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Communications and Digital Media student building user-focused product work

I am a Communications major at FIU specializing in product development, merging behavioral insights with practical thinking to enhance user experiences.

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Projects that apply psychological methods to product problems, from user research and testing to concept development and prototyping.

  • BeReal Product Management Externship
    BeReal Product Management Externship
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    BeReal. · ✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress

    BeReal Product Management Externship

    Discover how product teams at social apps like BeReal design for authenticity while driving user growth. In this externship, you’ll explore what keeps users coming back— benchmarking competitors, analyzing engagement features, and designing your own growth-driven app feature. You’ll learn how to balance product innovation with BeReal’s unique mission of real, unfiltered connection. Perfect for those interested in product management, UX strategy, or social media innovation, this experience gives you a hands-on look at how product teams grow platforms without losing their core values.

    DesignUI/UXProduct Management

About me

I am a Communications major at FIU specializing in product development, merging behavioral insights with practical thinking to enhance user experiences.

I am Jennifer Marrero, a senior at Florida International University studying Communications with a focus on Digital Media and focused on product. I explore how people think and behave to inform product decisions and design experiences that work for real users.

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BeReal Product Management Externship

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Education

Florida International University

B.S. Communications & Digital Media · Class of 2027

Skills

User researchUsability testingBehavioral observationPersona developmentProblem framingProduct thinkingHTMLCSSJavaScriptReactNode.jsUX Design
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BeReal Product Management Externship

Discover how product teams at social apps like BeReal design for authenticity while driving user growth. In this externship, you’ll explore what keeps users coming back— benchmarking competitors, analyzing engagement features, and designing your own growth-driven app feature. You’ll learn how to balance product innovation with BeReal’s unique mission of real, unfiltered connection. Perfect for those interested in product management, UX strategy, or social media innovation, this experience gives you a hands-on look at how product teams grow platforms without losing their core values.

DesignUI/UXProduct Management

Overview

The project analyzed engagement mechanics and competitor benchmarks used by social apps to balance authenticity with growth. The work compared feature sets across platforms and designed a prototype growth-focused feature tailored to BeReal-style interactions. Deliverables included a competitor analysis and a feature prototype.

BeReal Product Management Externship

What I've accomplished

I examined competing social apps and built a feature prototype that applied those findings to a BeReal-style product, documenting comparisons and design decisions.

Project breakdown

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