Data Science

Sean Hu

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Education

New York University New York, NY

Bachelor of Arts in Data Science Aug. 2024 — Expected May 2028 Experience

Campus Strategist Jan. 2025 – Present

Perplexity New York, NY

• GTM Strategy: Launched a campus-wide marketing campaign that grew Perplexity’s NYU student usage by 20%, making it the best-performing campus in the Northeast region.

• Marketing: Produced short-form video content and led in-person outreach through tabling, classroom visits, and poster campaigns, acquiring 2,000+ new users in a month.

• User Research: Collected 500+ survey responses and launched a Perplexity NYU user group with 100+ active members to gather ongoing feedback. Proposed product improvements to the dev team, contributing to a 10% increase in user satisfaction score.

• Partnership Development: Secured a partnership between marketing agency Dime.Inc and Perplexity to launch a GenZ-focused campaign, reaching 100k+ students across 60+ universities; partnered with 23 student organizations at NYU, bringing in 1,000+ new users. Founding Member, Product Lead Feb. 2025 – Present

Propel.Earth New York, NY

• C++ Code Development: Developed an investor–founder matching MVP, allowing impact-driven founders to connect with investors 40% faster.

• User Discovery: Interviewed 50+ startup founders/investors to uncover pain points in early-stage networking and team formation.

• Community Building: Built a curated network of 150+ vetted founders, leading to a 60% prototype sign-up rate and 75% user satisfaction in early feedback.

Product Analyst, UX Designer Feb. 2025 – Present

NYU Product Management Club — Product Team New York, NY

• Product Analysis: Analyzed Gen Z engagement metrics across NYT platforms to identify content consumption trends. Insights informed the design of a personalized, scannable recap feature, which earned a 90% approval rating and was rated “easy to use” by 85% of users in testing.

• Prototyping: Designed a Figma mockup of a scannable news recap tool, receiving an average usability rating of 4.6/5 through 3 rounds of testing.

Content Creator Apr. 2024 – Apr. 2025

Above the Rim with DH12 – Podcast by former NBA star Dwight Howard New York, NY

• A/B Testing: Directed the creation of 12+ weekly promotional video clips, A/B testing thumbnails and titles, which resulted in a 15% increase in click-through rates and a 10% rise in podcast subscriptions within two months. Leadership Activities

President Kang Chiao International School Student Council Apr. 2023 – May 2024

• Led 1,200+ participant events and a $250K fundraising campaign for Alzheimer’s research via crowdfunding. Awards & Competition

1st Place NYUVC Case Competition Apr. 2025

• Selected from 50+ teams; pitched an investor deck of Paid.ai, a pre-seed AI agents startup, to 6 VC judges. Finalist NYU Product Management Case Competition Mar. 2025

• Designed a smart break/reward system to reduce shared-ride driver fatigue; estimated 20% safety improvement if implemented.

Skills

Product Development & Management: User Research, Prototyping, Usability Testing, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Kanban, Product Analytics, User Journey Mapping, Stakeholder Management Software & Tools: Figma, Canva, Adobe Suite, Excel, Tableau, CRM tools, VS Code, ChatGPT, Cursor AI, Azure

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