Xitllali De La Torre Sanchez
Xitllali De La Torre Sanchez

Xitllali

Consumer insights, content & communicationsExplore my work ↓

I’m a first generation college graduate with a background in journalism and strategic communications. My experience spans consumer research, digital analytics, content creation, brand strategy and customer experience, from studying how people make purchase decisinos to creating the messages and experiences that help brands connect with them.

At Simply Good Foods, I built dashboards and translated consumer research into presentations. At Badger Talks, I created digital content and maintained the channels that connected university programming with Wisconsin communities. At J. McLaughlin, I work directly with customers through personalized service, clienteling and product knowledge.

Across each experience, I am most interested in the same question: what matters to people, and how can that understanding lead to better communication, content and decisions?

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Simply Good Foods / Badger Talks / J. McLaughlin

Selected work

8 projects
Xitllali at Simply Good Foods holding a Quest product

Internship · Digital analytics & strategy

Consumer insights & brand planning

Simply Good Foods

Built dashboards, checked data quality, and translated consumer research into presentations that supported brand and category planning.

  • Consumer insights
  • Circana & Numerator
  • Strategic storytelling
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Audience attending a Badgers on Tap event at Delta Beer LabBadger
Talks.

Internship · Marketing

Content & community

Badger Talks

Created targeted emails and social content, updated WordPress pages, and organized media contacts to support university outreach across Wisconsin.

  • Email marketing
  • WordPress
  • Community outreach
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Course project · Research Director
Circle Up student agency

Cheerios campaign strategy

Connecting category research and brand context to a team-developed campaign proposal, that won best campaign in class.

  • Consumer research
  • Campaign planning
  • Research synthesis
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Course project · Data Analytics · Team research
Spotify-themed data study

Understanding subscriber churn

A research poster and infographic exploring subscription plans, markets and listening behavior in a synthetic dataset.

  • Data interpretation
  • Visual storytelling
  • Research limitations
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OPEN HOUSE / J202open
house.
Original Open House property search app conceptBest pitch in class
Course project · Pitch lead
Student housing platform

Open House

Led the pitch for a student housing platform, translating team research and app mockups into a presentation that won best pitch in class.

  • Strategic storytelling
  • Research translation
  • Public speaking
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SCIENCE / MEDIA / TRUSTPeptides.
Public
trust.
An issue brief on who gets believed.
Course project · Independent research
Science communication

Peptides & public trust

Examined how peptide claims gain credibility online, turning audience research, media analysis, and communication theory into recommendations for clearer health messaging.

  • Evidence evaluation
  • Media analysis
  • Science communication
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Course project · Team analysis
Brand & website messaging

Allbirds & VEJA

Comparing how two footwear brands communicate sustainability, positioning and audience appeal.

  • Competitive analysis
  • Brand messaging
  • AI evaluation
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Original NIH article layout with a Katie Barnes portrait, campus imagery, and a Chicago protest photograph.
Course project · Reporting & editorial design
NIH funding & the people behind research

The human cost of research funding uncertainty

Interviewed three UW Madison sources about NIH funding changes, developed two stories, and designed an editorial page in Photoshop.

  • Expert interviewing
  • Research synthesis
  • Adobe Photoshop
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Experience & leadership
June 2026 to present

J. McLaughlin

Sales Associate

I specialize in personalized styling, clienteling, and relationship-driven sales, with a track record of securing multiple transactions exceeding $1,000.

  • Clienteling
  • Customer experience
  • Product knowledge
Explore my retail experience
September 2025 to May 2026

UW Madison SJMC Inclusion Committee

Undergraduate Board Representative

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June – August 2025

Simply Good Foods

Digital Analytics & Strategy Insights Intern

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May 2024 – May 2025

Badger Talks

Marketing Intern

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