Data Analyst, Content

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About Us

The Athletic is a direct-to-consumer digital sports media company committed to helping subscribers experience storytelling in a whole new way. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, The Athletic has more than 575 full-time employees and covers more than 250 professional sports and collegiate teams in the US, Canada and the UK. The Athletic’s newsroom has produced thousands of in-depth articles along with more than 120 podcasts and premium video content.


About this Job

We are looking for a data analyst who can identify the types of content that resonate most with our readers and deliver these insights to our editorial and marketing teams. Our ideal candidate will combine their intuition for great sports content with a strong, data-driven approach to measure and contextualize the value of different story types to our subscribers. Our analyst will work very closely with our editorial team to deliver insights on what’s working and what can be improved with our product.

Responsibilities

  • Content Tagging: Read, research, and tag all of the content produced by The Athletic with characteristics about the article. 
  • Content Insights: Analyze all of our content to understand what resonates with our subscribers. 
  • Editorial Support: Work closely with our writers and editors to answer any questions that they might have about the engagement of their work. 
  • Communicate Insights: Deliver contextualized insights to our editorial team to improve our product.
  • About you

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics or other quantitative field 
  • 1-3 years of prior experience in a data scientist or content analyst role 
  • Extensive knowledge of professional/collegiate sports and the sports media landscape (NHL, NBA, MLB, NCAA, NFL, Soccer, etc). 
  • Ability to read through articles across all sports and identify characteristics for each story. 
  • Ability to consolidate findings and communicate analysis to editorial team in an easy to understand manner. 
  • Must be proficient in SQL and Excel. 
  • Experience in Python, R, or another scripting language 
  • Ability to multitask and self-manage projects. 
  • Zero fear of failure and the ability to quickly ramp up on new projects. 
  • Comfortable dealing with ambiguous, open-ended problems 
  • Ability to remain objective and deliver constructive analysis 
  • Ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-moving start-up
  • The Company is backed by Founders Fund, Evolution Media, Courtside Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Bedrock Capital, Advancit Capital, Y Combinator, and other leading investors. The Athletic is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The Athletic was awarded a 2020 Great Place to Work.

    The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.