Analyst data storytelling

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

About The Role

The New York Times is looking for an Analyst to join our Storytelling Team.

As part of the Storytelling team, you will work closely with Product, Engineering and 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 measuring engagement and evaluating the success of Storytelling initiatives. You will be a curious and collaborative team player who works often with our big data and understands the importance of consistent analytic delivery to support the Times mission. You will report to our Senior Manager, Storytelling Analytics.

Responsibilities

• Work with Storytelling partners to understand challenges and develop data-driven solutions
• Code in R to analyze data, and 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 in slide decks and memos
• Develop and maintain dashboards to expand access to data and analytics
• Develop tracking requirements for new features with the team and ensure that those requirements are implemented properly with engineers
• Run A/B Tests and provide scope, deliver test analysis, insights, and recommendations on future tests and next steps
• 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.
• This role reports to Senior Manager, Storytelling Analytics
  
  

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years experience with data visualization
• 1+ years of experience with version control (Github, code review)
• Experience with ggplot and tidyverse
• Familiarity with Google BigQuery, AWS, or other big data environments
• 1+ years of experience working in dbt or other data transformation or scheduling tool
  
  

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$88,000 - $95,000 USD

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