Senior Data Analyst

$65,000 - $85,000/Yr

U.S. News & World Report - Washington, DC

Part-time,Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Washington, DC

Publishing Industries

About the position

U.S. News & World Report is a multifaceted digital media company dedicated to helping citizens, consumers, business leaders, and policy officials make important decisions in their lives. We publish independent reporting, rankings, data journalism, and advice that has earned the trust of our readers and users for nearly 90 years. Our platforms on usnews.com include Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars, News, and 360 Reviews. We reach more than 40 million people monthly during moments when they are most in need of expert advice and motivated to act on that advice directly on our platforms. Our signature franchises include our “Best” series of consumer guides on colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, diets, cars, financial services, and more. These guides provide an easy-to-digest list for consumers to better understand and compare when making their decisions. We continue to publish annual guides of the authoritative Best Colleges and Best Hospitals rankings on our website and in print. And our U.S. News Live flagship conferences highlight important national conversations including Healthcare of Tomorrow and Healthiest Communities. As a data analyst on our Money team, you will collaborate closely with a cross-functional team to guide the development of products and services from conception to launch, and engage closely with our partnerships and editorial teams to help maximize success on both fronts. The primary responsibilities of the Data Analyst include providing tactical support to product managers through the entire development lifecycle, including assisting with technical specifications and QA. You will analyze key metrics to understand product performance, including running A/B tests, predictive modeling, and dashboard development. Additionally, you will generate revenue yield analysis and recommendations on partner campaigns/budgets (including both paid media and on-page placements across the US News experience) and access and manipulate large external datasets to enable our editorial experts to publish unique data-driven content pieces and advice.

Responsibilities

• Providing tactical support to product managers through the entire development lifecycle, including assisting with technical specifications and QA.
• Analyzing key metrics to understand product performance, including running A/B tests, predictive modeling, and dashboard development.
• Generating revenue yield analysis and recommendations on partner campaigns/budgets (including both paid media and on-page placements across the US News experience).
• Accessing and manipulating large external datasets to enable our editorial experts to publish unique data-driven content pieces and advice.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in statistics, data science, economics, computer science, or any other relevant fields.
• Minimum 5 years' experience coding with statistical software packages, preferably STATA.
• Expert level proficiency in SQL, R, SAS, Python or other data science programming languages.
• Ability to work with large datasets and summarize key insights.
• Data mining, analysis, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets to summarize and present data in a concise and easy to understand manner.
• Strong research skills and the ability to answer questions with internal and external data sources.
• Experience presenting analyses to non-technical audiences with simple explanations.
• Attention to detail, organization and time management are your strengths.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with reporting/tracking tools including Google Analytics.
• Up-to-date knowledge on Internet publishing and metrics, with an acute understanding of SEO.

Benefits

• Paid vacation time
• Medical insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Training opportunities