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Gabriella Schwarz

New York,NY

Summary

Global GenAI and content executive with a track record of building teams to tackle complex issues, including training models, scaling quality, addressing misinformation, informing machine learning and driving editorial strategy around the world's biggest moments.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Director, GenAI Content Engineering

Meta
02.2023 - Current
  • Created new technical and editorial function with GenAI
  • Built and led the team responsible for editorial model quality across Meta AI, AI Studio and Llama, including tone/voice of model and product, annotations/data creation, system prompting and fine tuning
  • Oversaw tuning for text, speech, video, image and video improvements across Meta AI, AI Studio and Llama
  • Responsible for our creative toolset development, including AI characters, AI-generated content, image and video model training
  • Drove publisher and creator strategies to shape and amplify AI products

Director, Product Content Operations

Meta
09.2022 - 02.2023
  • Oversaw a team of content specialists responsible for improving quality recommendations at scale
  • Created objective quality criteria based on human judgement to improve machine learning across Facebook and Instagram
  • Meaningfully increased consumption metrics (in Facebook Home) and mimicry (in IG)

Director, Global News Curation

Meta
08.2019 - 10.2022

(Unable to share more metrics due to confidentiality)

  • Led a team of journalists responsible for news content across Facebook powered by 24/7 curation
  • Launched Facebook News in the US, UK, Germany, France and Australia
  • Responsible for the launch and curation of the COVID Information Center globally, the Climate Science Center in key markets and the Voting Information Center in the US (all in response to major world events)
  • Pioneered a new system for event coverage across Meta and Facebook that included bespoke content elements in response to user needs (summaries, photo galleries, timelines, quizzes etc.)
  • Led global response to the 2020 election, including reactions to misinformation, proactive news coverage, calling the winner of the election and covering the news around Jan. 6
  • Created sets of objective criteria to rate and rank publisher content used across Facebook and IG

Global Head of Content

Flipboard
04.2014 - 08.2019
  • Led all editorial initiatives, including 24/7 curation around major news events
  • Led editorial notification and email strategy targeting users around news and special events
  • Designed, launched and maintained The Daily Edition, Flipboard’s 7-day/week morning news digest. Grew U.S. readership from 20k-1 million/day. Oversaw localized versions in 12 other countries
  • Led the curation strategy for 4,000 publishers, resulting in 100x curation on the platform, including the launch of exclusive text, video and email packages
  • Led company-wide commerce initiative, including curation of products and increased revenue stream, becoming 30% of overall revenue

Producer

CNN
09.2009 - 04.2014
  • Covered President Obama at the White House and throughout the 2012 campaign produced daily live shots, covered breaking news, conducted interviews, wrote articles for cnn.com
  • Won an EMMY Award for 2012 election night coverage
  • Co-produced CNN’s pre-election 90-minute documentary "Obama Revealed," including interviews with President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
  • Lead writer/editor for the CNN Political Ticker, CNN's online breaking news hub. Led live blogging from debates, large political events and presidential addresses and press conferences
  • Reported and produced from/in preparation for six presidential debates, including focus groups and question selection

Education

Nieman Fellow At Nieman Foundation For Journalism

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
06.2019

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science Major, Journalism Minor

George Washington University
Washington, DC
06.2010

Skills

  • Editorial strategy mapped to user needs
  • Metrics-driven editorial testing and model training
  • 0 to 1 product launches and team growth
  • Cross-functional relationships and operating models
  • Executive buy-in, collaboration and investment

Timeline

Director, GenAI Content Engineering

Meta
02.2023 - Current

Director, Product Content Operations

Meta
09.2022 - 02.2023

Director, Global News Curation

Meta
08.2019 - 10.2022

Global Head of Content

Flipboard
04.2014 - 08.2019

Producer

CNN
09.2009 - 04.2014

Nieman Fellow At Nieman Foundation For Journalism

Harvard University

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science Major, Journalism Minor

George Washington University
Gabriella Schwarz