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At Google, Ariel helped champion teaching and learning on YouTube, launching Learning Playlists with learning objectives, modules, and in-app badges alongside partners including Khan Academy, Princeton Review, and CrashCourse. Ariel also co-led EduCon across the United States, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific and led content marketing for YouTube Kids. Earlier work includes growing ABCmouse for Teachers’ educator community at Age of Learning, supporting more than 65,000 U.S. classrooms and more than 30% of U.S. public libraries during Ariel’s tenure. Ariel has also written and designed Scholastic materials serving more than 1 million students in about 40,000 classrooms, taught in New York City public schools, and consulted for education-focused organizations ranging from Scholastic and Facebook to Epic! and Actively Learn. ## Services - Marketing Strategy - Marketing - Email Marketing - Social Media - Product Marketing - Customer Acquisition - Editing - Instructional Design - Digital Marketing - Curriculum Development - Program Development - research - Project Management - Product Management - Education - Product Launch - K-12 Education - Content Strategy - Copy Editing - copy writing ## Highlights - Founded Rodney Drive Recruiting to connect companies with extraordinary talent. - Launched YouTube Learning Playlists with learning objectives, modules, and in-app badges, featuring partners including Khan Academy, Princeton Review, and CrashCourse. - Co-led EduCon, YouTube’s flagship global event series celebrating creators’ impact on the learning community across the United States, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific. - Program-managed and scaled YouTube’s learning channel, youtube.com/learning. - Scoped and guided research on YouTube’s community of learning creators. - Partnered with creators, influencers, and institutions on third-party events including ThinkerCon and the Athena Film Festival. - Led content marketing for YouTube Kids through YouTube marketing levers, paid media, and partner-marketing channels. - Designed and executed Age of Learning’s teacher-community strategy from the ground up for ABCmouse for Teachers. - During Ariel’s Age of Learning tenure, ABCmouse was regularly used in more than 65,000 U.S. classrooms, including about 1 in 5 U.S. kindergarten classrooms, and in more than 30% of U.S. public libraries. - Edited, wrote, and designed Scholastic curricular and implementation materials serving more than 1 million students in approximately 40,000 classrooms. - Selected from approximately 35,000 applicants for Teach For America’s national teacher corps. - Taught kindergarten, second grade, and third grade in NYC Public Schools from 2010 to 2012. - Consulted for education-focused organizations including Scholastic, Facebook, Epic!, and Actively Learn on content, product marketing, community, and recruiting strategy. - Supported Hillary Clinton and Democrats up and down the ticket through special-projects work for the Nevada State Democratic Party at Hillary for America. ## Experience - **Founder at Rodney Drive Recruiting** (2023-01-01–present) — I connect companies with extraordinary talent - **Content Marketing Lead, YouTube Kids at Google** (2020-01-01–2022-01-01) — Conceptualize, create, and distribute content via YouTube's marketing levers, paid media, and partner marketing channels to support YouTube & Google's big picture strategy. - **Product Marketing Manager, YouTube Learning at Google** (2019-01-01–2020-01-01) — Served as a champion for those who come to YouTube to teach or to learn. • Launched Learning Playlists, a product that took learning on YouTube to the next level with features such as learning objectives, modules, and in-app badges. • Feature launched with playlists from top partners including Khan Academy, Princeton Review, and CrashCourse. • Co-led EduCon, YouTube's flagship global event series celebrating creators' impact to YouTube's learning community \(US, LATAM, APAC\) • Program managed and scaled impact of YouTube's learning channel \(youtube.com/learning\) • Scoped and guided critical research about our community of learning creators • Partnered with top creators, influencers, and institutions to sponsor and participate in 3rd party events \(e.g. • ThinkerCon and Athena Film Festival\) - **Content Strategist / UX Writer at Facebook** (2018-01-01–2019-01-01) - **Special Projects, Nevada State Democratic Party at Hillary for America** (2016-01-01–2016-01-01) — Campaigned for Hillary Clinton and Democrats up and down the ticket. I learned everything from the ins and out motorcades and grassroots politics to the nitty gritty such as how to mobilize