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Senior Data Analyst

Employer
ITV
Location
London, Gray’s Inn Road / Remote (Hybrid)
Salary
Competitive + benefits
Closing date
19 Jan 2022

Job Details

Why you should join us…

We connect with millions of people every day, make content they can't get enough of and reflect and shape the world we live in… and we do all this through the power of creativity.

At ITV, we’re well on our way to becoming a digital first business. We’re transforming the way we work so that tech is at the heart of everything we do. It’s what our More Than TV strategy is all about. And none of it would be possible without our data - and the people behind it.  

Business Area Overview:

Our data team is responsible for helping us realise the value of data. That could mean anything from upskilling and training our people, to increasing our revenue through experimentation and personalisation. The list is truly endless.

The team works across our business and impacts everything from Studios and Broadcast to Shared Services. Our strategists develop creative data stories and work with our teams of Data Analysts - they know how to squeeze value from creativity.

As we enter the fourth industrial revolution, anyone who joins the team will have the opportunity to work on genuinely groundbreaking innovations so that we can continue to blend science into a creative business.

This role entails…

Sitting in the data experimentation team, we have an opportunity for a Senior Data Analyst to help deliver our ambitious data strategy. In this role you will take full ownership of analytical requirements for a business domain in a cross functional team.

We are looking for talented individuals who are well-versed in big data techniques and have a strong interest in media, to join the team. We have ambitions to lead the market in data-powered, video advertising products that deliver compelling and effective solutions to advertisers and their media agencies.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Promote and embed data experimentation across ITV business domains to drive value growth
  • Create and maintain automated data products for commercial and operations teams, highlighting media opportunities, product performance and campaign optimisation
  • Support the design of advertising effectiveness metrics and reporting, to prove the value of our ad and data products to advertisers
  • Help shape, test and optimise data products for high-quality ad targeting              
  • As part of a cross functional team develop prototypes and embed data solutions for business stakeholders    
  • Collaborate with cross functional teams including data strategist, data scientists, engineers and business stakeholders to drive projects forward
  • ​Communicate analytics and insight to business stakeholders in a non-technical, commercial and impactful manner.         
  • Proactively suggest data driven solutions to add value to the business wherever possible

Minimum Criteria:

  • Experience of working in the data analytics industry, preferably with extensive digital exposure
  • Keen problem solver who is able to demonstrate critical thinking
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Programming skills in Python
  • Experience working with GCP, Tableau and AWS
  • Experience analysing large datasets using SQL

ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from candidates with a disability and as a Disability Confident Leader, we have committed to interview all candidates with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. (minimum criteria above)

Key Criteria:

  • Strong communication skills with the ability to tell stories with data
  • Comfortable visualising and presenting analysis across a range of formats (reports, powerpoint, dashboards, e-mail)
  • An understanding of analytical techniques and experimentation methodologies
  • Experience working closely with business stakeholders and engineering teams
  • Experience mentoring junior members of the team
  • Exposure to agile product development
  • An understanding of datamesh
  • Interest in digital media and familiar with advertising technologies and platforms
  • Interest in the TV landscape

What we can offer:

We offer a competitive salary and 5 weeks’ holiday on top of public holidays, plus the option to buy more. Other benefits include annual bonus plan, life assurance cover, and interest-free season-ticket loans, an opportunity to buy ITV shares, and the chance to join pension, health insurance, childcare vouchers and cycle to work schemes.

We want to be the most flexible employer in Media. We offer Smart working and we will support you and provide you the right environment and work/ life balance.

We reach millions of people everyday, that’s why having diverse talents and being an organisation where colleagues feel included is crucial to us. We have various networks who celebrate and support our colleagues. We try to embed an inclusive mindset in everything we do.

We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application process as part of our reasonable adjustments approach. So we encourage you to get in touch with us if you require anything via the ‘apply’ button.

* There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications

Company

We connect with millions of people every day, make content they can't get enough of and reflect and shape the world we live in… and we do all this through the power of creativity.

ITV loves helping people build their careers. Every day we create quality content for different platforms, including some of the UK's best-loved TV programmes. Behind the scenes, our diverse team works collaboratively in a variety of different roles, thinking creatively and commercially to make an impact across the globe.

ITV Online operates the award-winning ITV Hub, one of the UK’s leading VOD (Video on Demand) platforms with over 27m registered users. We also operate a range of other programme apps and websites. We deliver the most popular television from the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster online with a focus on the user experience. We’re all about pushing the boundaries and being innovative.

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