Marketing Analyst USD '26 · Marketing & Business Analytics

Turning consumer behavior into strategy, stories, and smarter marketing.

I build research systems that turn consumer and behavioral data into decisions teams can actually act on. Four years of doing that across telehealth, fashion, higher education, and a family business.

Languages Vietnamese English Spanish
Most Recent

Market & Consumer Research Insights Analyst Intern @ BetterHelp

+13%QoQ conversion lift
insurance launch
51Markets in the framework
I built
Available for Full-Time
Marketing Analytics · Consumer Insights · Growth
Bay Area NYC Remote
"What stood out most about Zadie was not just her ability to execute, but how naturally she blended creativity with strategy. She is thoughtful, dependable, and brings a calm, positive energy that makes collaboration easy and productive. I absolutely adore Zadie as a human being and anyone that gets the chance to work with her is fortunate."
Kelly Morton, Assistant Director
USD Career Development Center
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Marketing Analytics✦ Consumer Insights✦ Lifecycle Marketing✦ Bocconi · Milan✦ SIBC · New York City✦ Sandie Gold 🥇 & Bronze 🥉✦ Dean's List 8x✦ University of San Diego✦ Segmentation✦ Social Listening✦ AI Marketing Engineering✦ American Marketing Association✦ Marketing Analytics✦ Consumer Insights✦ Lifecycle Marketing✦ Bocconi · Milan✦ SIBC · New York City✦ Sandie Gold 🥇 & Bronze 🥉✦ Dean's List 8x✦ University of San Diego✦ Segmentation✦ Social Listening✦ AI Marketing Engineering✦ American Marketing Association✦
+13%QoQ conversion lift · BetterHelp
nationwide insurance launch
51Markets segmented in the consumer
research framework I built
4M+Members on the platform
I research for
🥇🥉Two AMA Sandie Awards
Gold & Bronze · 2026
950+All-time record career fair turnout
designed & executed campaign
Zadie Nguyen
About

Evidence, empathy, and everything between.

I'm a Marketing and Business Analytics graduate from the University of San Diego. For four years I've worked on the same problem in different rooms: how do you take messy consumer data and turn it into something a team can actually decide on? I've done that for a telehealth platform with 4M+ members, a fashion client at a growth agency, a university career center, and my parents' small business.

Growing up in rural North Idaho as the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants who built their nail salon from nothing, I watched them earn trust with every customer, often without a shared language. That's where I learned business is really about understanding what people value. It's still the thing I'm best at.

What I'm after is the why. Why people choose, stay, leave, or fall for a brand. That question sits underneath every model I've built and every deck I've presented.

Most Recent Role · Summer 2026

Turning research into systems
teams reuse.

I joined BetterHelp as their first consumer insights analyst intern, sitting across Growth, Performance, Brand, Paid Social, and International. I spent the summer on one question: how do you turn research into something teams can actually use? I worked on it at two scales, market and organizational, and shipped three systems.

End of Summer Showcase
The full presentation

I presented this to the BetterHelp marketing organization in August 2026. It walks through the summer's work in depth: the research approach, the systems I built, and how each one gets used. Figures, market names, and identifying details have been modified to protect proprietary information.

+13%QoQ conversion lift
nationwide insurance launch
51Markets segmented in the
framework I built
6Growth pathways in the
market entry repository
4M+Members on the platform
I researched for
Project 01 · Market Scale

Market Entry Repository

From research library to decision system

Entering a new international market meant learning an unfamiliar consumer, competitive set, culture, and media environment fast. I built a self-updating repository that turns scattered evidence into decisions marketers can act on. It became the template for future country launches.

  • Connects consumer research, competitive intelligence, channel performance, academic sources, and market trends
  • Six growth pathways so each role sees the same evidence through their own decisions
  • Source-backed GPT layered on top for conversational access
International GTM Competitive Intel Custom GPT
Project 02 · Organizational Scale

The Brain

The context layer for AI creative strategy

BetterHelp's marketing knowledge lived across people, decks, dashboards, Confluence, briefs, and Slack. I built the context layer behind Motion's AI creative workspace so future work starts from what the company already knows.

  • Prioritized 10-resource inventory rolled out in three waves, durable truth first
  • Every upload tagged with priority, ownership, freshness, and usage rules
  • One saved report became 4 concepts, 20 hooks, 20 scripts, and 1 production brief
AI Engineering Motion Knowledge Design
Project 03 · Market Scale

Insurance Launch Framework

Unstructured data into a segmentation strategy

BetterHelp's nationwide insurance launch produced a lot of unstructured Looker data. I built the consumer research framework that made it usable, layering coverage status, insurance literacy, and decision friction across 51 markets.

