Data Analyst / Media Analyst

Data Analyst on Media – Remote (UK-based) | Contract: 12-month (possible extension) | £28–32 per hour

We are partnering with one of the world’s largest and most innovative technology companies to hire a Data Analyst on Media for their EMEA Communications Measurement Team. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape communications strategy across key markets, including Germany, UK, Italy, France, Spain, Turkey, Nigeria, Israel, Poland, and Arabic-speaking regions.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in measuring the impact of communications across traditional press, social media, and owned channels — with a strong focus on data automation, dashboards, and analytics pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, summarise, and analyse media coverage across EMEA, delivering both qualitative and quantitative insights.
• Apply sentiment and trend analysis to contextualise local and regional media activity.
• Provide insights into regional news cycles and policy issues to inform strategy.
• Build scalable data pipelines to ingest, clean, and transform media data.
• Create and maintain interactive dashboards (e.g., Unidash), using APIs (Python/JavaScript) for automation.
• Quantify the impact of communications activity, establish KPIs, and prepare visual reports.
• Collaborate with analytics, data engineering, and communications teams to integrate press and media data with internal datasets.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in media analysis, journalism, communications, research, or related fields.
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Political Science, Marketing, Economics, Data Science, or similar.
• Strong English communication skills; ability to draft clear news summaries and analysis.
• Proficiency in SQL for querying large-scale datasets.
• Experience handling and visualising datasets in deadline-driven environments.
• Basic programming in Python or JavaScript for scripting and automation.

Preferred

• Fluency in at least one additional EMEA language (German, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Arabic, Polish, Hebrew, etc.).
• Experience with media monitoring tools and media measurement projects.
• Knowledge of dashboard design and data visualisation libraries.
• Familiarity with analytics around press and social media monitoring.

This is an opportunity to work on high-impact projects for a global tech leader, delivering insights that directly inform communications strategy across diverse regions. If you’re passionate about media, data, and strategy — we’d love to hear from you.