Apprentice Data & Insight

Job Description

Apprentice Data & Insight

Duration: 2 Year Apprenticeship

Start Date: January 2027

Location: London Bridge

Course: Data Analyst, Level 4

Are you curious and enjoy solving problems? Do you love working with data and working with a wide array of people? Would you like to earn a salary while gaining practical experience and studying? If so, this role could be perfect for you, allowing you to apply your new skills and knowledge to support one of the most dynamic departments at News UK.

Your team: Embedded within the Times Analytics department, your role in Commercial Analytics focuses directly on business performance and revenue intelligence. As an apprentice, you will combine hands on technical training in SQL and visualisation tools with real-world commercial problem solving. You will support key decisions around reader acquisition, paywall optimisation, and ad performance, serving as an internal analytics partner to commercial decision-makers.

Your role: As a Data and Insight Apprentice, you will support our editorial and marketing teams with best-in-class customer insight and analysis. You will represent the voice of our readers, helping shape key business decisions through rich, actionable customer intelligence.

Being an apprentice at News UK: During your time with us, you will earn above the national living wage while receiving comprehensive, hands-on training. You’ll work 4 days a week with News UK and spend 1 day studying toward a fully funded Data analyst, Level 4. qualification. Along with mentorship from top industry professionals, we will provide any tailored support you need to reach your full potential.

Day to day you will:

• Harness multiple data sources spanning customer research, market trends, and digital engagement behavior to become a trusted point of contact for our brands.

• Assist with the analysis and delivery of regular audience profiling and reporting, responding to stakeholder queries and working with insight agencies.

• Add value to our titles by deepening our understanding of customer feedback, behavior, and product performance.

• Collaborate closely with teams across Newsrooms, Customer Experience, Marketing, and Product Development to provide actionable insights that improve decision-making, content commissioning, and audience engagement.

• Utilise internal reader panels, external research partners, and industry data to create engaging insight presentations.

• Build dashboards and analyse audience behavior to help stakeholders utilise full data sets while telling compelling stories using data.

What we're looking for from you:

• Demonstration of a strong passion for the media industry and a drive to learn about our business, products, and culture.

• Analytical mindset with the ability to connect dots between complex data sources and learn new data visualisation tools.

• Clear, engaging communication skills to share data stories effectively with team members and internal stakeholders.

• Practical familiarity with tools such as Excel/Google Sheets, Word/Google Docs, and PowerPoint/Google Slides.

Application Process

Online Application > Google Meet Interview > Assessment Centre

As part of the Online Application process, we would like you to provide answers to the following 3 questions:

• Briefly introduce yourself and tell us why you’re interested in pursuing a career in the apprenticeship you’ve applied to?

• What interests you about the company you are applying to and suggest one improvement you would make to the content?

• Describe a learning curve you recently navigated. Outline the steps you took, the challenges you faced and what the outcome was.

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through ourDiversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

• Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes

• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, as well as an extra anniversary day off

• Up to 3 paid volunteering days per year to support causes you care about

We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments due to a disability or health condition at any stage of your application or interview, please let us know. You can contact us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support you to perform at your best.