Leading a team of high-caliber designers dedicated to democratizing video production. By balancing core editing foundations with the latest advancements in Generative AI—leveraging state-of-the-art models like Nano Banana and Veo—we are streamlining creative workflows. My team remains at the frontier of AI research, continuously integrating emerging models to automate repetitive tasks and empower creators to generate high-fidelity assets with ease.

Led the design team on the YouTube Create app - a mobile video editing app built from 0 to 1 that leverages AI and GenAI capabilities; launched the app on Android in 21 countries, making it YouTube’s first standalone app in 7 years.

Spearheaded the effort to standardize and create Creation patterns and components across YouTube and Google. Working in close partnership with Shorts Creation team and Google Photos team.

Featured on YouTube:

https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/meet-cielo-de-la-paz/

Business Insider feature:

https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-youtube-create-editing-app-with-ux-lead-2024-3