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The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to conferences and electronic services. What ties us together is the objectivity of our opinion, the originality of our insight and our advocacy of economic and political freedom around the world.   The appointee will join the team as a new business and growth strategy unfolds and the need for digital customer experience and technology excellence becomes paramount in our ability to deliver this. We have recently launched our new future customer experience (FCX) platform to our B2C Economist customers and underlying business units as part of a multi-year and multi-million pound business transformation. This exciting, state of the art digital platform supports all aspects of acquisition, onboarding, in-life service, renewal/cancellation and winback customer lifecycle phases which we have designed and built to deliver amazing, end-to-end customer experiences.    We are offering an Apprenticeship as a Platforms Operations Analyst, with key areas of responsibility supporting the Platform Team to administer their Service Desk queues alleviating issues for our Customers and internal users.  This will be a key role to bridge the gap between our Service Management team and the Platform Team for delivery, supporting with triaging and supporting the administration of Service Desk where tickets are raised by business areas such as Customer Services, Customer Operations, Product Engineering, Data & Insight, Sales & Marketing and Finance.     The ideal candidate will be someone with excellent administration and communication skills who will work directly with our internal stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements. This is an exciting role which will allow the successful candidate to gain exposure to multiple Salesforce Clouds and integrated solutions, be part of an on-going digital transformation programme, be a part of a dynamic team and interact with stakeholders across different departments and levels.

    The Economist is a leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs, published weekly in print and tablet editions, and daily through our Espresso app and Economist.com. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to conferences, films and digital editions.    As part of a global team of recruiters, the Talent Acquisition Coordinator will support the continued development of innovative, creative and proactive recruitment strategies as well as develop and implement the social media strategies to drive brand awareness    The Talent Acquisition Coordinator is an effective and engaging communicator who is responsible for researching and creating informed day to day messaging content; as well as create and maintain long-term campaign strategies that appeal to prospective candidates for hire through optimization of the Economist brand.    

  Economist Impact, a business unit within The Economist Group combines the rigour of a think-tank with the creativity of a media brand to engage a globally influential audience. Our evidence-based insights open debate, broaden perspectives and catalyse progress.   Our Impact Policy & Insights team, which specialises in delivering research and engagement programmes that use evidence and data to drive change on the critical economic and public policy issues. Our clients include government bodies, international organisations and corporates, and we provide evidence, insights and advice to shape their policies and programmes. Our four core thematic practice areas include: (1) Health, (2) Globalisation, Trade & Finance, (3) Sustainability, Climate Change & Natural Resources, and (4) Technology and Society   We also deliver work on a wide range of issue areas aligned with sustainable development goals, including education, migration, future of work and international development.   Our Impact Policy & Insights team in EMEA is looking for a Senior Analyst to work within an internationally-focused and diverse team. The successful candidate will support our consulting projects and help to deliver bespoke research with strong public policy and thought leadership components. This position will be based in Dubai.

  The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to conferences and electronic services. What ties us together is the objectivity of our opinion, the originality of our insight and our advocacy of economic and political freedom around the world.   The Economist is seeking an experienced analyst to lead insight generation for our marketing team. This is a new role within our Data & Insights team reporting to the Head of Insight and Data Science.   In this role you will be taking ownership of data from our marketing activities across our full range of digital channels and using it to influence all aspects of marketing decision-making. You will partner with marketing teams to help them understand the drivers behind the performance of their campaigns and shape their future strategy. You will be responsible for agreeing with KPIs, establishing appropriate reporting and explaining the drivers behind changes in performance. You will also analyse raw data held in our data lake relating to customers and their digital behaviour to help further optimize campaigns and identify opportunities to target more effectively. You will work with data scientists and technology teams to productionise the targeting opportunities you identify.   We are looking for candidates with prior experience performing data analysis to inform marketing decision-making, especially in channels such as paid search and paid social media. While experience analysing raw datasets in SQL/Python is essential, we are primarily seeking candidates with experience using insight to inform decision-making in marketing activity.    This position can be located in London or New York

