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First-year business student exploring product management

Business Administration freshman at UW, learning product management through a BeReal product management externship.

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Work samples focus on product management learning from my BeReal externship and academic projects from my Business Administration coursework.

  • 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

Business Administration freshman at UW, learning product management through a BeReal product management externship.

I am Niya Thomas, a first-year Business Administration student at the University of Washington. I am exploring product management through a BeReal product management externship as I start building practical experience alongside my studies.

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BeReal Product Management Externship

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Skills

Product management (externship experience)Business fundamentalsUniversity-level courseworkCuriosity about product developmentAIAI Agent DevelopmentAI Powered AnalyticsAccessibilityBusiness IntelligenceConsumer Tech
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✅ 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

Overview

The externship examined product strategies used by social apps to encourage habitual use while preserving authentic interactions. Work included benchmarking comparable platforms, analyzing engagement features, and designing a prototype growth feature. Deliverables combined comparative analysis and a feature concept.

BeReal Product Management Externship

What I've accomplished

I researched competitor approaches, evaluated engagement mechanics, and designed a feature concept that reflects tradeoffs between growth and authenticity.

Project breakdown

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