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James McKenna

James McKenna

Content Writer

Biography

James McKenna earned an MA in French and History from the University of Edinburgh, with one year at the Centre Universitaire Jean-François Champollion in Albi, France.

After graduation, James embarked on a career in marketing in Barcelona, where he worked in-house at a variety of business schools.

A freelancer since 2017, James now creates content across a diverse range of industries but maintains his higher education pedigree as a content writer for MASTERGRADSCHOOLS and MBAGRADSCHOOLS.

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