  • Segmented by state, consumer type, and funnel stage to find real drop-off points
  • Built to adapt as new data came in, so it kept working past the first analysis
  • Contributed to a 13% quarter-over-quarter conversion lift
Segmentation Looker Funnel Analysis
"Zadie's turning into an AI system designer."
Matthew Hernández
Manager · BetterHelp Marketing
"She brought a mix of curiosity, strategic thinking, and initiative to every project, from building our go-to-market research repository to helping develop our AI-powered marketing knowledge system. She did a fantastic job thinking about how AI could make our existing knowledge more accessible, really helping us build foundations that get the team moving away from individual AI experimentation to scalable, repeatable AI workflows. That combination of strategic thinking, curiosity, and a real bias toward making things useful and actionable is rare, especially at the internship level."
Natalí Notzon
Head of Global Partnerships & AI Initiatives · BetterHelp
Skill 01
Research Synthesis
Connecting multiple sources without flattening the nuance between them.
Skill 02
Framework Development
Turning ambiguous questions into reusable systems other people can run.
Skill 03
Strategic Translation
Moving from evidence to implication to recommendation to testable action.
Skill 04
AI + Research Infrastructure
Using AI to make research more accessible without replacing human judgment.
Also contributed
WNBA market trend analysis · Brand health and competitive analysis in Talkwalker, Looker, and Similarweb, translated into recommendations that paid social, brand, and creative partners adopted · AirOps AI in Marketing cohort and playbooks · "AI Feelers," a presentation I gave on the college student perspective on AI literacy.
Experience

Where I've worked and what I've built.

BetterHelp
June – August 2026
Remote
Market & Consumer Research Insights Analyst Intern
+13%QoQ conversion lift
51Markets segmented
4M+Platform members
BetterHelp's first consumer insights analyst, sitting across Growth, Performance, Brand, Paid Social, and International with end-to-end ownership of my own research initiatives. I turned subscription, behavioral, and social listening data into creative, messaging, and go-to-market decisions, then packaged the methodology so other teams could rerun it without me.
Built the consumer research framework for the nationwide insurance launch, developed the market research repository for an international launch, and designed Brain, an AI operations framework that became the team's searchable source of truth. Also ran social listening, brand health, and competitive analysis in Talkwalker, Looker, and Similarweb, turning findings into recommendations that paid social, brand, and creative partners adopted.
Consumer InsightsMarket ResearchSegmentationLookerTalkwalkerSocial ListeningGo-to-MarketAI Ops
Student International Business Council @ USD
May 2025 – May 2026
NYC · San Diego
Marketing Consultant, Milène Jardine Chocolatier
Selected as 1 of 4 students for USD's Student International Business Council consulting travel team. I developed a growth and marketing strategy to increase B2B and D2C impact across luxury and event channels, then presented final recommendations to the CEO at her Long Island City manufacturing space. Funded by the M&T Foundation.
B2B & D2C StrategyLuxury BrandGrowth MarketingClient Consulting
Power Digital Marketing
May – Aug 2024
San Diego, CA
Lifecycle Marketing Intern
+21.1%CTR lift, fashion client
Aligned lifecycle and paid social across email, SMS, and media. I designed and optimized A/B tests across subject lines, ad copy, and segmentation to measure KPI impact by funnel stage, which drove a +21.1% CTR lift for a major fashion client's quarterly campaigns. I also built email sends, delivered weekly performance reports and data visualizations, and presented results on client calls.
Clients included: O'Neill, Plant People, Willow, Melissa & Doug, FCP Euro, Pura Vida
Lifecycle MarketingEmail / SMSCampaign PlanningCompetitive Analysis
USD Career Development Center
Aug 2023–May 2026
San Diego, CA
Senior Marketing Intern
950+Record fair attendance
+466%Reach growth
Grew @USDCareers over three years across Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, and Handshake: +466% accounts reached, +406% profile visits, 2× engagement. Led the organic social strategy for the 2025 Fall Career & Internship Fair, driving the highest undergraduate attendance in CDev history. Built competitor and engagement benchmark analyses in Meta Business Suite, Salesforce, Tableau, and Excel; produced 200+ campaign-ready assets and the Sandie-winning Summer Internship Magazine. Now train the next generation of interns.
@USDCareersSocial StrategyContent CreationMeta Business SuiteCanva · FigmaPublication Design
Manager Reference

