New York Post
is hiring
Senior Data Analyst
About Our Company
Every day, the most powerful and influential people in the most powerful and influential city read the New York Post. From our digital network that reaches over 90m viewers per month to our daily print editions seven days a week, our iconic media brand is not slowing down.
OUR TEAM: We are a proud, driven, diverse group of employees who believe in breaking and telling stories like no one else can. By telling stories that hold truth to power, we push the envelope and continuously seek new ways to drive our business forward.
OUR BRANDS: Include The New York Post: expert news, extensive, award-winning sports coverage, Page Six: the leader in celebrity and entertainment news, Decider.com: helping the on-demand generation discover the best streaming content, Alexa: our luxury lifestyle print edition focused on the best in luxury fashion, real estate and travel.
OUR REACH: People love us. We are one of the largest growing digital networks and our social footprint continues to expand across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, where our videos average 313 million monthly views.
OUR GROWTH: An ever evolving multi-platform media company, we span print, digital, video, social, podcast, app, commerce/affiliate, original TV programming, and Post Sports+, our newly launched Sports membership experience!
We’re growing. Come join us!
Job Description & Responsibilities
The New York Post is looking for a Senior Data Analyst to join our team. We’re looking for a team member with experience in the analytics process: from asking the right business questions to presenting data and everything in between.
Responsibilities:
- Liaise with editorial and audience development teams to build and maintain custom dashboards, reports, and data analysis decks and fulfill ad-hoc data requests through data visualization platforms (Looker Studio, Tableau, etc.)
- Monitor and provide real-time tech and tag support of traffic fluctuations to the audience development team
- Create audience identity cohorts that segment users of digital content
- Merge multiple datasets, including (but not limited to) website data and social platforms
- Lead management of our javascript analytics tags, ensuring quality data collection across website interactions, including across distributed content sites
- Collaborate with other analysts and data scientists to develop large-scale projects and performance reporting
- Lead initiatives focused on analytics implementation, customization, and automation of data collection processes. The ideal candidate will have solid analytics implementation experience across the life cycle and digital platforms (including web, responsive, and native apps) using Adobe or Google Analytics
- Ensure that all analytical tracking tags are correctly configured to provide robust metrics and insights
- Train incoming employees on in-house analytics tools
- Independently prioritize analytical needs of team and business based on complexity, timing, and visibility
Requirements
The ideal candidate will have/be:
- Minimum 3-5 years experience in analytics; media experience preferred
- BS, MBA, or Masters in statistics, mathematics, tech, engineering, analytics, or comparable areas preferred
- A solid understanding of the behavior of online visitors with experience in improving user experience and increasing page views and/or user engagement
- Experience in leading projects that include data wrangling and exploration
- Analytics tools: Big Query or similar SQL databases (a must), Google Analytics or Adobe Analytics (a must), Parse.ly or Chartbeat a plus, social analytics tools a plus
- Portfolio of data visualization work in Excel, Tableau, Plotly, Google Data Studio, Looker, or similar
- Extensive experience in Microsoft Excel (formulas, pivot tables, charts)
- SQL for relational databases and Javascript tag creation. Knowledge of graph databases and identity management of anonymous datasets is a plus
- Experience joining and analyzing multiple datasets
- Extensive data validation experience
- Great written and verbal communication skills, especially when presenting ideas to senior management
- Eagerness to present findings to multiple audiences
Note: The NY Post adheres to a hybrid work model.
What we offer
Join us! The NY Post offers a host of benefits/perks including:
- Health/Dental/Vision insurance (employer sponsored at 80%)
- Health Savings Accounts
- 401(k) match up to 5.5%
- Commuter benefits via WageWorks
- Referral Bonus
- Mental Health Resources & Employee Assistance Program
- Paid time off (vacation, personal days, and holidays)
- Fertility benefits
- Support for all LGBTQ+ health related needs
- On-site Gym & Bike Storage
- Access to free PDF version of the Post & free Sports+ membership
- and much more!
Salary Range: $50,000- $145,000