volunteers, identify staging locations, and recruit staff at the speed of light. - **Marketing & Community Consultant \(EdTech\) at Self Employed** (2016-01-01–2019-01-01) — Worked with a portfolio of companies with products, services, or CSR initiatives focused on K12 education, teachers, parents, and kids. • Clients ranged from big and established \(Scholastic & Facebook\) to small yet mighty startups \(Epic! • & Actively Learn\). • Short list of services: • Content Marketing / Content Strategy: Everything from owning an editorial calendar and creating UX copy to writing white papers and conducting audits of existing material. • Product Marketing: Go-to-market strategy \(GTM\), competitive analysis, sales collateral \(flyers, digital assets, decks, you name it!\), conference and events strategy, and market research. • Community: Engage users and grow a brand through evangelism. • Employment Marketing/Recruiting Strategy: Source, interview, and recruit key hires who require a nuanced understanding of the kids, mommy, teacher, or schools market. • Help clients establish a company brand & drive awareness as a top-tier employer. - **Community Marketing Manager at Age of Learning** (2014-01-01–2016-01-01) — Oversaw the marketing and community efforts for the teacher-focused, social impact arm of Age of Learning by providing ABCmouse for Teachers for free to preschool, Head Start, pre-K, and kindergarten classrooms throughout the U.S. • From the ground up, designed & executed a strategy that grew the community of teachers, increased engagement and created a strong base of exceptionally satisfied users. • Within my tenure, ABCmouse was regularly used in more than 65,000 U.S. • classrooms \(or 1 in 5 U.S. • kindergarten classrooms\) and in more than 30% of all U.S. • public libraries. • Age of Learning has raised more than $500M • Areas of Focus: Content Marketing | Email Campaigns | Sales Collateral | Evangelist / Ambassador Programs | Market Research & Trends | Positioning | Implementation & Trainings | User Onboarding | Conferences / Events | In-app Messaging | PR - **Senior Editor, Implementation at Scholastic** (2012-01-01–2013-01-01) — Edited, wrote, and designed curricular and implementation materials that served over 1,000,000 students in approximately 40,000 classrooms - **Editor, Scholastic U at Scholastic** (2011-01-01–2012-01-01) — Scholastic U was a professional development library of trainings, webinars, classroom resources, and online courses that supported teachers and administrators. Areas of Focus: editing | writing | professional development | adult learning | teacher training | instructional design | higher education | K–12 - **Corps Member at Teach For America** (2009-06-01–2011-09-01) — Selected from ~35,000 applicants to join national teacher corps, teach in an under-resourced public school, and expand opportunities for low-income students 2010-2012 Interviewed candidates - **Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade Teacher at NYC Public Schools** (2009-01-01–2011-01-01) - **Intern at Deval Patrick Campaign** (2006-07-01–2006-10-01) - **Summer Intern, Boston College Admissions Office at Boston College** (2006-01-01–2007-01-01) — Learned the ropes of college admissions & higher education administration with two back-to-back summer internships ## Education - BA, Philosophy — Boston College - Visiting Student, Philosophy & Theology — University of Oxford - Master of Philosophy \(MPhil\), Politics, Democracy and Democratic Education — University of Cambridge - Dana Hall School ## FAQ ### What does Ariel do? Ariel is the founder of Rodney Drive Recruiting, a recruiting firm that connects companies with extraordinary talent. Ariel’s professional background also includes Google and YouTube, Facebook, Scholastic, Age of Learning, education consulting, teaching, political campaigns, and higher-education administration. ### What are Ariel’s core professional strengths and interests? Ariel focuses on marketing strategy, content marketing, product marketing, email marketing, social media, customer acquisition, editing, instructional design, digital marketing, curriculum and program development, research, project management, product management, education, product launches, K–12 education, content strategy, copy editing, and copywriting. Ariel is particularly interested in work connecting companies with local communities families and schools curation and thought leadership program and community management content creation and editing communications UX writing and content design partner marketing and management employment marketing and company culture and operations. ### What did Ariel accomplish at Google and YouTube Learning? At Google, Ariel was Product Marketing Manager