Data Analyst

The Sun is Britain’s largest newspaper which launched in 1969 with the slogan ‘forward with the people’, because that is what we believe in. We are a group of talented, dedicated, and creative people with a real passion for delivering real stories to our ever-growing audiences. Our newspapers and digital products include some of the most powerful storytelling, reaching over 30 million people each month. The Sun is more than a newspaper. It is an entertainer, a cultural reference point, and a finger on the pulse.

Your Team: You’ll be joining the Analytics team to help maximise our relationship with the 30m+ monthly readers of The Sun, 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 by partnering with stakeholder groups across The Sun to drive customer behaviour and advise on how we can utilise our data to meet our objectives. You will work closely with teams including the Newsrooms, Product Development, Marketing, User Experience and Technology to provide innovative ideas and actionable insights to improve decision making, content commissioning and ultimately engagement and upsell.

Day to day you will:

• Generate Actionable Insights: Work with key stakeholders from Products, CRM, Audience, Marketing & Promotions and others. Produce automated reporting, provide in-depth analysis and actionable insights to improve decision making within Product, Editorial, Marketing & Promotions, Audience, etc., ultimately contributing to audience growth and increasing revenue.
• Collaborate with Technical Teams: Work closely with Data Engineering, Architecture, and Analytics Implementation teams to ensure smooth data flow and accurate reporting. Your collaboration will ensure that data is effectively utilised across all departments.
• Enable Strategic Decision-Making: Engage with senior stakeholders to translate data insights into actionable strategies. Participate in business meetings, identify critical data needs, and assist in crafting clear, actionable recommendations that align with business goals.

What we’re looking for from you:

• Utilise SQL in Google BigQuery to manipulate and process large data sets to enable concise reporting and analysis.
• Embrace the challenge of visualising data in a meaningful and actionable way in Tableau & Looker Studio.
• Enjoy presenting and communicating detailed analysis to non-technical stakeholders.
• Develop the technical understanding in the area of expertise in your role, be it in customer acquisition, churn, A/B tests, digital audience measurement or commercial advertising.
• An understanding of the subscription business and how data can be used to support different elements of the subscription funnel.
• A clear understanding of the media landscape across print, digital, radio and television.
• Numerate degree qualified or relevant experience.

If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

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, talkRADIO 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 digital and print, audio and video, events and experiences, our 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.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

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
• Thriving employee networks supporting colleagues to embed and grow, including women in technology, parenting, wellbeing, GenZ, NewsIsOut and faith-oriented groups.

We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.