News Analyst (Mandarin Speaker)

Cognizant; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 33,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a News Analyst who will support algorithm training by translating Chinese content into English and monitoring real-time data across multiple datasets. The ideal candidate is a recent graduate or professional journalist with strong English skills and adaptability.

Responsibilities emphasize data validation, QA tooling, and contributing to UX studies for QA tools, with a focus on staying current with policies and procedures in a fast-changing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Journalism, Communications, English, or related fields.
• 0–6 years of work experience, preferably in reporting, digital media, or related education.
• Translate Chinese language content into English.
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills (B2 or equivalent).
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to monitor and analyze real-time data from multiple datasets.
• Audit and apply business rules for data validation programmatically.
• QA algorithmic data streams to improve dataset quality.
• Participate in UX user research studies for internal QA tools.
• Stay up-to-date on new policies, processes, and procedures impacting QA workflow.
• Able to adapt quickly in a rapidly changing environment.
• Goal- and result-oriented mindset.
• Proficiency in another foreign language is a plus.

Skills

Chinese language proficiency

English communication

Data monitoring

QA data streams

UX involvement

Adaptability

Multitasking

Education

Degree in Journalism

Tools

QA tools

Job description

About the role:

As a News Analyst, you will be an integral part of our algorithm training process, serving as a resource to help define factors that are important to our clients.

Who you are:

You are a highly motivated new graduate or professional journalist who loves being at the forefront of breaking news and has a passion for technology, social media and online content. You should be proficient in Chinese and have an ability to translate to English.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Degree, preferably in Journalism, Communications, English, political/social sciences or related fields
• 0-6 years of work experience, preferably as a reporter covering breaking news, or working in digital media, or educational equivalent
• Translate Chinese language content into English
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills (B2 or equivalent)
• Strong organizational skills, comfortable managing multiple competing priorities
• Ability to monitor and analyze real-time data from multiple datasets
• Audit and programmatically apply business rules for data validation
• QA algorithmic data streams to improve the quality of the dataset output
• Participate in UX user research studies for internal QA tools
• Stay up-to-date on new policies, processes, and procedures impacting the QA workflow
• Able to adapt quickly in a rapidly changing environment
• Goal and result-oriented mindset
• Proficiency in another foreign language a plus