Lead Data Journalist

Department: Content Editorial & Research

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: London

Description

Law Business Research is looking for a Lead Data Journalist to join its content, editorial and research division in London or Manchester.

Law Business Research provides must-have data and intelligence to our highly loyal audiences across a range of niches and verticals. As part of our ongoing investment into deepening and improving our offer to audiences, we are growing our team of data analysts focused on editorial and content generation, and are looking for an experienced, passionate and rigorous team lead to architect that expansion.

If you’re a seasoned data journalist or an analyst with experience in information services, are passionate about using the right data to feed content strategies, identify trends and tell stories, and inspiring others to do the same, this opportunity is for you.

In this role, you will create and maintain a robust data governance framework for our content and research data; identify, quality assure and utilise external data sources; blend internal and external data to support our content and research objectives; and collaborate with various editorial and research teams to uncover trends and tell compelling stories from our data assets.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and implement a comprehensive data governance framework for content and research data.
Work with content and research teams to ensure internal data remains in compliance with data governance framework. Continually assess and improve data quality standards to ensure our audiences get the answers and the insight they need.
Identify, assess, and quality-assure external data sources to ensure alignment with our governance framework.
Collaborate with content and research teams to identify trends and create narratives from data insights.
Evaluate existing data visualisation tools and practices and create and embed programme for improvement, including procuring and onboarding new tools as appropriate.
Analyse complex datasets to uncover actionable insights for our audience.
Ensure compliance with best practices in data governance.
Lead data projects and guide team members in data analysis and governance practices.
Build a high-performing team of data analysts, with a blended onshore, nearshore and offshore approach to support effective resourcing.
Lead the upskilling of our content and research teams in data analysis, data-led storytelling and data visualisation
Support the programme to transform our content into data that can be mined for trends and insights by our content creation teams, and also drive the creation of new data analysis tools for our subscribers.
Support the development of internal and client-facing products driven by improved access to, and interrogation of, our existing and potential data.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Technical skills

Data analysis and visualisation: proficiency in tools like Infogram, Tableau, and Power BI.
Statistical analysis: strong understanding of statistical methods and their application in data analysis.
Data management: experience with data cleaning, data warehousing, and data governance.
Programming: fluency in programming languages such as Python, R, and SQL.
Storytelling: crafting compelling narratives based on data insights.

Soft skills

Critical thinking: ability to objectively analyse and evaluate data to make informed decisions.
Communication: strong verbal and written communication skills to convey complex data insights clearly.
Problem-solving: innovative approaches to overcome data-related challenges.
Teamwork and collaboration: Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
Adaptability: flexibility to handle multiple projects and changing priorities

Experience required

Experience managing teams a must; experience managing blended onshore / offshore resource desirable.
Experience in information services or media a must; experience with the legal sector desirable.

Why LBR?

An amazing market position, enviable growth, collaboration and wonderful people are just some of the reasons to further your career with Law Business Research. Our culture is shaped by our core values that promote equality, agility, and respect in everything we do.

Law Business Research has been selected as a winner for the 2024 Inspiring Workplaces Awards. We’re proud of our inclusive and inspiring culture here at LBR and we remain committed to creating a positive workplace for all our employees

We are happy to share that we have partnered with Business Disability Forum to help us on our journey to becoming a more inclusive employer and achieving Level 2 Disability Confident Accreditation.

We also take our place in this world of ours very seriously and engage in a wide variety of charitable and community based initiatives. We work extensively with Swawou School in Sierra Leone, which we established to provide education for 120 girls, and on an ongoing basis we underwrite the school’s costs.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, gender identity/expression or reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.

Benefits

Our people are our most valuable asset, as such, we offer a wide range of benefits to help ensure that all are supported:

Start of employment:

Eye care
Employee Assistance Programme
A day off for your birthday

After 3 months employment:

Pension (4% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution)

After 4 months employment:

Life assurance

After probation:

Cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
£350 annual wellbeing allowance to contribute to gym memberships or fitness classes
Puregym access
Perks at work platform access

After 1 year service:

Private healthcare

Additional Perks:

Company socials
Access to Employee Affinity Networks
Mentoring scheme
Volunteering Day
Mortgage Advice
Work from anywhere (2 weeks)
Generous parental leave

We are committed to making our organisation an inclusive, respectful & engaging place to work with a culture shaped by our core values that promote equality, collaboration & respect in everything we do. We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident Scheme, meaning we are committed to being inclusive and accessible, which starts with our application and recruitment process. If you do require any reasonable adjustments to be made, please let us know as part of our application page.

Key Responsibilities

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Benefits

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