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Technical Product Specialist

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Description

This role is focused on onboarding new commercial products and technical solutions as required by the business, maintaining, optimising, and enhancing our tech stack as well as being a technical expert for all platforms used across commercial, consumer, editorial and digital teams. The role will proactively engage with stakeholders to interpret business requirements, provide ad hoc troubleshooting and training to ensure end users can utilise platforms and technical solutions effectively and efficiently. Reporting into the Technical Product Manager the role will require the successful candidate to support on the delivery of initiatives whilst producing documentation and communications to explain technical concepts and new solutions. You will take a lead on testing and quality assurance to ensure our solutions are fit for purpose.

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate should be able to work self-sufficiently and be able to contribute to the wider Data and Technology team. The candidate will have experience working in a similar role within digital advertising or marketing and have knowledge of the interaction between channels. Working knowledge of HTML/JS/CSS, tag management platforms (ideally Ensighten), Google Analytics and strong technical troubleshooting skills are a must for this role. The candidate should be able to hit the ground running providing ideas and solutions to our internal colleagues. QA experience and a willingness to test and iterate is a key requirement of the role.

Hard Skills

  • Document management
  • Quality assurance
  • Digital marketing campaigns
  • Google Analytics
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Business analysis
  • Deliverable management
  • Executive updates
  • Ability to use project management software

Soft Skills

  • Communication
  • Problem-solver
  • Skilled Collaborator
  • Innovation
  • Enthusiastic

We offer

At Hearst UK, you can choose from a huge range of perks and benefits that can help you learn well, work well and live well including:
  • 25 days’ holiday (with the option to buy up to 5 additional holiday days).
  • Flexible working – we’re happy to discuss options!
  • Discounted gym membership.
  • Healthcare cash plan.
  • Spend a charity day with your favourite good cause.
  • Life assurance and pension scheme.
  • Regular socials and more!