Data Analyst

Summary

Join DC Thomson's Data Science & Insights team and oversee the design, creation, and analysis of core datasets for brands like The Beano and The Courier. You will maintain the accuracy of the reporting framework and empower stakeholders with data-driven insights. This hands-on role is crucial for extracting value from data and driving company growth. Collaborate with product, marketing, and editorial teams to integrate data into strategic decisions, evangelize self-service data analysis, and build automated dashboards and reporting. You will also enrich data models and collaborate on extracting insights from user behavioral data, while maintaining data governance. The role offers flexible working arrangements and a supportive team environment.

Requirements

• SQL-based data modelling (including version control)
• Cloud-based data warehouses
• Analysis combining data from multiple sources
• Presenting analysis in an effective manner to non-technical audiences
• Bring strong communication skills and a love of working in a team
• Be an active member of the data community
• Challenge the reporting status quo to extract more insight
• Nurture the data-driven culture at DC Thomson
• Deliver accurate meaningful data to multiple stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Working alongside multiple functions: You’ll work with product, marketing, and editorial within our community structure to ensure data is at the heart of all our strategic decisions
• Evangelising self-service data analysis: Aid stakeholders in how to use data and help them understand why it’s so critical in ensuring cutting-edge tech companies remain customer centric
• Designing and building: Create magic through automated dashboards and reporting, thus, allowing stakeholders to seamlessly integrate data into their day-to-day work
• Enriching and creating data models: Ensure we are always using our data in the best way possible to maximise our insight
• Collaborating with the rest of the team: Designing new ways of extracting insight from our user behavioural data
• Maintaining our data governance : Ensuring stakeholders always have access to accurate up to date data

Benefits

• A generous holiday allowance with the chance to buy more
• A pension contribution that stands out in the market (9.5% matched company contribution with a 6% contribution from the employee's side)
• All the health and wellbeing benefits you’d expect and some you wouldn’t
• 34 days holiday
• Health Cash Plan
• Onsite Staff Gym
• Excellent Pension
• A competitive salary
• Many more staff discounts and benefits