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Were seeking a Senior Newsroom Analyst to work as part of the Audience team communicating data-based successes & recommendations to New York Magazines editorial team. The ideal candidate is analytical & creative in their data analysis; can effectively communicate results & recommendations to editorial staff; confidently leads collaboration both in & outside of our team, & demonstrates a deep familiarity with New York Magazine.
WHO WE ARE
New York Magazine obsessively chronicles the ideas, people, & cultural events that are forever reshaping our world. The New York brand includes the groundbreaking magazine New York, which is published biweekly in print, & six thriving verticals: Intelligencer, delivering national news & sharp commentary on politics, business, technology, & media; the Cut, covering the conversations that matter most to women today; Vulture, the premier destination for culture news, criticism, & service; the Strategist, dedicated to shopping the internet smartly; Curbed, covering cities & city life; & Grub Street, home to food news & authoritative restaurant criticism.
New York Magazine is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about whats now, whats next, & whats possible.
As a community of journalists & storytellers, business professionals, creators & technologists, we believe it is a moral & business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, & inclusion throughout our organization & media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, & our platforms, products, & partnerships.
WHAT YOULL DO
- Partner closely with editorial leadership to measure, interpret, & guide content strategy & resourcing decisions.
- Provide regular analyses & actionable insights to both editorial leadership & the newsroom across verticals, & lead recurring performance reviews that address primary KPIs across multiple audiences, story format & topic analysis, & desk-level performance.
- Proactively identify trends in content performance & make actionable recommendations for each team or vertical.
- Collaborate with editors & writers on content planningespecially around tentpole events, coverage packages, & trending topicsusing historic performance data.
- Design, build & support both automated & ad-hoc reports & dashboards across multiple data sources
- Collect, manipulate & analyze data using multiple tactics & work to ensure data integrity
- Creatively define key performance metrics with editorial stakeholders that both reflect business goals & advise the teams long & short-term strategic thinking
- Communicate about metrics with the team, for example propose or advocate for new metrics (or new definitions), work with an engineer to export the right parameters, etc.
- Document best practices & write how-to guides to support stakeholders across New York Magazine
- Maintain strong relationships with the editorial team in order to develop, communicate, & implement strategies for growth
- Insights span across multiple revenue streams / priorities
WHO YOU ARE
- You are analytical & detail oriented, with a passionnot just for reporting databut digging deeper to identify underlying themes around key trends, results & critical outcomes
- You are very confident with Excel/Google Sheets (e.g. =query() function); you can aggregate data from disparate sources in a consolidated view
- You have strong written & verbal communication skills, & are able to distill actionable insights to non-technical audiences.
- Youre able to manage multiple tracks of work at once, balancing both short-term & long-term projects simultaneously. You take initiative in starting new projects & seeing them through (individually or through collaboration).
- Understanding of SEM, SEO, & social media best practices
- Experience in Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Parse.ly & insights provided by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or other social platforms
- Preferably based in NYC or have the ability to commute in monthly/quarterly for in-office meetings.
Bonus points for:
- Experience working in a fast-paced & fluid editorial environment
- Experience & familiarity with SQL & working with large datasets
- Have previous experience with a loyalty or community-driven business.
- Experience training & educating stakeholders in how to use data & tools to drive strategic decisions.
If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! Weve hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, & sommeliers who became writers.
WHERE YOULL WORK
This job is hybrid, & expected to come into our New York, NY office.
WHY VOX MEDIA?
WHAT WE OFFER
This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.
OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT
Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves & create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products & services come from people with all manner of backgrounds & experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work & sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights & best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency & communication. Learn more about our values here, & our approach to corporate citizenship here.
Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer & qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team (recruitment@voxmedia.com).
WHAT COMES NEXT
Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, & how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.
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