Job Description

Job Description

The New York Times is seeking an experienced professional to design and execute a series of ambitious experiments across our extensive newsletter portfolio. We are working to build a culture of constant experimentation, beginning with large flagship newsletters like The Morning, that will drive reader engagement and habituation with our journalism, and encouraging behaviors that lead to paid subscriptions.

This position will report jointly to the newsroom and product teams.

Responsibilities

Candidates will work closely with stakeholders to build, manage and analyze a constantly revolving series of tests, reaching beyond the media sector to utilize techniques from the politics and consumer marketing sectors:

* Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand the business and develop data-driven insights that are both strategic and operational

* Design, execute, and analyze complex A/B tests to optimize the customer journey and pathway to subscription

* Create and execute additional testing regimens for audience segmentation and new email components

* Formulate data-driven insights and find tactical ways to drive them into action

Requirements

* A minimum of three years of experience, ideally working in email and on A/B and other testing

* A track record of collaboration with cross-functional teams

* Strong writing skills, ideally developed in an editorial and/or copywriting position

* Strong communication and presentation skills

* Excellent analytical reasoning and problem-solving skills

* A collaborative, creative, problem-solving mindset

* A deep and evolving knowledge of industry best practices, including familiarity with GDPR and other consumer protection laws

* Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, deadlines, news judgment and time-management

* Occasional early morning work

* Experience in media or journalism is preferred but not required.

This is a temporary position

The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The New York Times Company will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local Fair Chance laws.