Senior Digital Analytics Engineer

Title: Senior Digital Analytics Engineer
Location: London Bridge
Contract: Permanent

We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland our newsbrands include The Times The Sunday Times The Sun The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT Times Radio Talk and Virgin Radio UK and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland.

Our world-famous brands provide news analysis opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning digital and print audio and video events and experiences our brands are home to a plurality of opinion representing the diverse communities we serve.

News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Team: We are Data Tech a programme comprising agile cross-functional teams based in London and Bangalore. Our focus is on capturing managing and utilising customer clickstream and content data to drive growth and increase revenue. By building data platforms front-end products and predictive models we empower teams across News UK including newsroom editors marketing advertising and product teams.

Role: As a Senior Digital Analytics Engineer youll design and implement advanced digital analytics solutions across News Group Newspapers media properties. These include and their associated mobile applications. The properties are built using a range of technologies including traditional HTML websites single-page applications native mobile apps and off-platform solutions like Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP).

Day to Day You Will:

• Manage the web analytics Solution Design Reference for all digital products.

• Supervise analytics implementation engineers ensuring their work is accurate and optimised.

• Offer expert-level guidance on analytics implementation to team members.

• Collaborate with DevOps to oversee the release process for tracking tool updates.

• Deploy and configure tracking solutions using advanced tag management tools.

• Configure and maintain report suites and variables within web analytics platforms.

• Produce technical specifications for development teams to implement data layers on websites and mobile apps.

• Test audit and document tracking solutions addressing gaps and providing clear explanations to other teams.

What We Are Looking For In You:

• Extensive experience in designing and implementing complex digital analytics solutions for web and mobile apps.

• Expert knowledge oftag management tools

• Proficient in configuring tracking pixels analytics and marketing technologies.

• Advanced expertise in setting up Google Analytics Accounts Properties Custom Dimensions and Metrics.

• Strong understanding of web technologies including JavaScript HTML and CSS.

• Familiarity with mobile application development methodologies.

• Deep knowledge of advanced features in analytics and marketing technologies.

• Skilled in working within agile cross-functional teams across global locations with strong communication and collaboration abilities.

If you believe you have the skills and passion to succeed even if you dont meet every requirement on the list we encourage you to apply. We value potential just as much as experience and are eager to hear from individuals who are enthusiastic about learning and growing with us.

At News UK we know the value of working together which is why we operate a hybrid working policy with a minimum of three days a week in the office. Being in the office allows us to collaborate innovate and thrive as a team in our vibrant and dynamic workspace. Some roles may require more office-based days depending on the nature of the position so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter to learn more about whats required for your role.

We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times The Sunday Times The Sun The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT Times Radio Talk and Virgin Radio UK and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news analysis opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel audio and video events and experiences our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News

Driven by passion guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individuals potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Equity and Inclusion Strategy which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider more representative pool developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on emailprotected.