Jim Lumsden

Jim Lumsden has a diverse work experience in various roles. Jim was the Head of Data at Prolific, starting in May 2023. Prior to this role, they served as a Data Team Lead at Prolific, where they were responsible for restructuring data-service delivery, architecting a unified data model, and building out a data tech stack. Before that, they were a Growth Analyst at Prolific, where they executed marketing campaigns, conducted user research, and analyzed growth experiments. Jim also worked as a Data Analyst at Prolific, where they improved participant pool quality and engagement, analyzed growth engine, and monitored demographics. Additionally, Jim served as a Tech Lead at an Innovate UK project run by Cambridge Cognition and University of Bristol, as well as at Orb Technologies. Jim started their career as an Internet Services Developer at Netcraft, where they focused on programming and developed web interfaces.

Jim Lumsden's education history begins in 2001 when they attended Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College. There, they obtained A-levels and GCSEs, although the specific field of study is not mentioned. From 2009 to 2013, Jim pursued a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in Computer Science at the University of Bristol. Following this, from 2013 to 2014, they completed a Master's degree (Msc) in Research methods (psychological sciences) at the same university. Finally, from 2014 to 2018, Jim obtained their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Experimental Psychology, again from the University of Bristol.