Xiangxi (Sarah) Chen

Analytics leader, AI builder, and storyteller for media

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Xiangxi (Sarah) Chen

Analytics leader with 5+ years of experience in digital advertising data, measurement strategy, attribution, predictive analytics, and AI-enabled workflows.

Education

Johns Hopkins University, M.S. in Marketing Analytics (STEM)

Communication University of Zhejiang, B.A. in Bilingual Broadcasting

Columbia University, Exchange Program in Marketing and Business Management

Experience

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Sep 2025 - Present

Manager, Business Intelligence & Analytics

WPP Media

Lead cross-functional analytics initiatives across marketing, product, and client teams.

Translate complex modeling outputs into executive-level recommendations for budget and optimization decisions.

Establish governance standards for AI-enabled analytics and data workflows.

Mentor analysts in advanced SQL, modeling, and visualization practices.

Sep 2022 - Sep 2025

Senior Associate, Business Intelligence

WPP Media

Built Tech Concierge, an AI support agent that reduced research and troubleshooting time by 85%.

Created 10+ Power BI dashboards tracking CPA, ROAS, retention, and performance KPIs.

Led A/B tests, incrementality analyses, and attribution modeling across major media platforms.

Oct 2020 - Nov 2021

Digital Marketing Analyst

Johns Hopkins University

Conducted cohort and funnel analyses for multi-channel acquisition campaigns.

Helped support a 130% increase in site users and stronger engagement performance.

Feb 2020 - Oct 2020

Marketing Analyst

Baicizhan

Led app-install campaigns and in-app experiments that improved conversion and active user growth.

Managed large-scale influencer partnerships while maintaining ROI discipline.

Skills

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Power BISQLPythonRTableauLooker StudioGoogle AnalyticsAdobe AnalyticsAttributionMMMIncrementality Testing