This is an exciting time to join the Data & Insights team at The Economist Group. Under our newly appointed Chief Data Officer we are creating a center of excellence spanning research, analytics and data science partnering with the whole group, including our core subscription business, our Economist Intelligence Unit, Client Solutions and Events business. Our purpose is to better understand and affect the drivers of our business through data analytics and research, with a focus on our users, B2C customers and B2B clients. We are value focused and outcome driven: we help drive growth and agility at every level, whether through informing strategic alignment and decisions, providing quick feedback loops to operators or creating machine learning models to be integrated into our products and marketing communications. Reporting to the Head of Data Product Management, the Data Product Manager for B2B will guide the development of our data products to ensure they create maximum value for the business. They will write the user stories across The Economist B2B businesses: - Economist Intelligence - our research service which provides the world’s top businesses, governments and academic institutions with social, political and financial information. - Economist Impact - our advertising business which connects our clients and customers through digital media and live events. - Economist Education - our newly founded executive education service which provides training courses. They will define the acceptance criteria and prioritize the associated backlog related to relevant data products and services developed by our Data Platform & Products team, and help the Head of Data Product Management define goals and success criteria data for the development of internal data products and services. Data products and services in scope may include: data platform capabilities, data feeds, data marts, analyst tables, APIs, machine learning models, visualizations and self-serve data products.  Key Interfaces: - Data & Insights leadership, including Head of Research, Head of Analytics, Head of Data Science, Lead BI Analyst, as well as key team members focused on The Economist B2B businesses - Data Technology team, especially architect and data platform engineering team - Key primary data users across The Economist Group in and beyond the Data & Insights team - Key stakeholders across Economist Intelligence, Economist Impact & Economist Education - Product team under our Chief Product Officer

The Economist is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to conferences and electronic services. What ties us together is the objectivity of our opinion, the originality of our insight and our advocacy of economic and political freedom around the world Economist Impact combines the rigour of a think-tank with the creativity of a media brand to engage an influential global audience. We partner with corporations, foundations, NGOs and governments across big themes including sustainability, health and the changing shape of globalisation to catalyse change and enable progress. With the power of The Economist Group behind it, Economist Impact crafts bespoke partnerships using a potent portfolio of capabilities including: - policy research and insights - branded content - media & advertising - design thinking and data visualisation - global and bespoke events   The Technical Producer will ensure the technical project management of The Sustainability Project ensuring smooth delivery of the product vision and of upcoming sprints. The technical Producer will manage the relationship with key digital and technical providers for The Sustainability Project including coordinating with the platform Digital Innovation Partner. In addition, the Technical Producer will map out and service the delivery of client-sponsored hubs and projects and support the Digital delivery of other integrated client programmes as needed. 

  The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to conferences and electronic services. What ties us together is the objectivity of our opinion, the originality of our insight and our advocacy of economic and political freedom around the world.   Currently, we are seeking a boundary-pushing, inspiring, and strategy-led Executive Creative Director to join our iconic brand and ensure that our audiences, no matter where, how and when they engage with us, have a clear sense of who we are, what we stand for and how we deliver benefits to them.    Our marketing creative, expressed in both words and visuals, is a critical component of delivering a compelling narrative and cohesive brand experience.The Executive Creative Director will be responsible for creative and branding strategy, developing a company-wide brand architecture that serves both our b2c and b2b units, cross channel campaign concepts and assets and inspiring a global team of copywriters and designers to achieve their fullest potential.   The ideal candidate is passionate about brand marketing and can clearly articulate how phenomenal brands break-through and resonate with consumers and clients. Candidates should have experience crafting brand identity and architecture, as well as defining and executing both brand building and direct response marketing campaigns.

  The Economist is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to conferences and electronic services. What ties us together is the objectivity of our opinion, the originality of our insight and our advocacy of economic and political freedom around the world.   We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer who will report directly to the Head of Quality and Enablement for The Economist, be based out of our Birmingham engineering hub and be responsible for driving quality improvement and best practice against products that we engineer.     The successful candidate will join the team at a time of significant development and growth and the need for technology excellence and digital customer experience becomes paramount in our ability to deliver this.    You’ll be supported by a friendly and inclusive team who have the autonomy to define and improve processes and care deeply about developing each other's capabilities.   This role is available in our central Birmingham office, just a 5 min walk from New Street Station and 1 min walk from Snow Hill Station.   We offer flexible working and have systems in place to ensure working remotely when the need arises. However, during the current Covid-19 situation, we are all remote. The intention is that when we are ready we will move back to spending more time in the office than not.    This is  the  time to  be  joining a  profitable, responsible business with a brand and culture that you can  be proud of and with every opportunity to deliver success for the Group and yourself.

The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to conferences and electronic services. What ties us together is the objectivity of our opinion, the originality of our insight and our advocacy of economic and political freedom around the world.   The Economist is seeking an experienced analyst to provide insights to our marketing team. This is a new role within our Data and Insights team reporting to the Marketing Analytics Manager.   In this role you will be analysing data from our marketing activities across a range of digital channels and using it to influence all aspects of marketing decision-making. You will partner with marketing teams to help them understand the drivers behind the performance of their campaigns and shape their future strategy. You will work with the Marketing Analytics Manager and the Marketing teams to agree KPIs, establish appropriate reporting, explain the drivers behind changes in performance, and provide insight and recommendations. You will also analyse raw data held in our data lake relating to customers and their digital behaviour to help further optimize campaigns and identify opportunities to target more effectively. You will work with data scientists and technology teams to productionise the targeting opportunities you identify.   We are looking for candidates with prior experience performing data analysis to inform marketing decision-making, especially in channels such as paid search and paid social media. While experience analysing raw datasets in SQL/Python is essential, we are primarily seeking candidates with experience using insight to inform decision-making in marketing activity. 

