Junior Business Intelligence Analyst

Our Media is a leading special-interest content business, based in the buzzing, creative city of Bristol. We're home to market-leading brands in craft, cycling, science and nature, homes and music.

We help our audiences pursue their passions through highly trusted, original content – in print, video and online. Our much-loved brands include BBC Science Focus, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Your Home, Gathered.how, BikeRadar and Cycling Plus.

We also have an award-winning content agency that works with major charities, brands and membership organisations to help them tell their stories and engage audiences better – in print, video, and online.

Position:

We’re looking for a Junior Business Intelligence Analyst to play a vital role in the Our Media Business Intelligence team by helping collect, analyse, and interpret data to provide actionable insights and strategic guidance.

You will use data from various sources, including internal databases and external data sources (e.g. web analytics), and use analytical techniques to identify trends, patterns, and correlations. You will communicate these insights back to stakeholders to aid and inform decision-making across different areas of the business.

For a full list of responsibilities, please see attached the job description.

Requirements:

Essential:

• Good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Ability to produce simple presentations and reports and present findings to an audience, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Engaging style that will facilitate continual dialogue with stakeholders/business users to uncover insight and improve the service
• Able to build good working relationships with stakeholders and collaborating with others to achieve organisational objectives
• Knowledge of basic data analysis principles to identify patterns and trends in data
• Able to demonstrate problem solving and analytical thinking, with the ability to derive logical conclusions and insights
• Ability to understand business challenges and able to work with manager to translate these into technical specifications for data analysis
• Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accuracy and reliability of results when working with large data
• Good time management and strong organisational skills
  
  

Desirable:

• Basic SQL skills for data extraction, manipulation, and analysis
• Experience in using data visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Looker Studio, or similar platforms
• General understanding of the media industry (both print and digital)
• Understanding of a variety of customer models e.g. subscriptions, paid and freemium users, and the data implications of each
• Ability to identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiency gains
  
  

Other information:

We respect and value differences. We believe that when people from different backgrounds and with different perspectives work together, we can create the most value for our people, readers, customers, and society. If you are excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with everything listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway, as you may still be a good fit for this or other roles.

We’re striving to create a more diverse and inclusive environment and to ensure our content is representative of all our audiences. We have established five internal D&I network groups to help our people feel supported and included, and to provide an open environment for people to network, mentor and exchange ideas, solutions, and experiences. If there is anything we can do to make our recruitment process more accessible for you, please do let us know at [email protected].

Flexible and hybrid working

We know we create great things and have fun when we come together in person and collaborate. We also know that working from home brings great benefits in terms of being able to focus on our work, and manage our personal lives around our roles. With this in mind, we have established a hybrid working pattern, with 60% of the working week spent in the office.

Our people also benefit from a flexi time policy, and a flexi location policy which gives everyone the opportunity to work from another location for two weeks during the year.

We are open to discussion about flexible working requests for any flexibility needs not covered by these policies.

Company Benefits Include

• Pension contribution matched to 5%
• Season ticket loan
• Hybrid working pattern, flexi start/finish time
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure, plus your birthday off
• Option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday a year
• Social committee, regular in-house learning events
• 4x life assurance
  
  

Our values

We strongly believe that work is not just about what we achieve, but how we achieve it. We want our people to thrive and develop, and we want to effect positive change in the world.

To put that spirit at the heart of our business, we co-created a set of values with input from everyone here. Our values are:

• Be kind
• Always curious
• Be the best we can be
  
  

We also have a sustainability strategy that is built on five key pillars: Research, Reduction, Recycling, Responsibility, and Reporting. We take pride in our strong partnerships across our complex supply chain to drive emission reductions. Additionally, our office building, Eagle House, is a zero-waste facility powered by solar and renewable energy.

Apply today to take the next step in your career with Our Media - click the apply button below to submit your CV.

Please note, we review CVs on an ongoing basis and may close the role early due to high interest. If you're interested in joining us, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible!