Pinterest Externship via ExternI combine AI, data analysis, and product-focused internships to build agent-based automation, dashboards, and models that answer business questions.
My portfolio includes AI agent engineering externships, a telecom churn clustering and what-if model, and dashboards and automation built during internships and research.
Analyzed 7,043 customer records (23 fields) using K-means clustering to segment customers into 4 churn-risk groups, building a parameterized what-if model that projected a 5–10% discount could lower predicted churn in high-risk segments
Pinterest · ✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress
A six-week Pinterest externship researching Gen Z behavior on the platform, centered on a survey study using Jobs-to-be-Done methods and an evidence-backed insight for an advertiser-facing pitch.
I combine AI, data analysis, and product-focused internships to build agent-based automation, dashboards, and models that answer business questions.
I am Minh Nguyen, a junior at the University of South Florida studying Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics with minors in Marketing and Health Informatics. I work as an undergraduate research assistant in Behavioral AI and have held internships in AI agent development, data automation, and marketing.
Externships
Pinterest - GenZ Consumer Behavior Externship
In progress
Experience
Undergraduate Research Assistant
USF Behavioral AI Lab · Dec 2025 – Present
Data & Automation Intern
Eastspring Investments · Jun 2026 – Aug 2026
Marketing Specialist Intern
OnlyWorks · Jan 2026 – Aug 2026
Director of Professional Development
USF American Marketing Association · Jul 2025 – May 2026
Operations Coordinator
ELSEHERE LLC · Mar 2026 – May 2026
AI Agent Development Intern
NeuralSeek · Jul 2025 – Sep 2025
Education
University of South Florida, Muma College of Business
B.S. in Artificial Intelligence & Business Analytics, Minor: Marketing & Health Informatics · Class of 2027
Skills
Analyzed 7,043 customer records (23 fields) using K-means clustering to segment customers into 4 churn-risk groups, building a parameterized what-if model that projected a 5–10% discount could lower predicted churn in high-risk segments
✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress
A six-week Pinterest externship researching Gen Z behavior on the platform, centered on a survey study using Jobs-to-be-Done methods and an evidence-backed insight for an advertiser-facing pitch.
The project collected and analyzed survey responses from Gen Z Pinterest users to surface non-obvious usage patterns. The work designed a Jobs-to-be-Done survey, deployed it to a network of participants, and synthesized responses into a single insight presented as an advertiser-facing pitch.
I designed behavior-focused survey questions and published a Google Form that collected responses about how Gen Z searches, saves, and uses Pinterest.
I explained the research purpose, designed behavior-focused survey questions, and published the final Google Form to collect responses about how Gen Z searches, saves, and uses Pinterest.