  The Economist is seeking an experienced data scientist to join our Insight & Data Science Team. Our Insight & Data Science Team is a central source of data skills working across all commercial teams in the business. Reporting to the Head of Insight and Data Science you will be leading the application of data science across the business including predictive modelling, segmentation and A/B testing.    We believe that data science can bring us a better understanding of our customers’ needs, opportunities to improve their experience and a clearer view of what is driving our business performance. In this role you will help advance The Economist’s data science capability, bringing projects to production and cementing the role of data science in the way our business operates. You will be doing hands on data science work with transactional and behavioural datasets in our data lake. You will be directly speaking to stakeholders across the business to understand their needs and explain your work, while collaborating with data engineers and insight analysts to deliver projects cross-functionally.   We believe data science is essential to the success of our business. This role is an opportunity to apply data science to make a real difference to The Economist’s business.

  Economist Impact combines the rigour of a think-tank with the creativity of a media brand to engage an influential global audience. We partner with corporations, foundations, NGOs and governments across big themes including sustainability, health and the changing shape of globalisation to catalyse change and enable progress. With the power of The Economist Group behind it, Economist Impact crafts bespoke partnerships using a potent portfolio of capabilities including: - policy research and insights - branded content - media & advertising - design thinking and data visualisation - global and bespoke events The data analysis and insights function sits as part of a global commercial product and data team in Economist Impact. We are looking for someone who can work autonomously and as part of a collaborative team.  This would be an ideal role for an enthusiastic, collaborative Digital data Analyst, with expertise in web analytics and insight. 

  Economist Impact, a business unit within The Economist Group combines the rigour of a think-tank with the creativity of a media brand to engage a globally influential audience. Our evidence-based insights open debate, broaden perspectives and catalyse progress.   Our Impact Policy & Insights team, which specialises in delivering research and engagement programmes that use evidence and data to drive change on the critical economic and public policy issues is seeking an Intern to support our consulting and research projects. Our clients include government bodies, international organisations and corporates, and we provide evidence, insights and advice to shape their policies and programmes. Our four core thematic practice areas include: (1) Health, (2) Globalisation, Trade & Finance, (3) Sustainability, Climate Change & Natural Resources, and (4) Technology and Society   We also deliver work on a wide range of issue areas aligned with sustainable development goals, including education, migration, future of work and international development..   As an Intern in the Policy & Insights Consulting team, you will work closely with experienced individuals from both inside Economist Impact, and our clients, to assist in the delivery of impactful, evidence-based programs that support client goals in policy advocacy, thought leadership, and internal decision-making.   Please note, this is a 6 month fixed-term contract and we are looking for the successful candidate to start as soon as possible. 

The Economist is a leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to conferences and electronic services.   An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced marketing leader to join the Economist Impact events team as a Marketing Manager. The successful candidate will be based at our London office (some days can also be worked remotely) and will be responsible for the strategic planning and delivery of cross-channel marketing campaigns to secure delegate attendance for our portfolio of sustainability events.   The ideal addition to the team is a strategic thinker who can interpret data to make recommendations and has a proven track record of owning campaigns that attract, engage and retain audiences. The successful candidate will create and maintain budgets, be client-facing in a marketing planning, consultative and delivery capacity, and will manage the senior marketing executive on this portfolio.   This is a rare opportunity to join an ambitious team that is truly customer-centric and committed to delivering the very best results for our clients. The portfolio has experienced unprecedented growth over the last 18 months, and as a result, we’re looking for a Marketing Manager who is eager to develop their skills and career fast.

The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to conferences and electronic services. What ties us together is the objectivity of our opinion, the originality of our insight and our advocacy of economic and political freedom around the world.   We are recruiting a Platforms Support Analyst as a 1st line role in support the Editorial staff and systems that underpin the weekly creation and publishing of The Economist and related publications.  The role is primarily based in one of our London offices (near Embankment station), but the role will be remote for around half the week.  The Economist is in the middle of evaluating the remote working policy, one thing that is clear though is that the requirement to be physically in the office will never increase from around half the working week.

