Summary:
The Associate Product Analyst is responsible for the creation, development, and maintenance of reporting and dashboards focused around audience engagement and revenue data throughout our digital media landscape. As a business intelligence analyst, you will be a part of the entire data journey, querying data using SQL, connecting to BI tools like Tableau or Data Studio, performing analysis, writing the back-end code, and communicating results to key stakeholders.
The ideal candidate will be highly technical and detail-oriented and possess a natural tendency toward analytical thinking, with effective communication skills and a demonstrated history of experimenting with technology.
What you will do:

• Build out new reporting as needed and maintain existing reports and dashboards for key stakeholders
• Write back-end code to support the existing report and create efficiency improvements by optimizing the existing SQL structure; maintain and enhance the codebase
• Perform analysis focused on audience and revenue data across all owned and operated news sites; identify and report on trends and opportunities
• Work with executives and other stakeholders at news properties within our footprint to digest, understand, and report on audience behavior
• Serve as liaison to news properties and assist in the management and administration of the company's Google Analytics implementation

What you will bring:

• 1-2 years of experience in Business Analytics and ability to interpret and communicate findings effectively to key stakeholders
• Proven ability to solve complex problems efficiently and creatively, with on-time delivery
• Experience using business intelligence tools such as Tableau, Looker Studio, and Power BI
• Understanding of data modeling, relational database concepts, and a working knowledge of SQL; experience with big data and nested data structures is a plus
• Ability to write code and queries from scratch, self-QA, debug code, and validate the findings
• Strong planning and organizational skills involving managing multiple work tasks in a fast-past environment, and the ability to work independently as well as collaborate in a team and across functional groups
• Experience in managing analytics for a high-volume of GA properties
• Experience with the implementation of Google Analytics via Google Tag Manager in brand-new properties with no prior tracking installed
• Mastery of Google Analytics including: the ability to create goals and understand event tracking strategies, comfort changing GA settings to improve data collection, understanding user permissions and analytics set up for multiple properties into groups or clusters for aggregation and the ability to set up cross-channel conversion tracking with third party technology
• Google Analytics / GTM certification preferred
• Data Analytics certification preferred

The annual salary range is $65,000 - $70,000. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, time in role, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, MediaNews Group offers a comprehensive benefits package, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
Who we are:
MediaNews Group is a leader in local news, committed to informing, inspiring and engaging readers with award-winning journalism in a diverse array of trusted publications that are integral parts of the communities they serve. MediaNews Group publishes 68 daily and more than 300 weekly publications throughout the United States, including the Denver Post, San Jose Mercury News, Orange County Register, St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Boston Herald. In print and online, our publications reach a combined audience of more than 60 million every month. We are proud of our long history of community service, providing essential news to our readers for more than 170 years. We believe that a free press is fundamental to a healthy democracy and we are committed to building a sustainable future for our journalism.
The Product & Technology team's mission is to create people-centric digital technology that empower our local news and partners by putting people, product, and performance first. True to our purpose, we help small teams play big! We build product experiences not only for our local news publications across the entire digital portfolio, now including our affiliate company Tribune Publishing, but also for the Adtaxi digital marketing agency as well. As part of our team, you will contribute to a culture that prioritizes and rewards continuous learning, decentralized decision making, expertise, agility, and pragmatism. Join us to kick-start your career at a company and team that offer substantial personal and professional growth opportunities via a hands-on learning approach and a flexible working style, founded on scaled agile principles and autonomous agile teams. Learn more at www.medianewsgroup.com.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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