Leon
Liu

Marketing Science and measurement analytics professional turning advertiser signals, experiments, and data pipelines into growth decisions, executive dashboards, and scalable revenue impact.

Range 7+ years across Meta, Horizon Media, and PHD
Mode Marketing Analytics x Ads Measurement x Data Visualization
Experience system map 2014 2020 2025 Now Stats Marketing PHD Horizon Meta Sales AI

Case Studies

Public-safe examples of how I turn measurement constraints into business decisions. Client details and sensitive data are masked; the focus is the reasoning, method, artifact, limitation, and stakeholder translation.

Featured measurement case

Matched Market Test: validating offline media campaign impact

This case frames an offline media measurement problem for TV/OOH campaigns where user-level tracking is not practical. The measurement question is whether treated markets generated more foot traffic than similar untreated markets would have predicted without the campaign.

Hand-drawn Xiaohei illustration showing campaign markets, matched controls, a counterfactual machine, observed visits, expected baseline, uncertainty, and incremental lift
Attribution case draft

Multi-Touch Attribution: reading journeys without claiming causality

This case frames MTA as a journey-analysis tool for channel optimization. Last-touch attribution is like giving all goal credit to the final shooter; MTA gives more reasonable credit across the passing sequence based on historical paths that tend to lead to conversion.

Hand-drawn Xiaohei football illustration comparing last-touch attribution, where only the final shooter receives all credit while the goalkeeper receives no credit, with MTA credit assigned across pass, assist, shot, and goal paths based on past path frequency and a not-causality caveat.
Case study index

Measurement topics

Matched Market Test

MMT
Business question
Did the offline media campaign create incremental foot traffic when user-level tracking was not available?
Artifact
Matched markets, CausalImpact counterfactual baseline, lift readout, and validation summary.
Analyst Incrementality Case study
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Multi-Touch Attribution

MTA
Business question
Which touchpoints appear to influence conversion paths, and where can optimization start?
Artifact
Touchpoint SQL table, path model, channel contribution chart, causality caveat.
Technical Attribution Journey
Open full case

Marketing Mix Modeling

MMM
Business question
How should the next budget dollar move across channels after accounting for time lag and saturation?
Artifact
Weekly synthetic data, adstock transform, response curves, allocation table.
Executive Budget Modeling

Lift Studies

LIFT
Business question
Did a brand or conversion campaign move outcomes versus a valid control group?
Artifact
Experiment readout, confidence interval explainer, decision recommendation.
Analyst Experiment Incrementality

Meta-Analysis

META
Business question
What reliable pattern emerges after many lift tests across audiences, creatives, or campaign types?
Artifact
Effect-size table, weighted summary, forest plot, learning agenda.
Analyst Synthesis Learning

Item Response Theory

IRT
Business question
How should signals be weighted when different behaviors have different difficulty or diagnostic value?
Artifact
Response matrix, item difficulty/discrimination explanation, weighted scoring guide.
Technical Scoring Weighting

Customer Segmentation

SEG
Business question
Which behavior-based customer groups deserve different messaging, media, or Sales treatment?
Artifact
Feature table, clustering workflow, segment cards, activation map.
Business Audience Activation

Pipeline to Tableau

DATA
Business question
How do scattered inputs become a repeatable dashboard trusted by executives and clients?
Artifact
SQL model, Python cleaning step, Snowflake schema, Tableau KPI spec, QA checklist.
Technical Pipeline Visualization

AI Web App Dashboard

APP
Business question
Can a dashboard become an interactive decision surface with AI-generated summaries?
Artifact
Local web app, synthetic dataset, chart interactions, recommendation panel, guardrails.
Product AI Dashboard

Vibe Coding Projects

BUILD
Business question
How can AI speed up analytics prototyping without weakening measurement rigor?
Artifact
Prompt, prototype screenshot, QA checklist, before/after workflow.
Product AI build QA

Analytics Agent

AGENT
Business question
Can an agent answer analytics questions from trusted context with citations and uncertainty?
Artifact
Data sources, prompt/rubric, good vs bad answers, evaluation method.
Technical Agent Evaluation

No case studies in this category yet. New examples can be added here as the portfolio grows.

Marketing analytics timeline

The arc starts with statistical modeling in applied meteorology, then moves into marketing intelligence, ads measurement, full-funnel analytics, data pipelines, and AI-enabled Marketing Science work at Meta.

