Building strong relationships entails a lot of communication along with trust to maintain these relationships. A story that shows how I am able to build strong relationships is when I was a data analyst intern at Lenovo this past summer. I met my manager on the first day and from then I would make sure to continuously ask questions and be someone that he knew he could rely on by completing all of my tasks on time and efficiently. I was proactive when communicating with him and provided him with updates on how to my projects were coming along. After a few weeks, I knew I had been able to gain his trust when he started messaging me to check in on certain tasks when he was out of the office. This really showed how much he valued my work as I was the only intern that he would ask to help him. By the end of my internship we developed a great working relationship and now occasionally check-in to see how school and work is going or to wish each other for different holidays. 

I really enjoy following creators who are in the beauty and lifestyle space. I like individuals who are authentic and create realistic content while being positive. I personally love Emilie Kiser who posts a lot of beauty content where she shares recommendations for products that she personally uses and is also relatable, funny, and engaging. Lexi Hidalgo is another creator that I follow because of her focus on wellness, personal growth, and puts a fun twist on her content. She is someone who is also very realistic and does not try and put on a show for the camera. Lastly, I really like Amanda Bouldin who is so down-to-earth while sharing her every day life. She is another creator who is so positive and makes you feel welcome on her platforms even through the screen. All of these creators are ones that I enjoy watching because of their ability to connect with their audiences in a way that is extremely relatable, fun, and positive which are different aspects that I value when spending time online. 

Yes, I have experience in sales and account management through my current role with ZSuite along with my past roles with Extern partnering with Beats by Dr. Dre, Smoothie King, and Lenovo. Starting with my role at Smoothie King where I had direct experience with customers. I was in charge of selling products and engaging with customers in order to provide them with a great experience in the store making them wanting to return. I was able to communicate with them effectively and completely understand their requests and overall goals when suggesting smoothies to try. Additionally, my current role entails working with companies to help them tailor their marketing strategies to Gen Z consumers. This directly deals with using my own experiences as Gen Z along with insights from other Gen Z individuals in order to engage executives from different businesses, explaining the benefits of tailoring strategies to Gen Z, and seeing how the strategies they are planning on implementing are able to resonate with Gen Z individuals. This aligns with this role because I would be able to reach out to creators, explain the benefits of the products, and improve the utilization of the products. During my time with Extern partnering with Beats by Dr. Dre, I conducted market research to help improve their marketing strategies. I analyzed consumer trends along with taking personal experiences from individuals in order to help cater over-the-ear headphones to the younger generation. At the end of the externship, I was able to provide solutions using many different types of market research including insights on how the company should position its products to Gen Z individuals in order to increase the purchasing and consumption rate. Lastly during my role as a data analyst intern at Lenovo, I worked with the sales and marketing teams to help them improve their strategies using the program that I had coded which streamlined data and accumulated it all in one place. I had to track different metrics and make recommendations for these teams in order to increase overall sales and utilization of the products they were selling.