Building DEI content strategy that resonates
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
From Accelerators to joining the conversation, Google is committed to supporting and amplifying work for Black+ developers.
After writing the inclusive marketing guidelines for all of Google, I supported the strategy for making inclusive films and case studies that matter.
What I did
DEI developer stories content strategy
Role: Content strategy
Company: Google for Developers
Year: 2021
Google’s Inclusive Marketing Guidelines
Role: Writer and editor
Company: Google’s Brand Studio
Year: 2019
Problem
After committing to racial equality, Google needed a clear content strategy to ensure they could tell better stories.
Solution
I partnered with the editorial lead to develop a framework and checklist to help guide creative to make truly resonate work based on research, recommendations from the Inclusive Marketing Guidelines I’d written, and an audit of our current work.
Impact
The creative team took our framework and developed a series called Black Women in Tech, created by Women Techmakers. The series has garnered over 2M views and counting.
The Strategy:
Building Google’s DEI storytelling criteria for developers
The Result:
Resonate stories that matter
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