Analyst

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage.

Your team: You’ll be joining the Analytics team to help maximise our relationship with 500,000+ subscribers on The Times and The Sunday Times, contributing to continued annual growth. We are at the forefront of innovative approaches to both data and customer experience, evidenced by the team recently winning 4 ‘best use of data’ awards, living up to our vision of driving the business through data.

Your role: You will add value to The Times and The Sunday Times by increasing understanding of our audience and their behaviour, before and after the subscription. You will work closely with teams including the Newsrooms, Product Development, Marketing, User Experience and Technology to provide reporting, analysis and actionable insights to improve decision making in product, content, marketing and price, ultimately contributing to increasing our subscriber base.

What we are looking for:

• You’ll drive business value and action from your analysis by influencing a variety of stakeholders
• You should have a keen interest in data-driven decision-making and the ability to translate data into meaningful insights, as well as an analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills.
• You have some experience utilising SQL to manipulate and process large data sets to enable concise reporting and analysis from our GBQ data warehouse.
• You love the challenge of visualising, presenting, and communicating detailed analysis in a meaningful and actionable way to non-technical stakeholders, knowing how to convince different audiences using tools like Tableau or Looker Studio.
• You are encouraged to spot opportunities to automate analytics tasks, allowing you to focus on tackling and breaking down the more complex business problems.
• You have an understanding of the subscription business model, find insights and make recommendations that drive subscription through acquisition, retention and engagement.
• You have experience or are able to adapt to a fast and agile environment, deliver insights or provide the stakeholder with timely assistance and support in data analysis as required.
• You will work closely with our customer team, and support the functions such as performance marketing and CRM, through data insights and dashboards.

What’s in it for you?

• You’ll work with a huge, passionate team at The Times & The Sunday Times, getting the chance to interrogate and interpret big data sets.
• Working within a large analytics team; learning off of and collaborating with 15+ analysts with varying backgrounds, experience, and skills.
• Interact with diverse departments ranging from salespeople, creative content producers, and technical specialists to leading marketers.
• We invest in our talent, supporting technical and soft skill development including access to LinkedIn Learning.

We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments due to a disability or health condition at any stage of your application or interview, please let us know. You can contact us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support you to perform at your best.