Senior Analyst, Data & Insights, Audience Analytics

The New York Times•New York, NY

1d•$101,000 - $114,000

About The Position

The New York Times is looking for a Senior Analyst to join our Audience Team. As part of the Audience Analytics team, you will work directly with newsroom partners to help uncover meaningful patterns from our data, engineer data solutions, and develop data infrastructure. You will contribute to the team's work in establishing metrics, frameworks, and tooling that provide the newsroom with deeper insight into our audience, coverage, and promotion strategy. You will be a curious and collaborative team player who understands the importance of consistent analytic delivery to support the Times mission. You will report to our Senior Manager, Audience Analytics.

Requirements

3+ years of experience working with data analytics or data science teams to deliver analysis
3+ years of experience in at least one additional scripting language like R, Python, or JavaScript (R preferred)
1+ years experience with data visualization and presenting insights from data
Proficiency in SQL and experience working with relational databases

Nice To Haves

1+ years of experience with version control (Github, code review)
1+ years of experience with ggplot and tidyverse
1+ years of experience or familiarity with analyzing media industry trends
Familiarity with Google BigQuery, AWS, or other big data environments
1+ years of experience working in dbt

Responsibilities

Work with company partners to understand Audience challenges and develop data-driven solutions
Code in R to analyze data, build data visualizations and automated reporting infrastructure.
Write SQL to build pipelines, reporting architecture, and analyze large datasets.
Support data-oriented analyses to be presented to senior leadership in slide decks and memos.
Develop and maintain complex spreadsheets (using functions and macros) and dashboards to expand access to data and analytics.
Occasionally help produce insights for our daily morning news meeting, with the ability to work as early as 7 A.M. EST.
Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.