"I loved having Zadie on my team at USD. She has a natural knack for marketing, social media and analytics, but what really sets her apart is her initiative; she doesn't just do the work, she looks for ways to make it better. She was a joy to supervise and a wonderful presence in our office. "

Judd Mateo · Associate Director · Communications & Assessment
Orchid Nails & Spa
2019–Present
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Marketing Manager, Family Business
+1200%Engagement in 1 month
8.4K+Clients reached
Built and ran marketing for my parents' nail salon. This was my first real lesson in what makes people trust a brand. I managed campaigns reaching thousands of clients and learned that the best marketing is usually just understanding people well.
Social MarketingClient RelationshipsCampaign Management
Recognition & Honors
🥇
AMA Sandie Award: GOLD, 2026
Student Marketing Research & Strategy (Individual) · Stylara Marketing Analytics Case Study. Statistical modeling in JASP to diagnose inefficiencies in fashion TV advertising
🥉
AMA Sandie Award: BRONZE, 2026
Student Creative (Individual) · USD CDev Summer Internship Award Magazine. A 36-page publication I planned, executed, and designed
🎓
Cum Laude · Departmental Honors in Both Majors
Honors in both Marketing and Business Analytics · First Academic Honors 2023–2026 · USD Knauss School of Business
🌟
Alumni Endowed & M&T Rising Star Scholarships
M&T Rising Star celebrates Knauss students who have faced challenges and persevered toward excellence · 2024 & 2025
🎤
AMA International Collegiate Conference Presenter
Presented an original case study on inter-organizational communication to student leaders and advisors from programs nationwide · Chicago
🤝
Selected Access & Stakeholder Presentations
Kia Italia EV9 go-to-market presentation (via Bocconi) · Milène Jardine CEO presentation in NYC · Private dinner with Stuart Weitzman · KSB Mentee, Spring 2025
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Study Abroad · Fall 2024
Università Bocconi, Milan · CLEACC Program
Completed advanced coursework in global marketing, e-commerce, and the creative industries at one of Europe's top business schools. Collaborated with international teams and presented a full-funnel digital strategy for KIA Italia to company stakeholders.
Global MarketingE-Commerce and E-MarketingKIA Italia PresentationMarketing in Creative Industries
🗽
SIBC Consulting · Spring 2026
Milène Jardine Chocolatier: Growth Marketing Strategy
Selected as 1 of 4 students to travel to NYC with USD's Student International Business Council. I developed a growth and marketing strategy for a luxury chocolatier and presented final recommendations to the CEO at her Long Island City manufacturing space. Funded by the M&T Foundation.
B2B & D2C StrategyLuxury BrandNYC ConsultingWoman-Founded
Selected Work

Case Study Coursework

Coursework and competition projects in statistical modeling, segmentation, and consumer research. These are where I learned the methods I use professionally. Click any card for the full deck.

Marketing Analytics · Media Effectiveness · Sandie GOLD 🥇

Stylara: TV Ad Effectiveness & E-Commerce Traffic Modeling

I built logistic regression models in JASP to isolate what actually drives web traffic from TV advertising. Comparing full and reduced models separated how much lift came from the creative itself versus where it ran.

Predictive Analytics · Business Modeling · MKTG 411

AT&T: Customer Churn Prediction & Retention Strategy

Built a predictive churn model segmented by contract type and demographics. I modeled CLV and retention incentive scenarios to estimate profitability impact, balancing retention cost against how precisely we could target.

Segmentation · International Marketing · MKTG 411

IronFuel Nutrition: Spain Market Entry via Cluster Analysis

Hierarchical clustering on Spanish consumer data, validated with elbow and BIC, confirmed distinct with ANOVA. Three segments, each turned into a persona and a messaging angle for market entry.

Descriptive Analytics · Consumer Behavior · BUAN 316

E-Commerce Consumer Behavior Analysis

I ran this one end to end, from raw messy data to strategic recommendation. Cleaning and transforming in R and SQL, then 22+ visualizations including heatmaps and decision trees to surface the behavioral patterns that actually move purchasing likelihood.

Consumer Insights · Marketing Research · MKTG 410

Skims: Male Consumer Perception & Menswear Expansion

Skims moved into menswear and wasn't landing. We ran a focus group, then surveyed 108 men. Word associations came back sexy, underwear, Kim K, women. Celebrity endorsement barely beat everyday men, which cut against how the brand was spending.

