Product Data Analyst, Inkitt
$150-180k
Publishing novels based on site reader engagement
Open for applications
Publishing novels based on site reader engagement
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$150-180k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To discover talented writers and turn them into globally successful authors.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelors degree Mathematics, Statistics, CS or in related field
- 6+ years data analysis experience in an online product business, with a proven track record of building analytics tools and generating insights
- SQL experience with large data sets (we use Redshift and Postgres)
- Python experience with data-related libraries such as numpy, pandas, etc
- Understanding of frequentist statistics, time series analysis and forecasting techniques
- Experience with BI / reporting tools such as Looker, Redash, or Tableau (we use Redash)
- Experience with ETL-related tools such as DBT or Airflow
- Applied experience with AB testing
What the job involves
- Build and maintain systematic reporting and dashboards to foster self-service data culture
- Conduct deep dives to understand feature / component performance and user behavior, evaluate AB tests, and extract actionable insights
- Partner widely with product, engineering, research, and design to translate your insights to guide product development
- You will be positioned to have a view of the business, product, and member base and encouraged to understand and explain trends
- Lead experimentation by providing mentorship on how they should be run, defining success metrics and data requirements, evaluating impact, and providing strategic direction
- Drive research and modeling around retention, conversion and renewal drivers
- Support the business with ad-hoc analyses; internal and external business decisions
- Build data pipelines to support reporting and analyses, and help shape our evolving data infrastructure
- Foster data self-service culture in the product & engineering teams
- Be product and user obsessed
Our take
The current publishing industry makes it very difficult for breakout authors to achieve success. Furthermore, publications are often based off subjective opinions of those in the industry, and potential readers have no input in the matter, despite them being the force that will drive a book's success.
Inkitt takes a different approach to publishing in order to give writers a fairer chance of success. The company allows writers to submit their stories onto the website where readers have free access to read anything posted. Using an algorithm, Inkitt then determines which stories have the most reader engagement, and based on this information, decides which to take to official print and publication.
7 rounds of funding to the sum of more than $100 million have allowed Inkitt to invest more in its algorithm and technology and open offices in San Francisco. It's also looking to expand into more mediums such as video content and audiobooks, with a long-term aim of building a media empire akin to Disney. Though there's a long way to go for that lofty aim to come to fruition, Inkitt has already attracted 33 million users and published dozens of bestsellers.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2024
$37m
SERIES C
Oct 2021
$59m
SERIES B
Total funding: $116.2m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Health Plans including Fitness Classes
- Expat integration support including complimentary German classes
- Flexible working environment including weekly remote days
- High-performing culture for learning at speed + unlimited book budget
- Regular social events and free dinners
- Dog-friendly office
Articles
Leadership
Ali Albazaz
(CEO)Founder and CEO of Fünfi and then joined moviepilot as a Javascript developer. After this, Albazaz freelanced as a Javascript developer for six years.
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