During Summer 2021, several of our Honors College students embarked in internships at some of the biggest industry names in the world. From creating marketing educational materials for Amazon to working with Google’s Finance team, this is how these students spent their summer break.
Jada Wilson
Major: Double major in Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science

Company: Facebook
Title: FBU Data Science Intern
Job Description: As a FBU data science intern, I help my team better understand users’ interests and experiences within Facebook groups. I devise SQL queries to answer business questions and provide insights to help the team launch our MVP (minimum viable product). My work has directed the strategies outlined in my team’s roadmap for the next 6 months.
Branden Bedoya
Major: Double major in Business Analytics and Management Information Systems
Company: Google

Title: BOLD Finance Intern – Systems Team
Job Description: This Summer, I’ve been working on automation and process improvement for YouTube’s Non-Standard Payment process within Google’s Finance team. In particular, I had three stages to the internship project responsible for $20M+ in monthly revenue.
1. Developed a user-facing Google Form from a Lucidchart outline, incorporating response validation.
2. Utilized Apps Script (Google Form’s JavaScript extension) to automate an ‘on Form submit’ bug creation on Google’s bug management system (Buganizer).
3. Perform data validation by comparing user input responses to YouTube validation tables. We used Hubble (internal Google tool) to automatically open bugs or close bugs and send email notifications to users if there’s an invalid response. This process used many tools: SQL, Proto, BUILD files, C++, and Java capabilities to complete the task.
Brooklyn Herzig

Major: International Business
Company: Amazon
Title: Marketing Intern
Job Description: During this internship, I have had the opportunity to create marketing educational materials for Amazon Alexa teams. Using my experience and expertise, I was able to craft a guide that aids Amazon teams in marketing events. I’ve been able to learn marketing strategies, target market analysis, and how to measure campaign success. The world-class strategies and processes at Amazon have taught me how to focus on the customer and market to them in an informed, effective way.
Andressa Angelini Souza
Major: International Business
Expected graduation date: Spring 2023

Company name: Americanas S.A.
Title: Project Assistant
Job Description: Americanas S.A. is one of the biggest retailers in Brazil, having over 1,700 stores nationwide and a huge online platform. During these two months, I was immersed in the logistical department of the company as a project assistant. With an immense amount of responsibility and freedom, I created and presented to head managers a business case viewing the implementation of RFID technology into the operational chain of the state of Rio de Janeiro. This was an amazing opportunity to understand how working at a big company is like, developing connections in my home country, and directly apply as well as learn new concepts about International Business.