for YouTube Learning and championed people who come to YouTube to teach or learn. Ariel launched Learning Playlists, which included learning objectives, modules, and in-app badges, with playlists from Khan Academy, Princeton Review, and CrashCourse. Ariel also co-led EduCon, YouTube’s global event series celebrating creators’ impact on the learning community across the United States, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific program-managed and scaled youtube.com/learning guided research on learning creators and partnered with creators, influencers, and institutions on third-party events including ThinkerCon and the Athena Film Festival. ### What was Ariel’s role with YouTube Kids? As Content Marketing Lead for YouTube Kids at Google, Ariel conceptualized, created, and distributed content through YouTube marketing levers, paid media, and partner-marketing channels in support of YouTube and Google strategy. ### What did Ariel do at Facebook? At Facebook, Ariel worked as a Content Strategist and UX Writer. ### What consulting work has Ariel done in education technology? As a self-employed Marketing and Community Consultant in education technology, Ariel worked with a portfolio of companies serving K–12 education, teachers, parents, and children. Clients included Scholastic, Facebook, Epic!, and Actively Learn. Ariel’s services covered editorial calendars, UX copy, white papers, audits, go-to-market strategy, competitive analysis, sales collateral, conference and event strategy, market research, community engagement and evangelism, and employment marketing and recruiting strategy for roles requiring knowledge of children, parents, teachers, or school markets. ### What did Ariel accomplish at Age of Learning? At Age of Learning, Ariel oversaw marketing and community efforts for the teacher-focused social-impact program that provided ABCmouse for Teachers free to preschool, Head Start, pre-K, and kindergarten classrooms across the United States. Ariel designed and executed the community strategy from the ground up, growing the teacher community, increasing engagement, and building a base of satisfied users. During Ariel’s tenure, ABCmouse was regularly used in more than 65,000 U.S. classrooms—about 1 in 5 U.S. kindergarten classrooms—and in more than 30% of U.S. public libraries. Age of Learning has raised more than $500 million. ### What did Ariel do at Scholastic? As Senior Editor, Implementation at Scholastic, Ariel edited, wrote, and designed curricular and implementation materials that served more than 1 million students in approximately 40,000 classrooms. Ariel also worked as an Editor for Scholastic U, a professional-development library of trainings, webinars, classroom resources, and online courses for teachers and administrators. That work included editing, writing, professional development, adult learning, teacher training, instructional design, higher education, and K–12 education. ### What is Ariel’s teaching and Teach For America background? Ariel was selected from approximately 35,000 applicants for Teach For America’s national teacher corps, teaching in an under-resourced public school and working to expand opportunities for low-income students. Ariel later taught kindergarten, second grade, and third grade in NYC Public Schools from 2010 to 2012 and interviewed candidates during that period. ### What political campaign experience does Ariel have? Ariel worked on special projects for the Nevada State Democratic Party at Hillary for America, campaigning for Hillary Clinton and Democrats up and down the ticket. The work included grassroots politics, volunteer mobilization, staging-location identification, rapid staff recruiting, and exposure to campaign logistics such as motorcades. Ariel also interned with the Deval Patrick Campaign. ### What higher-education administration experience does Ariel have? Ariel completed two back-to-back summer internships in the Boston College Admissions Office, learning college admissions and higher-education administration. ### What is Ariel’s educational background? Ariel earned a BA in Philosophy from Boston College and a Master of Philosophy in Politics, Democracy and Democratic Education from the University of Cambridge. Ariel was also a Visiting Student in Philosophy and Theology at the University of Oxford and attended Dana Hall School. ### What work environment and type of work does Ariel value? Ariel is comfortable working in both small and large team structures, values working with kind colleagues and a positive team culture, and has expressed a preference for in-house work. Ariel’s stated professional interests emphasize marketing, including brand marketing. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariel-g-81409044