Data Journalist

 

At Norstella, our mission is simple: to help our clients bring life-saving therapies to market quicker—and help patients in need. 

 

Founded in 2022, but with history going back to 1939, Norstella unites best-in-class brands to help clients navigate the complexities at each step of the drug development life cycle —and get the right treatments to the right patients at the right time. 

 

Each organization (Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, The Dedham Group) delivers must-have answers for critical strategic and commercial decision-making. Together, via our market-leading brands, we help our clients: 

Citeline – accelerate the drug development cycle 

Evaluate – bring the right drugs to market 

MMIT – identify barrier to patient access 

Panalgo – turn data into insight faster 

The Dedham Group – think strategically for specialty therapeutics 

By combining the efforts of each organization under Norstella, we can offer an even wider breadth of expertise, cutting-edge data solutions and expert advisory services alongside advanced technologies such as real-world data, machine learning and predictive analytics. As one of the largest global pharma intelligence solution providers, Norstella has a footprint across the globe with teams of experts delivering world class solutions in the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Japan, China and India. 

At Citeline (a Norstella company), we have an exciting opportunity for a Data Journalist to join our international editorial team and become part of an industry-leading pharma, medtech and consumer health intelligence business. 

Our editorial team is passionate about delivering accurate, timely, and impactful information that shapes industry decisions. Our dedicated team of writers based in countries around the world collaborate around the clock to keep our subscribers up to date, not just on what’s happening in the pharma/medtech/consumer health industries, but what it means for them. You’d be joining a group of products with an 80+-year reputation for in-depth news and analysis and a wealth of journalistic experience and industry knowledge.

We are looking for an experienced data journalist who understands that data makes for stronger and more compelling stories and helps to drive our subscription revenue and volume.

As a member of our team, you’ll work with a group of journalists to create insightful and captivating news stories and features that deliver value to our subscribers and support their decision-making.

 

If you use statistics to facilitate the writing and reporting of stories and news on a range of pharmaceutical industry related topics, then you may be a perfect match for this role.

•  Use Norstella databases and other data sources to create data-driven stories and brainstorm ideas on their development and visualisation 

•  Create compelling data visualisations and find patterns in data

•  Identify opportunities for sharing data and tools

•  Assess leads and pitch captivating story ideas to editors

•  Work well independently or in a team

•  Explore opportunities for using AI in content creation Requirements

•  Present data insightfully and with context to other team members and management

•  Prioritise and multitask to meet deadlines

•  Write detailed articles presenting your data analysis

•  Visually depict complex ideas clearly, accurately and creatively

•  Possess excellent organisational skills and work well in a team

•  Possess exceptional writing and research skills

•  Use statistical tools and graphics packages to present data stories to a wider audience, including those with a non-statistical background

•  Collaborate with the editorial team to provide data and support data analysis for the creation of editorial content

•  Process, clean and verify the integrity of data used for analysis and editorial content

•  Work independently on longer-term data reports/analysis/projects

•  Develop interactive data/graphics around key subjects

•  Produce data-rich content

•  Produce trend analyses using data

•  Identify and integrate new data tools, methods, techniques into editorial content

•  Extensive experience with modelling statistical relationships and predictive analytics, using both regression-based and machine-learning methods

•  Use statistical tools to identify statistical trends and present results in a clear manner

 •  A bachelor’s degree in computer science, maths, statistics or a related field

•  At least five years of experience in journalism, corporate data science or academic social or natural science

•  Excellent knowledge of programming languages, such as R or Python

•  Advanced MS suite skills, particularly Excel

•  Ability to work with data visualisation tools

•  Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

01: Bold, Passionate, Mission-First  

We have a lofty mission to Smooth Access to Life Saving Therapies and we will get there by being bold and passionate about the mission and our clients. Our clients and the mission in what we are trying to accomplish must be in the forefront of our minds in everything we do. 

 

02: Integrity, Truth, Reality 

We make promises that we can keep, and goals that push us to new heights. Our integrity offers us the opportunity to learn and improve by being honest about what works and what doesn’t. By being true to the data and producing realistic metrics, we are able to create plans and resources to achieve our goals.  

 

03: Kindness, Empathy, Grace 

We will empathize with everyone's situation, provide positive and constructive feedback with kindness, and accept opportunities for improvement with grace and gratitude. We use this principle across the organization to collaborate and build lines of open communication.

  

04: Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance 

We will persevere – even in difficult and challenging situations. Our ability to recover from missteps and failures in a positive way will help us to be successful in our mission.

 

05: Humility, Gratitude, Learning 

We will be true learners by showing humility and gratitude in our work. We recognize that the smartest person in the room is the one who is always listening, learning, and willing to shift their thinking.