Market & Consumer Research Analyst USD '26 · Marketing & Business Analytics

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

I turn consumer, behavioral, and subscription data into strategy — building the bridge between what the data says and what people actually feel. Currently doing that at BetterHelp across 51 markets and an international launch.

Languages Vietnamese English Spanish Italian
Currently

Market & Consumer Research Insights Analyst Intern @ BetterHelp

+13%QoQ conversion lift
insurance launch
51Markets in the framework
I built
Open to full-time

Market Research & Analytics roles · NYC / SF / 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, working as a Market and Consumer Research Insights Analyst at BetterHelp — the largest online therapy platform, with 4M+ members. I turn subscription, behavioral, and social listening data into research systems that other teams actually reuse.

Growing up in rural North Idaho as the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants who built their nail salon from the ground up, I watched my parents earn trust with every customer — often without a shared language. That taught me business is really about understanding what people value, and I carry it into every project I take on.

What I'm after is the why — why people choose, stay, leave, or fall in love with a brand. That's the question underneath every framework I've built, and it's what draws me to consumer insights work.

Current Work

Research systems
other teams reuse.

As BetterHelp's first consumer insights analyst intern, I'm embedded across Growth, Performance, Brand, Paid Social, and International — with end-to-end ownership to scope my own research. These are the three systems I built and shipped.

+13%
QoQ conversion lift

Insurance Launch Consumer Framework

Turned unstructured post-launch Looker data into a centralized, adaptable research strategy for BetterHelp's nationwide insurance rollout — layering coverage status, insurance literacy, and decision friction across 51 markets, segmented by state, consumer type, and funnel stage.

LookerSegmentationFunnel Analysis51 Markets
6
Extraction pathways

Brazil Market Launch Repository

First analyst on BetterHelp's Brazil launch (Jan 2027). Built a self-updating market and consumer research repository spanning SEO, Paid Social, Influencer, Brand/Creative, YouTube, and Audio — now the reusable template for future country expansions.

International GTMMarket ResearchCompetitive AnalysisReusable System
1
Source of truth

"Brain" — AI Operations Framework

Designed a system centralizing BetterHelp's AI guidelines, brand book, strategies, and Looker dashboards into one prioritized, searchable environment in Motion — giving marketers a single place to make decisions instead of hunting across tools.

AI Marketing EngineeringMotionKnowledge DesignEnablement
Also built
Customer segmentation and micro-moment frameworks derived from real consumer language, packaged as reusable methodologies for paid social, brand, and creative partners · Social listening, brand health, and competitive analysis in Talkwalker, Looker, and Similarweb · Iterative HTML deliverables surfacing micro-moments directly from Looker and Motion data.
Experience

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

BetterHelp
June 2026 — Present
Remote
Market & Consumer Research Insights Analyst Intern
+13%QoQ conversion lift
51Markets segmented
4M+Platform members
BetterHelp's first consumer insights analyst intern, embedded across Growth, Performance, Brand, Paid Social, and International teams with end-to-end ownership of my own research initiatives. I convert subscription, behavioral, and social listening data into creative, messaging, and go-to-market decisions — and package the methodology so other teams can rerun it without me.
Built the consumer research framework for the nationwide insurance launch, developed the market research repository for the Brazil launch, and designed Brain, an AI operations framework now used as the team's searchable source of truth. Also ran social listening, brand health, and competitive analysis in Talkwalker, Looker, and Similarweb, translating findings into recommendations adopted by paid social, brand, and creative partners.
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. Developed a growth and marketing strategy to increase B2B and D2C impact across luxury and event channels — 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. Designed and optimized A/B tests across subject lines, ad copy, and segmentation to measure KPI impact by funnel stage — driving a +21.1% CTR lift for a major fashion client's quarterly campaigns. Built email sends, delivered weekly performance reports and data visualizations, and presented results in 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 — my first real lesson in what makes people trust a brand. Managed campaigns reaching thousands of clients and learned that the best marketing is just deeply understanding people.
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 — 36-page publication, planned, executed, and designed
🎓
Cum Laude · Departmental Honors ×2
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
🇮🇹
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. Developed a growth and marketing strategy for a luxury chocolatier — 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

Analytics case studies
& strategic projects.

Academic and competition work in statistical modeling, segmentation, and consumer research. Click any card for the full deck.

Marketing Analytics · Media Effectiveness · Sandie GOLD 🥇

Stylara: TV Ad Effectiveness & E-Commerce Traffic Modeling

Built logistic regression models to isolate what drives web traffic from TV advertising — analyzing ad placement, channel performance, and time-of-day effectiveness. Compared full vs. reduced models to assess predictive power of creative vs. placement variables.

Predictive Analytics · Business Modeling · MKTG 411

AT&T: Customer Churn Prediction & Retention Strategy

Built a predictive churn model segmented by contract type and demographics. Modeled CLV and retention incentive scenarios to estimate profitability impact — balancing retention costs against predictive targeting precision.

Segmentation · International Marketing · MKTG 411

IronFuel Nutrition: Spain Market Entry via Cluster Analysis

Applied hierarchical clustering validated via elbow/BIC methods to surface 3 distinct consumer segments. Ran ANOVA to confirm statistical differences, then translated clusters into personas and market entry positioning.

Descriptive Analytics · Consumer Behavior · BUAN 316

E-Commerce Consumer Behavior Analysis

Led full-cycle consumer behavior analysis — cleaning and transforming datasets in R and SQL, building 22+ visualizations including heatmaps and decision trees to surface behavioral patterns influencing purchasing likelihood.

Consumer Insights · Marketing Research · MKTG 410

Skims: Male Consumer Perception & Menswear Expansion

Designed original primary research via Qualtrics to analyze male consumers' awareness, product perceptions, endorsement impact, and purchase barriers. Built Tableau dashboards and translated findings into influencer strategy and brand positioning recommendations.

Global Marketing Strategy · MKTG 305

GrabBike: Global Market Expansion Strategy

Developed a Brazilian market expansion strategy for GrabBike, evaluating cultural, economic, and behavioral adoption factors to build a localization strategy and consumer-led positioning for new geographies.

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,
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

SDFC, Wave FC, San Diego Gulls & NFL — Sports Marketing Panel

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 — USD Career Development Center

Designed and executed a full 36-page magazine as a strategic storytelling and student engagement asset for USD CDev — 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!"

I believe analytics and humanity belong in the same room. My goal is to build work that is analytically strong, culturally aware, emotionally intelligent — and actually useful. Not dashboards that just report, but insights that move people and inform strategy that sticks.

Contact

Let's build something
worth talking about!

I'm actively looking for full-time market research and consumer insights roles. Always happy to talk marketing analytics, subscription and wellness data, creative strategy, audio and creator platforms — really, any project where data gets 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 believe insight should drive strategy all the way through.

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