis, evolution of player behavior over time, etc.

In the scope of our missions, we pay a lot of attention to modeling and understanding the behavior of players on social media, with the aim of continuously improving our games by listening to their feedback. We are looking for an intern in data science who will be an integral part of the team and will actively contribute to the development of our tools and studies.

• Modeling game audiences' interests based on their behavior on social media;
• Collaborating with a team of analysts to create supervised clustering models;
• Establishing clustering and profiling in the video game market based on embeddings;
• Building tailored visualizations to communicate the insights from your analyses;
• Applying NLP algorithms to identify groups of players on social media;
• Exploring and/or proposing new theoretical approaches;
• Communicating your work and your results in an educational way to a diverse audience.

Qualifications

• You enjoy open questions, mathematical modeling; you have an interest in marketing;
• You know the odd one out between Python, Pandas, and Koalas;
• You have some knowledge of NLP or graph theory;
• You have handled a video game controller within the last twenty years (the last twenty minutes would be a plus);
• You're not afraid of querying databases, like SQL;
• You're looking for a team where emulation is the norm (and we're not talking about retrogaming).

Additional Information

Recruitment Process

• [30 minutes]: Phone call with a representative from our Campus team,
• [60 minutes]: Face-to-face or virtual interview with your potential internship mentor and a representative from our Campus team.

Benefits as an UbiTrainee

• Join the 1st company in the last ranking #Happy@Ubi
• Remuneration according to the level of studies.
• Bimpli Restaurant Card, 50% transport fare reimbursement, 1-day leave per month allowed
• Discounted tickets (concerts/shows), access to Ubisoft gym at preferential rates.

Ubisoft strives to develop an inclusive work environment that reflects the diversity of its player community in its teams. As an employer, Ubisoft offers everyone equal opportunities for employment without distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability and age.

Ubi Question Box:

How to prepare my application at Ubisoft?

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At Ubisoft, after a training period, you will be given responsible tasks that may evolve throughout your experience with us. No photocopying internships, instead there are real challenges to tackle every day!

Being an intern also means enjoying the best of both worlds: the vision, stability, opportunities and brand catalog of a large international group, as well as the freedom, creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and friendly work environment of a start-up.

How are Trainees supported during their experience at Ubi?

Our HR teams are responsible for supporting you throughout your experience. This involves close HR support (answers to daily questions, discussions about possibilities of staying at Ubi after your internship/apprenticeship...) and continuous animation of the Trainees community (Welcome Sessions, dedicated Teams group, Trainees Week... and a few other surprises 😉).

I have a disability, how can I apply?

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