Summary
Jiayi Lu is a data-driven marketing analytics consultant and manager with nearly a decade of experience turning complex, multi-source datasets into actionable insights for global brands like Yum! Brands, Toyota, Burberry, McDonald’s and LVMH. She specializes in Marketing Mix Modeling, consumer insights, and digital product analytics, combining statistical rigor, experimentation, and scenario optimization to inform media planning and pricing decisions. At Kvantum by Yum! and Analytic Partners she translated advanced AI/ML and econometric models into clear business recommendations and “what-if” scenarios for franchisees and Fortune 100 clients. Jiayi pairs technical fluency in R, Adobe Analytics, and Power BI with hands-on experimentation design and storytelling to influence cross-functional stakeholders. Her academic background as a PhD candidate in China and an MS in Marketing Analytics from UT Dallas underpins a research-minded approach to practical problems. She’s notable for bridging agency-side media planning experience with enterprise-grade marketing science, enabling measurable uplift with the same or smaller budgets.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Management Science - Marketing Analytics, Master of Science Management Science - Marketing Analytics at The University of Texas at Dallas
Bachelor of Communications Bachelor of Marketing, Bachelor of Communications Bachelor of Marketing at University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Chinese, English