Applied Meteorology, Sun Yat-sen University

Built a quantitative base through statistical modeling, mathematics, and atmospheric science before moving into marketing intelligence.

MS Marketing Intelligence, Fordham

Shifted the analytical foundation toward consumer behavior, marketing case work, and business-facing insight communication.

PHD Media: Google ads measurement

Built Tableau and Alteryx planning tools for Google's $100MM+ ad strategy, ran A/B tests on $5B+ campaign spend, and delivered matched-market incrementality analysis.

Horizon Media: analytics manager

Led analytics for Paramount+, AMC, NFL, Honda, and others; built Snowflake/Python pipelines and Tableau dashboards that tripled reporting efficiency.

Meta: Marketing Science Consultant

Evaluates $1B+ monthly advertiser spend, identifies 13% lower cost-per-result opportunities, and scales AI-assisted measurement workflows for 200+ partners.

Next: measurement systems at scale

The direction is deeper integration across Marketing Science, AI agents, CRM signals, Sales workflows, and productized measurement infrastructure.

Marketing Science capability map

The center of gravity is measurement analytics: experimentation, attribution, MMM/MTA, pipeline-to-dashboard systems, and cross-functional translation between advertisers, Sales, Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams.

Marketing Analytics Measurement Pipelines Visualization AI Workflows XFN Leadership
Marketing analytics
92
Ads measurement and incrementality
91
Data pipelines to visualization
88
Product, Sales, and Engineering collaboration
87
AI-assisted analytics workflows
84
Executive storytelling and sales enablement
86

Selected STAR project stories

Each project is framed around the problem, my action, and the result. This keeps the work readable for both technical interviewers and business stakeholders.

Case Type 01

Advertiser measurement and learning agendas

Situation / Task Advertisers needed clearer learning agendas for performance decay, incrementality, and budget decisions.
Action Designed experiment plans, Bayesian analysis, lift-study thinking, matched-market testing, and MMM/MTA recommendation frameworks.
Result Translated measurement into activation recommendations, including lower cost-per-result opportunities and scalable guidance for Marketing Science partners.
Case Type 02

Data pipelines to executive visualization

Situation / Task Client teams had scattered performance inputs and slow reporting cycles that made executive decision-making harder.
Action Built Tableau dashboards and Snowflake/Python/Alteryx pipelines integrating first-party performance data and media metrics.
Result Tripled reporting efficiency and scaled client-facing insight delivery for acquisition, engagement, retention, and media investment decisions.
Case Type 03

Sales, Product, and Engineering collaboration

Situation / Task Sales teams needed more personalized advertiser context to improve recommendation quality and adoption.
Action Partnered with Sales, Product, Engineering, MarTech, Marketing, and Content Strategy to turn context signals into CRM insight tools and scalable guidance.
Result Improved advertiser guidance adoption and supported stronger action rates by making recommendations more timely, specific, and measurable.

Posts / Blog

A manual archive of LinkedIn posts with more context, examples, and technical detail. Send me the post text, and this section becomes the expanded website version.

Manual LinkedIn Sync

LinkedIn post expansions

Short public posts can become longer portfolio essays here: the business context, the method, the limitation, and the interview-ready explanation behind the original post.

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Measurement Notes

Measurement field notes

A place for practical explanations of MMT, MTA, MMM, Lift Studies, Meta-Analysis, and Item Response Theory, written for both technical interviewers and business readers.

Next: Lift Study
Build Notes

Analytics systems build log

A running record of how I turn ideas into dashboards, agents, case-study visuals, and public-safe prototypes without exposing client-sensitive data.

Manual updates

How I explain analytics work

For measurement and analytics roles, proof is not just screenshots. It is the chain from business question to method, data system, stakeholder adoption, and measurable decision impact.

01 / QUESTION

Business question

Examples: why advertiser performance is decaying, what would have happened without media, which customer segment is under-served, or where Sales should focus.

02 / METHOD

Measurement method

Choose the right method for the decision: incrementality test, Bayesian analysis, matched-market design, MMM/MTA, segmentation, or journey analysis.

03 / PIPELINE

Data to visualization

Connect SQL, Python, Snowflake, Alteryx, Tableau, CRM signals, and media data into dashboards or tools that stakeholders can actually use.

04 / ADOPTION

Adoption and impact

Measure whether Sales, Product, Engineering, Marketing, or clients use the recommendation, and connect that adoption to revenue, efficiency, or better decisions.

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