Job Description

About Ovative Group:

Ovative Group is an independent, full-funnel media, measurement, and creative firm transforming how brands grow. We partner with leading names like American Eagle, Best Buy, Domino’s, The Home Depot, Polaris, and UnitedHealth Group to build smarter media and measurement programs that drive real, profitable growth.

We don’t just track performance—we redefine it. Powered by our proprietary intelligence platform, EMRge, and our holistic metric Enterprise Marketing Return (EMR), we help brands connect revenue, customer, and brand outcomes into one clear picture of success. Our approach to full-funnel strategy, buying, and measurement delivers results that matter—and it’s getting noticed. Our work has been recognized by Digiday, Google, USA Today, Inc. 5000, and Search Engine Land.

About the Role:

Marketers rely on clear, trustworthy data visualization to understand complex datasets and get the most out of their marketing investment. As a Data Visualization Engineer on our Client Delivery team, you'll design, build, and roll out analytics solutions that marketers use every day — including EMRge MMM, our flagship product.

You'll work hands-on with tools like SQL, Tableau, and GitHub, and bring a curiosity for modern AI tools into your daily workflow, balancing AI-assisted development with rigorous testing, documentation, and review. You'll own reporting solutions across the full lifecycle — from gathering requirements with clients and internal stakeholders to shipping a finished dashboard — and collaborate closely with both technical and business teams along the way.

The right candidate has a passion for data and analytics, strong problem-solving instincts, and a design-thinking mindset. You have hands-on experience building client-facing reporting dashboards and can troubleshoot issues when something doesn't look right. Strong communication and organization skills matter here — you'll be managing multiple projects and deadlines at once on a fast-paced, growing team.

Responsibilities of a Data Visualization Engineer, Client Delivery:

Translate client needs into reporting solutions

• Work with clients and internal stakeholders to understand reporting needs, gather requirements, and define use cases for new reporting capabilities
• Define and communicate precise data requirements to engineering partners, ensuring underlying datasets support outputs like year-over-year performance, segmentation, and advanced marketing KPIs
• Collaborate with engineering on dataset and pipeline needs, including orchestration tools (e.g., Dagster, Airflow), to make sure the data powering client reporting is reliable and fit for purpose
• Create and review proposals with key stakeholders to roll out reporting solutions quickly and meet client needs
• Bridge design and development in Tableau, upholding data visualization best practices and client standards
• Apply a UI/UX lens to visualizations, keeping a consistent approach across solutions so they scale

Deliver with quality and rigor

• Onboard new clients onto our reporting platforms and EMRge MMM, setting them up for a smooth, successful launch
• Design, develop, test, and deploy reporting and software solutions that meet business and technical requirements
• Take new features from beta through general availability, and maintain existing solutions as client needs evolve
• Own documentation — technical requirements, evaluation plans, test results, and recommendations
• Follow established engineering best practices: code quality, documentation, deployment, and testing
• Troubleshoot reporting and software issues independently, escalating and collaborating as needed, including participating in an on-call rotation to support production systems
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, internal LLM tooling) to explore solution options, generate scaffolding, and improve velocity — while maintaining code quality and security

Grow with the team

• Share technical expertise and provide guidance to teammates as needed
• Participate in knowledge sharing and stay current on emerging technology and engineering practices
• Explore and champion new tools and technologies that improve how the team works
• Actively contribute to team culture and continue building toward your own professional development

Requirements:

• 3+ years building enterprise products in reporting, data, and/or analytics space
• Experience with writing, updating, and optimizing SQL queries to develop datasets
• Proven analytical skillset with ability to derive insights out of large datasets and present findings in an appropriately detailed manner
• Experience with data visualization tools i.e. Tableau to create client facing reporting
• Familiarity with orchestration tools i.e. Dagster, Airflow
• Foundational organization skills and ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines
• Foundational technical acumen and desire to work within a technical environment
• Familiarity working with technical and business teams – including presenting technical requirements to non-technical audiences

Preferred:

• Familarity with cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure
• Experience with iterative development and Agile methodologies, including familiarity with SAFe or similar scaled frameworks.
• Experience with, or a strong curiosity about AI-assisted tools for data analysis and visualization.
• Familiarity with Python, or other data processing and analysis tools
• Experience in a digital marketing role or agency
• Familiarity with advanced marketing return methodologies such as Multi-Touch Attribution and Media Mix Modeling

Pay Transparency:

At Ovative, we offer a transparent view into three core components of the total compensation package: Base Salary, Annual Bonus, and Benefits.

For our Sr. Analyst positions, including the position of Data Visualization Engineer, Client Delivery, our compensation range is from $75,000 to $93,000 on an annualized basis, which is inclusive of an annual bonus opportunity of up to 15% of base salary.

Working at Ovative Group:

We provide strong, competitive, holistic benefits that understand the importance of your life inside and out of work.

At Ovative, culture isn’t a buzzword—it’s the reason we’ve been named a Top Workplace for ten years running. We lead with trust, transparency, and a commitment to doing the hard work others avoid.

We offer flexibility. You'll work from our Minneapolis, Chicago, or New York office on set days each week, and an option to work remote on others.

Our open floor plan reflects our open communication and flat structure—where interns collaborate with VPs, analysts partner with senior leaders, and our CEO engages with every team member. Together, we create an environment where smart, driven people can do their best work and support one another in the process.

We’re equally committed to inclusion and belonging. Ovative fosters a workplace where everyone can participate and thrive—regardless of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression or other protected class status. Our benefits and policies reflect that commitment, from inclusive medical leave coverage for same-sex spouses to equitable care and support for all families.

Benefits:

We strive to hire and retain the best talent by offering fair, competitive compensation, a meaningful bonus program, and excellent health coverage. When the company performs well, we all benefit.

Some tangible benefits and amenities we enjoy:

• Access to all office spaces in MSP, NYC, and CHI  
• Frequent, paid travel to our Minneapolis headquarters for company events, team events, and in-person collaboration with teams
• Generous paid vacation policy  
• 401k match program  
• Top-notch health insurance options, inclusive of same sex partners 
• Family formation benefits including reimbursement options for fertility, pregnancy, and parenting needs 
• Monthly stipend for your mobile phone and data plan  
• Sabbatical program  
• Charitable giving via our time and a financial match program  
• Shenanigan’s Day  

Additional information can be found at Ovative's Career Page.

The details of the benefits are covered by applicable plan documents for group benefits and by company policies where a plan document does not apply.

Working at Ovative won’t be easy—but if you like challenging, hard work, driving results, and being surrounded by the best talent, it has the potential to be the most rewarding job you’ll ever have. If you think you can make us better, we want to hear from you!

EEO & Accessibility:

Ovative is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a respectful, inclusive workplace for all. Applicants receive consideration without regard to legally protected characteristics (e.g., color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity/, gender expression, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, marital/ status, familial status, military or veteran’s status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, and any other status protected under applicable law).

We provide reasonable accommodations consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state law to qualified applicants and employees with disability, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.

If you need assistance or accommodation at any stage of the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at application.accomodations@ovative.com.

Application Details and Process:

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer on a full-time basis, without current or future need for visa sponsorship. Ovative is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification documentation upon hire.

Open Until Filled or Otherwise Withdrawn:

We encourage interested candidates to apply early. The position will remain open for at least 10 business days from the first day of posting. After this time, if the position has not been filled, the posting will remain open until the position is filled, or until the posting is otherwise closed or withdrawn for business reasons.