Posted On: August 12, 2016

Media-Related Job

Media Organization: Guardian News & Media

Company Description

Guardian News & Media (GNM) is the publisher of the US news website www.theguardian.com/us, the Guardian and Observer newspapers and www.theguardian.com website in the UK. We're a highly regarded global news brand, owned by the Scott Trust — an arrangement that guarantees its independent voice in perpetuity.

Guardian US is an entirely digital operation that seeks to engage US readers by combining the Guardian's internationalist, online journalism with US voices and expertise.

Job Description

Guardian News & Media, supported by $2.6 million in funding from the John S. & James L. Knight Foundation, has launched a mobile innovation lab in the US newsroom. The goal of this project is to further both the Guardian’s and the news industry’s understanding of, and success on, small screens. To contribute to this effort, we’re seeking out developers, designers, data specialists and journalists. This project is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of the closest of editorial and technical collaborations, with a broad creative mandate.

As a part of the mobile innovation lab, you’ll be embedded in a working newsroom with access to the content, scale and resources necessary to experiment with new products in a real-world environment. You’ll be helping to develop new methods, tools, products and experiences that provide insight and enable the creation of mobile-first journalism.

The mobile innovation lab is now looking for a Digital Data Analyst to drive problem solving for the mobile innovation lab and the organization as a whole by providing digital data analysis, insights and curiosity-led thinking. As a full stack analyst you will maintain the integrity of the data architecture. You will also manipulate large data sets to understand user behavior, make product recommendations and deliver business value.

This position will be appointed on an 18 month staff contract.

All candidates interested in applying should upload a resume and cover letter as one document. All candidates must have the right to work and live in the United States and be located, or prepared to relocate to the Greater New York City Area.

The deadline for receipt of applications is Wednesday, August 31, 2016.

Guardian News & Media is an equal employment opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, national origin or citizenship.

To Apply

Please apply here: https://gnm.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=NEW00004S