Senior editorial analyst

The Team

The Times Editorial Data team sits at the crossroads of data and content, helping readers connect with the journalism they value most. We partner closely with the Times Audience team to understand what drives engagement and how best to deliver impactful stories.

We bring clarity, creativity and technical rigour to connecting readers with the stories that matter. We work across the newsroom, using data and insight to inform editorial decisions every day.

The Role

We’re looking for a Senior Editorial Analyst to join the team, reporting to the Head of Editorial Data. This is an embedded role in the newsroom, working across The Times and The Sunday Times.

You combine technical expertise in data analysis with editorial awareness and strategic thinking. You know how to query and structure large datasets, build reporting tools that scale, and turn findings into insights that shape commissioning, framing and promotion.

You guide projects, mentor colleagues and champion best practice in analytics. You help make data part of the newsroom’s daily rhythm, increasing the reach and impact of our journalism.

Key Responsibilities

Technical & analytical

• Build analyses from the ground up: query, clean and interpret complex datasets.
• Lead all phases of analytic work — defining problems, gathering data, analysing results, and representing findings.
• Design, build and maintain data tables, dashboards and automated reports that support newsroom decision-making.
• Structure datasets and create intuitive visualisations that make data accessible across the newsroom.
• Collaborate with data engineering to improve data quality, enrich metadata and develop new datasets for analysis.

Insight & strategy

• Run deep dives into audience behaviour, content performance and engagement patterns to uncover trends and growth opportunities.
• Translate findings into clear, editorially relevant recommendations that influence how we commission, frame and distribute stories.
• Partner with editorial, product and marketing teams to test and measure content features, formats and promotion strategies.
• Write narrative-driven performance reports that explain not just what happened but why — and what to do next.
• Present insights to editors, journalists and senior leadership in clear, persuasive language.
• Teach editors, reporters and others in the newsroom how to use tools and think critically about audience data.
• Build confidence in data by ensuring reliability, clarity and transparency.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning and smarter measurement across the newsroom.

About you

You should have:

• 3+ years of experience working with data analytics or data science teams to deliver reporting and analysis.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, with hands-on experience working with large datasets.
• Experience designing dashboards, reports and workflows, using tools such as Google Data Studio or Tableau.
• Ability to communicate cross-functionally - written, visually, and verbally - to present key insights to team members, partners, and stakeholders.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• A genuine enthusiasm for journalism, current affairs and the public mission of The Times and The Sunday Times.

Ideally, you also have:

• Experience working in a newsroom or editorial analytics environment.
• Familiarity with digital publishing metrics and strategies for audience growth.
• Knowledge of audience and web analytics tools (Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Parse.ly, Chartbeat).

Key behaviours

• Results-driven and detail-oriented, producing high-quality work.
• A self-starter who can independently manage projects and deliverables.
• Strong communicator, able to explain technical concepts simply and persuasively.
• Collaborative, with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others.
• Curious and adaptable, eager to experiment and try new approaches.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and managing multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
• Committed to fostering an inclusive, supportive team culture.

If you don’t meet every requirement but believe you have the skills, curiosity and drive to succeed in this role, we encourage you to apply.

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.

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 13 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%
• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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