Standing up Gemini's
creator practice


CLIENT: Google

COMPANY: META CREATIVE SHOP

ROLE: CREATIVE STRATEGY & DIRECTION

Standing up Gemini's
creator practice


CLIENT: Google

COMPANY: META CREATIVE SHOP

ROLE: CREATIVE STRATEGY & DIRECTION

Standing up Gemini's
creator practice


CLIENT: Google

COMPANY: META CREATIVE SHOP

ROLE: CREATIVE STRATEGY & DIRECTION

CHALLENGE

CHALLENGE

CHALLENGE

Creators had become a hard sell inside Google

Creators had become a hard sell inside Google

Creators had become a hard sell inside Google

Google needed a more rigorous model for working with creators. One that gave its 9 business units confidence in the strategy, standards, and infrastructure required to scale. Gemini was the priority and place to prove it.

Google needed a more rigorous model for working with creators. One that gave its 9 business units confidence in the strategy, standards, and infrastructure required to scale. Gemini was the priority and place to prove it.

Google needed a more rigorous model for working with creators. One that gave its 9 business units confidence in the strategy, standards, and infrastructure required to scale. Gemini was the priority and place to prove it.

Jolie Sharpe
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Alan Chikin Chow
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Ava Jules
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Alan Chikin Chow
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Ava Jules
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Newt
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Vidya Gopalan
@queencitytrends
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Manuela Pardo
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Logan Robles
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Enola Dancer
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INSIGHT

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Capability was no longer the differentiator

Capability was no longer the differentiator

Capability was no longer the differentiator

As AI products converged, Gemini had to do more than demonstrate what its tech could do. It needed to
build a stronger connection with people by showing up in more human, culturally relevant ways. Creators were the way for Gemini to do that.

As AI products converged, Gemini had to do more than demonstrate what its tech could do. It needed to build a stronger connection with people by showing up in more human, culturally relevant ways. Creators were the way for Gemini to do that.

As AI products converged, Gemini had to do more than demonstrate what its tech could do. It needed to build a stronger connection with people by showing up in more human, culturally relevant ways. Creators were the way for Gemini to do that.

STRATEGY

STRATEGY

STRATEGY

Build the system behind creators

Build the system behind creators

Build the system behind creators

Nothing would scale until the organization had a shared case for creators and a system to support it.

Nothing would scale until the organization had a shared case for creators and a system to support it.

Nothing would scale until the organization had a shared case for creators and a system to support it.

1
CONVINCE
Beyond features narrative: the case for creator storytelling, brought to VPs and CMO.
2
EDUCATE
Creator fundamentals, taught across nine business units.
3
BUILD
Casting, vetting, and QA standard.
4
IDEATE
Zero Distance, Gemini idea system and the four creative territories beneath it.
5
SCALE
Gemini case study as the proof
1
CONVINCE
Beyond features narrative: the case for creator storytelling, brought to VPs and CMO.
2
EDUCATE
Creator fundamentals, taught across nine business units.
3
BUILD
Casting, vetting, and QA standard.
4
IDEATE
Zero Distance, Gemini idea system and the four creative territories beneath it.
5
SCALE
Gemini case study as the proof

Practice

Practice

Practice

Brand safe by design

Brand safe by design

Brand safe by design

Scaling creator work required infrastructure: Casting, vetting, creator selection, and QA standards gave teams a clear way to work with creators.

Scaling creator work required infrastructure: Casting, vetting, creator selection, and QA standards gave teams a clear way to work with creators.

Scaling creator work required infrastructure: Casting, vetting, creator selection, and QA standards gave teams a clear way to work with creators.

2026

2026

Creator Partnerships
Operating System

Creator Partnerships Operating System

Creator Partnerships
Operating System

End-to-End Process
Vetting
Brand Safety
Track & Measure

CAMPAIGN PLATFORM

CAMPAIGN PLATFORM

CAMPAIGN PLATFORM

Zero Distance

Zero Distance

Zero Distance

AI erases the distance between what you imagine and
what you can make. One idea with four creative territories.

AI erases the distance between what you imagine and what you can make. One idea with four territories.

AI erases the distance between what you imagine and what you can make. One idea with four territories.

Zero

Distance

What
If?

What
If?

What
If?

Brain
Ease

Brain
Ease

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Becoming

Becoming

Becoming

First

Move

First

Move

First

Move

Brain
Ease

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First

Move

IN PRACTICE

IN PRACTICE

IN PRACTICE

Territory I: What If?

Territory I: What If?

Territory I: What If?

Creators pushed what was possible, turning ambitious ideas into reality using Gemini's Omni.

Creators pushed what was possible, turning ambitious ideas into reality using Gemini's Omni.

Creators pushed what was possible, turning ambitious ideas into reality using Gemini's Omni.

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RESULTS

RESULTS

RESULTS

5 to 56 creators in four months

5 to 56 creators in four months

5 to 56 creators in four months

And this Gemini proof brought the rest of the Google org along.

And this Gemini proof brought the rest of the Google org along.

And this Gemini proof brought the rest of the Google org along.

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BRAND
Lift

BRAND
Lift

BRAND
Lift

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+17%

+17%

+17%

APP
INSTALLS

APP
INSTALLS

APP
INSTALLS

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CMO

CMO

CMO

APPROVED TO SCALE
ENTERPRISE-WIDE

APPROVED TO SCALE
ENTERPRISE-WIDE

APPROVED TO SCALE ENTERPRISE-WIDE

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