Global Marketing Strategy · MKTG 305

GrabBike: Global Market Expansion Strategy

GrabBike works in Southeast Asia. I looked at whether it translates to Brazil and what has to change if it does, then built the positioning and localization strategy around that.

Impact in Numbers

USD Career Development Center
Social Media Growth

83.3KTotal views since Aug 2023
21.4K
↑ 466.5%
Accounts reached
2.8K
↑ 405.7%
Profile visits
967
↑ 100%
Content interactions
+377New followers → now 2,326
63
↑ 85.3%
Link clicks (upgraded Linktree)
10,695
Best-performing post: Summer Internship Award Advertisement
6,351 accounts reached · 331 interactions · 109 shares · 81 saves · 82% non-followers
Selected Content
Summer Internship Award post
10,695 views
Career fair carousel
11,448 views
Student resource carousel
6,065 views
Coach Vance introduction reel
View Reel ↗
Skills & Tools

What I bring to every room.

Analytics & Data
  • Looker · Tableau
  • SQL · Python · R
  • JASP · SPSS
  • Excel · Google Analytics
  • Qualtrics · Similarweb
  • Regression & Clustering
  • A/B Testing · ANOVA
  • Predictive Modeling
Research & Insights
  • Consumer Segmentation
  • Micro-Moment Frameworks
  • Social Listening (Talkwalker)
  • Brand Health Tracking
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Survey Design
  • Ethnographic Research
  • Behavioral Analysis
AI & Marketing Engineering
  • Claude · ChatGPT
  • AirOps · Profound
  • Writer AI · Motion
  • Prompt & System Design
  • AI Ops Frameworks
  • Workflow Automation
  • HTML / CSS Deliverables
Strategy & Platforms
  • Go-to-Market Strategy
  • Lifecycle & Email / SMS
  • Brand & Campaign Strategy
  • Meta Business Suite
  • Klaviyo · Salesforce
  • Canva · Figma · Adobe
  • Notion · Asana
Certifications &
Continued Learning
AirOps AI Marketing Cohort Profound Marketing Engineering Google Digital Marketing & E-Commerce Klaviyo Claude 101 AI Fluency Framework & Foundations DataCamp · Intermediate R DataCamp · Supervised Learning in R DataCamp · Intermediate SQL DataCamp · ggplot2 DataCamp · Cleaning Data in R DataCamp · Tidyverse DataCamp · Intro to Stats
Leadership & Impact

Building community and making waves!

AMA San Diego · 2025–2026

Director of Outreach, American Marketing Association

Secured 40 industry speakers across 9 events spanning sports, fashion, and recruiting. Organized and moderated high-impact panels and represented USD at AMA International Collegiate Conference in Chicago.
40 speakers · 9 events
Sports Marketing Panel

Sports Marketing Panel: SDFC, Wave FC, Gulls & NFL

Organized and moderated a live panel featuring professionals from four San Diego pro sports organizations. Managed all speaker outreach, logistics, and live moderation.
4 pro sports orgs · 1 stage
USD Vietnamese Student Association

Founding Vice President

Recruiting and organizing members for events and activities that foster a sense of belonging and support for Vietnamese students at the university
Cultural heritage · Community building
Publication · Sandie Award Bronze 🥉

36-Page Magazine for USD Career Development Center

Designed and executed a full 36-page magazine as a strategic storytelling and student engagement asset for USD CDev. It was awarded Bronze for Student Creative (Individual) at the 2026 AMA Sandie Awards.
Sandie Bronze 🥉
Philosophy
"The best marketing lives at the intersection of evidence and emotion. Data tells us what people do, and creativity helps us understand why it matters!"

Analytics and humanity belong in the same room. I want to build work that is analytically strong, culturally aware, and actually useful to the person who has to make the call. Not dashboards that report what already happened, but insight that changes what someone decides to do next.

Contact

Let's build something worth talking about!

I'm looking for full-time marketing analytics, consumer insights, and growth roles. Always happy to talk about segmentation, subscription data, creative strategy, audio and creator platforms, or any project where the numbers get to feel a little more human.

Open to opportunities in...

Roles where data, culture, and creativity get to live together. Teams that take consumer understanding seriously and let insight drive strategy all the way through. Open to the Bay Area, NYC, or remote.

Marketing Analytics Consumer Insights Market Research Brand Strategy Growth Marketing Lifecycle Marketing Entertainment Fashion & Wellness Marketing Science