Data Analyst at DC Thomson – United Kingdom (Remote)

Dataleum; London, Dundee; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Data Analyst to join their Data Science & Insights team. In this hands-on role, you will design and analyze datasets to empower decision-making across various brands. You will work collaboratively with multiple teams, ensuring data is central to strategic decisions. With a modern data stack and a commitment to a data-driven culture, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact. If you are passionate about data and enjoy working in a supportive, flexible environment, this position could be your next great opportunity!

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Pension contribution (9.5%)

Health and wellbeing benefits

Flexible working hours

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and team-oriented mindset.
• Experience in SQL-based data modeling and cloud data warehouses.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design, creation, and analysis of core datasets.
• Collaborate with product, marketing, and editorial teams.

Skills

SQL

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Looker

Job description

Description
About DC Thomson:

At DC Thomson, we are a business with a purpose – to positively impact the communities we serve.

We are home to some of the world’s best-loved media brands, organised around local news and radio, companionship, kids, advocacy, energy, puzzles and hobbies.

The Courier, The Press & Journal, The Sunday Post, Beano, Stylist, Puzzler, The People’s Friend, My Weekly, bunkered, Energy Voice, Findmypast and Brightsolid are just some brands you might know us for.

Deeply rooted in our communities, we are investing in data, technology and talent to unlock a new level of understanding about what matters to our customers.

Why join our Data Science and Insights team?

• We’re driven by the desire to create a fantastic customer experience.
• We love nothing more than taking big data and extracting as much insight as possible.
• We’re naturally collaborative and work closely with every other team within the company.
• We’re neatly set up for flexible working and giving people the freedom to thrive.
• We’re a supportive bunch and actively attend conferences, have discussion groups, and set aside dedicated time for learning and development.
• We have an integrated cutting-edge data stack that allows you to push the boundaries of data analysis.

You won’t find any bureaucracy here, but you will find:

• 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
• The chance to work with smart and fun people on products that will bring joy to millions

We value seeing each other in person from time to time. It helps us do great work. Whilst we are a remote-first team, we ask our colleagues to occasionally attend one of our office hubs in London or Dundee, so they can spend valuable time together working collaboratively.

About the Role:

Working within the Data Science & Insights team at DC Thomson, you will oversee the design, creation, and analysis of core datasets to aid brands such as The Beano, Stylist, Puzzler, and The Courier in making smarter decisions. You will be responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the reporting framework and empowering stakeholders across the company via data. This is a hands-on role that will play a crucial part in extracting value from data and thus, driving the growth of DC Thomson.

Here’s what the role involves:

• 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: Educate stakeholders on data use and help them understand why it’s critical to ensuring cutting-edge tech companies remain customer-centric.
• Designing and building: Create magic through automated dashboards and reporting, thus allowing stakeholders to integrate data into their day-to-day work seamlessly.
• 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.

We have a modern data stack already in place, centred around a Snowflake data warehouse, dbt as the data transformation tool and our BI tool, Looker. We don’t expect you to be fluent with all these technologies, but we do want you to have experience with the following:

• SQL-based data modelling (including version control)
• Cloud-based data warehouses
• Analysis combining data from multiple sources
• effectively presenting analysis to non-technical audiences

Requirements
About You:

The ideal candidate will:

• 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

If you said yes to these, and this all sounds appealing, then get in touch. This could be the start of something special.