    The Economist Group's Public Policy and Thought Leadership division specialises in delivering bespoke client solutions that leverage both The Economist and The Economist Intelligence Unit’s expertise and reach. We deliver research and engagement programmes that use evidence and data to drive change on the critical economic and public policy issues facing our world. Our clients include government bodies, international organisations and corporates, and we provide evidence, insights and advice to shape their policies and programmes.   Our Policy and Insight division is looking for a trade-focused Research Manager to work within an internationally-focused and diverse team. The successful candidate will support our consulting projects and help to deliver bespoke research with strong public policy and thought leadership components. The Research Manager, trade will have strong analytical skills and be able to effectively contribute to and deliver aspects of research projects. The role requires intellectual leadership and rigour in trade analysis, particularly of trade policies and their impact, as well as strong team working and communication skills, and the ability to work effectively to deadlines.   Please note, this is a 6 month fixed term contract. 

  The Economist Intelligence Unit - EIUoffers healthcare-focused market and business intelligence and strategic advisory to support companies in the healthcare sector to understand their current and potential markets, and implement pragmatic and innovative strategies to ultimately tap into new growth opportunities.   To further augment our dynamic team this is how you will contribute: - Technical Project Execution: You will be part of several project teams in Leipzig, London, Singapore, Shanghai, aiding/guiding them in tasks related to technical infrastructure. That includes CATI/CAWI programming (mainly in Limesurvey), methodological counsel, setting up processes (R scripts) for data export, processing and storage, implementing automated quality control and creating a variety of excel-based tools for content teams and project management. - Data Analysis: You will also support or lead script-based analysis of projects, conducting statistical analyses / modelling and implementing different kinds of deliverables in collaboration with the content team. These include Excel and Powerpoint-based results and web-based solutions like RShiny or Tableau apps. Most projects will be healthcare-related.

The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to conferences and electronic services. What ties us together is the objectivity of our opinion, the originality of our insight and our advocacy of economic and political freedom around the world.   The appointee will join the team as a new business and growth strategy unfolds and the need for digital customer experience and technology excellence becomes paramount in our ability to deliver this. We have recently launched our new future customer experience (FCX) platform to our B2C Economist customers and underlying business units as part of a multi-year and multi-million pound business transformation. This exciting, state of the art digital platform supports all aspects of acquisition, onboarding, in-life service, renewal/cancellation and winback customer lifecycle phases which we have designed and built to deliver amazing, end-to-end customer experiences.    We are offering an Apprenticeship as a Platforms Operations Analyst, with key areas of responsibility supporting the Platform Team to administer their Service Desk queues alleviating issues for our Customers and internal users.  This will be a key role to bridge the gap between our Service Management team and the Platform Team for delivery, supporting with triaging and supporting the administration of Service Desk where tickets are raised by business areas such as Customer Services, Customer Operations, Product Engineering, Data & Insight, Sales & Marketing and Finance.     The ideal candidate will be someone with excellent administration and communication skills who will work directly with our internal stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements. This is an exciting role which will allow the successful candidate to gain exposure to multiple Salesforce Clouds and integrated solutions, be part of an on-going digital transformation programme, be a part of a dynamic team and interact with stakeholders across different departments and levels.

    The Economist is a leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs, published weekly in print and tablet editions, and daily through our Espresso app and Economist.com. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to conferences, films and digital editions.    We have recently been through a digital transformation and we are doubling our tech team, with even more growth planned in the future. We already have a talented team of engineers working with the most innovative tech, so we are looking for an experience Talent Acquisition Manager with experience of Tech recruiting to join the team.   As part of a global team of recruiters, the Talent Acquisition Manager will support the continued development of innovative, creative and proactive recruitment strategies while providing coaching and counsel to hiring manages and HR business partners on hiring trends and recruiting processes.    

  Economist Impact - Events brings the rigour of informed analysis and intelligent debate that The Economist is known for to life via live and virtual events. We host over 80 events annually in over 30 countries on topics that convene world-class thought leaders on a range of strategic business issues. We are currently seeking a Client Services Manager who will be responsible for maintaining client satisfaction through the smooth running of event registration and providing the highest levels of client servicing from conception, delivery and post event administration.

  Economist Impact combines the rigour of a think-tank with the creativity of a media brand to engage an influential global audience.    We partner with corporations, foundations, NGOs and governments across big themes including sustainability, health and the changing shape of globalisation to catalyse change and enable progress. We are a part of The Economist Group; the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to events and electronic services.    The Senior Front-End Engineer is responsible for the development of digital deliverables from start to finish, working with our in house teams and partners to create digital experiences that deliver value for users and customers.    You can expect to be working on an exciting array of technical challenges including interactive storytelling web experiences, our component library, our modern content platform architecture, data visualisation, and advertising and data technology integrations.    As well as working independently on producing high quality code that addresses a range of use cases, the role also entails working with other developers in India and the UK to help set our technical standards, participate in code reviews and testing protocols, ensuring partner quality, and collaborating with product and other teams on our agile delivery workflow.    The role will suit a motivated and experienced developer who enjoys working with autonomy in a creative and entrepreneurial environment, and has a strong commitment to producing high quality code, and performant, user-focused digital experiences.