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Josh Jana

I turn complex questions into clear strategies and compelling stories through data, market research, and customer insights. Explore my expertise in marketing analytics, business strategy, and more.

Work samples

A selection of projects where I used data, research, and strategy to uncover insights, communicate recommendations, and build solutions across marketing, business, and social impact.

  • Beats by Dre Consumer Behavior & Market Analysis Externship
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    Beats By Dre · Jun 2026 · ✅ Verified by Extern

    Beats by Dre Consumer Behavior & Market Analysis Externship

    Discover how top brands like Beats by Dre turn consumer insights into products people can’t resist. Dive into the psychology of buying decisions, master survey design, and use cutting-edge AI tools to analyze real consumer data. In this externship, you’ll gain hands-on experience shaping marketing strategy for a leading global brand—perfect for anyone curious about marketing, psychology, or product innovation.

    Data AnalysisMarket ResearchPresentation Skills

About me

I turn complex questions into clear strategies and compelling stories through data, market research, and customer insights. Explore my expertise in marketing analytics, business strategy, and more.

My experience sits at the intersection of marketing, analytics, and strategy. As a Marketing Analytics Intern with Bakes for Breast Cancer, I build social media dashboards, analyze content performance, and present recommendations to support better decisions. Through externships with Beats by Dre, PwC mentors, and other organizations, I have worked on consumer research, data storytelling, and business strategy. I also bring an entrepreneurial and community-focused perspective through Looner, BU student leadership, and Crisis Text Line volunteering.

Externships

Pinterest - GenZ Consumer Behavior Externship

In progress

Experience

Marketing Analytics Intern

bakes for Breast Cancer · May 2026 - Aug 2026

Marketing intern

Shefa Global · Jun 2025 - Aug 2025

Marketing Intern

Idori · Dec 2023 - May 2025

Education

Boston University

B.S in Business Administration | Concentration in: Marketing and Business Analytics · Class of 2027

Edx

Verizon Skill Forward Program · Class of 2027

Skills

Business Strategy

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Beats by Dre Consumer Behavior & Market Analysis Externship

Discover how top brands like Beats by Dre turn consumer insights into products people can’t resist. Dive into the psychology of buying decisions, master survey design, and use cutting-edge AI tools to analyze real consumer data. In this externship, you’ll gain hands-on experience shaping marketing strategy for a leading global brand—perfect for anyone curious about marketing, psychology, or product innovation.

Data AnalysisMarket ResearchPresentation Skills

Overview

Beats by Dre Consumer Behavior & Market Analysis Externship

What I've accomplished

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Corporate Strategy Externship Mentored by THE Eric Ries

StrategyBusiness Development

Overview

The work applied the Incorruptible 4-Lens Framework across multiple case studies and companies, producing scorecards, a visual diagnosis, a four-lens analysis document, and a recorded slide deck with an action plan. The work was awarded Top Performer by The Lean Startup Co.

Corporate Strategy Externship Mentored by THE Eric Ries

What I've accomplished

I produced targeted four-lens analyses and scorecards for multiple organizations, a visual diagnosis of platform vulnerabilities, a one-year pilot outline, and a recorded four-slide presentation proposing a specific action to protect mission integrity.

Top performer

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Data Storytelling Sprint Extern

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Social Media Analytics & Strategy for Bakes for Breast Cancer

This project focused on helping Bakes for Breast Cancer better understand how its Instagram and LinkedIn content was performing. The goal was to turn social media data into clear, repeatable reporting that could reveal audience behavior, content trends, and opportunities to improve future strategy.

Marketing AnalyticsdataData VisualizationPresentation SkillsGoogle Sheets

Overview

This project focused on helping Bakes for Breast Cancer better understand how its Instagram and LinkedIn content was performing. The goal was to turn social media data into clear, repeatable reporting that could reveal audience behavior, content trends, and opportunities to improve future strategy.

Social Media Analytics & Strategy for Bakes for Breast Cancer

What I've accomplished

Built weekly Instagram and LinkedIn dashboards to track reach, engagement, audience activity, and content performance. I analyzed post-level results, identified patterns across content types, and translated the findings into monthly presentations and practical recommendations for the organization’s social media team.

Outcome

Created a repeatable reporting process that made social media performance easier to evaluate over time. My analysis helped surface stronger-performing content, areas requiring improvement, and opportunities to make future content decisions more evidence-based. I also strengthened my ability to communicate analytical findings to a nontechnical audience.

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Pinterest - GenZ Consumer Behavior Externship

A Pinterest externship studying how Gen Z uses the platform, focused on uncovering evidence-backed behavioral patterns relevant to advertisers.

Consumer ResearchSurvey DesignAI for Data AnalysisPresentation Skills

Overview

The externship investigated how Gen Z uses Pinterest by designing and fielding a Jobs-to-be-Done survey and analyzing responses. Work included survey design, deployment to a network of Gen Z respondents, and synthesis of findings into a concise insight. Deliverables included a single evidence-backed insight and an advertiser-facing pitch.

Pinterest - GenZ Consumer Behavior Externship

What I've accomplished

I designed a Jobs-to-be-Done survey, recruited Gen Z respondents from my network, analyzed the responses, and packaged the result as an advertiser-facing insight and pitch.

Project breakdown

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