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“Victoria and I worked together very closely at Instagram and I consider myself very familiar with her work and capabilities. I could not recommend Victoria enough as an asset to any Product Marketing team. Some of her behaviors and impact: - Product acumen: She can easily jump into any major project with very little context to identify key tensions and opportunities that marketing can unlock. While on Instagram, Victoria helped drive success for one of the most impactful new features on Stories in many years by delivering product team critical insights. - Building relationships: Quickly build credibility with range of stakeholders and leaders through clear executive communication, thoughtful recommendations, and demonstrating ability to go deep in areas where needed. - Improving systems: proactively identify new opportunities to improve processes and scale impact beyond herself.”

“Victoria is an A+ marketer, but more than that, the first thought I had in my head after working with her the first time was, “Wow, this person is wicked smart and an incredible people person!” In the years since that sentiment has been deeply reenforced. Victoria is a top creative thinker—she was instrumental to the development of our multimillion dollar Facebook Live marketing campaign last year and she was a frequent thought-partner for new out-of-the-box ideas. In my experience, very few people can look ahead and see the possibilities of our digital products clearly. This is a talent she has in spades. Overall, I’ve found her insight extremely valuable and her enthusiasm infectious. I’m proud to call her a colleague and friend. ”

“Victoria is calm, resourceful, patient, and intensely focused. Those qualities make her an extremely effective advocate for a superior consumer experience, and her insights had a very clear and direct impact on our product strategy and identity. ”

“As an analyst in marketing, I learned the importance and occasional challenges of collaborating effectively with your stakeholders. With Victoria, I never found that to be a challenge of any sorts. She is a natural XFN collaborator and coordinator. In times when we were completely overwhelmed by the number of moving pieces and players involved in a project, she was able to (i) structure the work in a way where everyone is responsible for a small manageable piece and (ii) establish all the right relationships to keep the process moving and avoid any blockers. While making all the right work connections, she is also able to communicate in a very comprehensive and meticulous way, which speaks of her impressive time management skills. Bottom line is that I enjoy working with Victoria because she allows to concentrate on analytics and not worry about a lot of cross-functional overhead. ”

“Working with Victoria has been an absolute pleasure. Having partnered with multiple product marketers throughout Uber, I can confidently say she is one of the best at cultivating go-to-market strategies, gathering cross functional stakeholders for their input, consolidating and crystallizing feedback, and executing on the plan. Her talent and passion for POOL in LA shines through on every single project we've tackled together, whether it's a multimillion dollar partnership with Capital One, or a new feature launch that changes the game for Uber customers. I highly recommend her as an expert in her field and someone that is a positive force of nature to work with.”

“Victoria is one of the few people at MIT who I have sought out as a team member in multiple classes. Her ability to tie together user experience, tech, and marketing expertise with the diverse topics we address at MIT has been invaluable on our team projects. Victoria adds energy to any team environment and enables those around her to be more productive. ”

“I've collaborated with Victoria on several projects while at MIT. I am always impressed by her ability to analyze data and interpret models in a way that brings a strategic perspective to the challenge. Her marketing and design knowledge in the tech sector has also been very valuable on team projects. Additionally, she is highly collaborative leader: always adding value and embraces challenges while motivating others to reach their potential. ”

“It was great working with Victoria. She has sharp intuitions around user needs and excels at combining qualitative insights with more complex data analysis to provide a really strong and strategic point of view. Her experience in marketing--especially in tech--was an incredible asset for our team. I would definitely work with her again!”

“Victoria strikes the right balance between creative and structured thinking in how she approaches complex business problems. She is incredibly smart, super determined and always keen to learn and improve. It was a pleasure overseeing Victoria's work while she interned on my team at Google and I hope to be fortunate enough to work with her again.”

“I had the pleasure of managing Victoria during the summer of 2014 at Google. During her short-time, she excelled at her role and proved to be a thought leader in our space. We handed her a complex lifecycle project that she was able to lead and navigate across multiple cross-functional stakeholders, both internally and externally, allowing her to build partnerships at all levels. Her level of creativity and critical thinking was a huge asset.”

“There are many exceptionally bright professionals who have spent their entire careers understanding SEO and its impact on business. Their life's work in search has allowed them to amass enormous followings and earn generous speaker fees. Then there's Victoria. By the end of her one-month project in which she analyzed various SEO implications for HubSpot's blog, Victoria could have sat on a panel alongside any of the SEO power brokers and held her own. One month. She's as quick a study as you can find, and as enjoyable a colleague as you can imagine. ”

“I once worked with a hiring manager who made the mistake of passing on Victoria Young, something to do with ego I'm afraid. Thankfully, another manager took a second look and immediately said yes! This young woman has talent and skill to spare (strategy, social media, emerging trends...). But the best thing about working with Victoria is her attitude and communication style. She has the ability to bring fresh ideas and unique thinking to the table, without the posturing or ruffling of feathers typically found in a creative scenario. Victoria is humbly brilliant and a delight to work with--not an easy thing to be in a high stress agency environment! I expect many more achievements from Ms. Young.”

“Victoria was an incredible asset to our strategy team while at Digitaria. She was responsible to designing and conducting much of the research within our organization and was especially strong in identifying key user behaviors, she contributed this audience work across a variety of brands and consumer types. Most notably, she created luxury consumer personas for the Rolex brand as well as cutting edge tech personas for the Qualcomm brand. Both were instrumental in the success of the agency work.”

“Victoria is a highly creative and results oriented individual, who uses these traits daily in the social marketing of the video game titles. She is focused and does whatever it takes to achieve the goals presented. No request is too large or too small. She always finds the answer or a way to make it happen, which has been invaluable to me as well as others within the company. Her combination of hard work and knowledge of her job make her a pleasure to work with and a great asset to Ignition Entertainment.”

“Working with Victoria has been nothing but one great experience after another. She is extremely in tune with emerging trends and technolgies, has quickly grasped the true value of social media and it's ability to create a true trackable ROI, and extremely proficient in planning, scheduling, and communicating. Whether we were working on different coasts, or different continents, she is always able to keep working in unison and keep a project moving forward successfully. She is an individual that I will always looks forward to work with, and I expect to continue to achieve great things.”

“Victoria provided great support to our Brand team during her time at Disney Interactive Studios. She always had a great attitude and would go out of her way to ensure we met our retail marketing deadlines. Victoria's energy and work ethic made her a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend her!”

“Victoria was a dream to work with, coordinating our Blood Drives at Disney. She was very quick to catch on to our specific needs in recruiting blood donors. Victoria was able to "think out of the box" and came up with some creative "copy" and ways to market our events.”

“Victoria is a dedicated, hard working individual with a great attitude. I would highly recommend her.”

“Victoria is a very hard working individual and is dedicated to her job. Her positive attitude and energetic spirit are a delight to be around.”

“Vicky is passionate. She loves what she does, loves the time that she spends doing it, and loves the people that she works with. During her time as an account supervisor, she guided a team of students to produce an exceptional advertising campaign, and without her hard work, dedication, perseverance, and incredibly cheerful attitude, this wouldn't have been possible.”