Jobs

Spotcast Communications provides advertising-sponsored phone services with
mobile phone companies around the world.  We're looking for statisticians,
computer scientists, and engineers to develop and enhance our analysis,
targeting and campaign management capabilities. The mobile phone
environment is rich in data and as mobile operators expand their services, we
expand ours.

Responsibilities include:
- Developing a deep understanding of our data through exploratory analyses
- Predictive modeling to optimize individual campaigns and groups of campaigns
- Enhancing our user models by deriving new features
- Working with other teams inside Spotcast:
	- Data Management, to develop optimal approaches to database design
	  and organization
	- Web Development, to produce useful reports for internal, phone
	  company, and advertiser use
	- Operations and Maintenance, to develop fault identification metrics and
	  alarms
	- Marketing, to design and develop subscriber questionnaires

Skills and qualifications include:
  - Creativity, self-direction, and a love for problem solving
  - B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in statistics, computer science, engineering, operations
    research, or a similar field
  - Solid understanding of predictive models and familiarity with data mining,
    machine learning and knowledge discovery
  - Knowledge of database marketing, credit scoring, fraud detection, or similar
    applications
  - Experience in S-PLUS, Matlab, Mathematica, or similar environments
  - Programming skills in C/C++, Java, or Perl
  - Experience using SQL

Spotcast is headquartered in the Washington, D.C., area, with major offices in
London and Hong Kong. We're a young, fast growing company with an
outstanding technical team. Part-time telecommuting is possible for the right
candidate.


Company Overview:

Spotcast is a leading the push in ad-sponsored communications. Through
partnerships with mobile phone operators, Spotcast provides free airtime in
exchange for listening to short 10-second advertisements that are tailored to the
listener. (See our web site at http://www.spotcastnetwork.com for more
information.) Operational sites currently include Paris, Hong Kong, and
Singapore. Additional operational sites are planned in other parts of Europe,
Asia, and South America.

Spotcast offers a very exciting environment with a competitive compensation and
benefits package.  The company's management and board are energetic and
focused in their goals, but looking for new ways to apply this technology to the
rapidly changing mobile telecommunications industry. Your peers at Spotcast are
some of the best in the business, and this job promises to always provide
stimulating challenges.

Contact information:
Kaye Kirsch, Technical Coordinator
Spotcast Communications
e-mail: kaye.kirsch@spotcast.net
Telephone: 202 257 2593
Fax: 301 565 9509
www.spotcast.net