James Munro

James Munro

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Data Engineer at Choreograph

  • Education

    • Hazlehead Academy

      2007 - 2013

      Activities and Societies: Debate Society, Young Enterprise Advanced Higher English- AAdvanced Higher History- AAdvanced Higher Modern Studies- AHigher Computing- AHigher English- BHigher Geography- AHigher History- AHigher Maths- BHigher Modern Studies- B

    • The University of Edinburgh

      2013 - 2017
      Master of Arts (M.A.) Economics and Politics

      Activities and Societies: Edinburgh University Liberal Youth, African Prisons Project Graduated with a 2:1 in Economics and Politics. Areas of interest included econometrics, data science, voting studies and behavioural economics.Honours courses:Approaches to Politics and International RelationsBritish GovernmentEssentials of EconometricsHistory of Economic ThoughtNeuropoliticsParliamentary StudiesParties and Party Systems in Contemporary DemocraciesTopics in Macro EconomicsTopics in Microeconomics

    • Birkbeck, University of London

      2019 - 2020
      Graduate Certificate Statistics Pass with Merit
  • Experience

    • TAQA

      Mar 2011 - Mar 2011
      Work Experience

      Work experience during school in the IT department. Spent the majority of my time on the IT help desk but also did some work in graphic design and network areas.

    • JD Sports Fashion plc

      Nov 2011 - Jun 2016
      Sales Assistant

      Part-time job to pay my way through university.Responsibilities include till operation, stock intake, merchandising and training new staff.

    • BBC

      Mar 2015 - Jun 2017
      Contributor

      Part of a 200 person cohort designed to allow young voices to be heard in the run up to the 2015 general election. Also, participated in the coverage of the 2017 general election.As part of this, I regularly appeared across television, radio and Internet services giving my input and analysis across many issues including Scottish and U.K. politics, housing, issues facing students and LGBT rights. I also interviewed several politicians including Nicola Sturgeon, Ruth Davidson, Danny Alexander and Jo Swinson. As part of this opportunity, I was also invited to write an analysis of political party's use of social media.Even though the project has ended, I still regularly appear on BBC programmes especially during election time. Show less

    • Liberal Democrats

      Apr 2016 - May 2016
      Parliamentary Candidate

      Parliamentary candidate for the Scottish Parliament seat of Falkirk East and the Central Scotland Regional List

    • Hillary for America

      Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
      Organising Fellow

      Summer internship as part of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.Responsible for making sure that the ground team in Cleveland ran effectively. This included working on voter registration, volunteer recruitment and event organisation as part of both state- and nation-wide strategies to get Hillary Clinton elected as president.

    • DC Thomson

      Aug 2017 - Sept 2017
      Work Experience

      Work experience in the Insights team supporting sales in their work. Got experience of using Google Analytics and advertising using organic search engine and social media methods.

    • MVF - 2nd in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For

      Sept 2017 - Apr 2021

      Currently work in the Data Analytics team having previously worked in the Search advertising.Responsibilities in my current role include:- Managing the ETL and modelling for data from our marketing channels to provide the teams with the insights need for their work.- Undertaking analysis projects, including regression analysis and significance testing, to make sure the business is making data-driven decisions.- Improving the efficiency of our data models and BI platform through DBT and Looker- Leading company-wide training on our business intelligence platforms.- Working with Product Managers and Department Heads to prioritise high impact projects for our marketing teams Show less

      • Data Analyst

        Apr 2019 - Apr 2021
      • Senior Marketing Executive

        Aug 2018 - Apr 2019
      • Biddable Marketing Executive

        Sept 2017 - Aug 2018
    • Havas

      Apr 2021 - Aug 2022
      Data and Reporting Manager
    • Choreograph

      Aug 2022 - now
      Data Engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Google AdWords Display

      Google
      Dec 2017
    • Microsoft Excel

      Filtered.com
      Nov 2017
    • Google AdWords Search

      Google
      Oct 2017
    • Introduction to JavaScript

      Codecademy
      Jan 2018
    • Google Analytics Individual Qualification

      Google
      Feb 2018
    • Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer

      Google
      Jul 2024
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to James Munro
      Loss Control Star of the Month - Apr 2014
    • Awarded to James Munro
      Commended Individual- Debate Matters Scotland/Northern Ireland Final - Mar 2013