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Gaby Guajardo

Background

  • Works at Alpha School, based at the Spyglass campus, which houses the younger students (Pre-K, Kinder, early elementary).
  • Oversees ~15 film crews across various Alpha campuses responsible for capturing day-to-day footage.
  • Manages video projects and potentially other growth/marketing initiatives.
  • Has access to existing footage of high school students (Elle, Maddie) and student project trailers.
  • Familiar with the challenges of managing content creation across multiple sites and dealing with consent/release issues.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Oversees video production across campuses.
  • Manages film crews.
  • Potentially involved in overall growth strategy (Title was Head of Growth previously, but role seems heavily video-focused in this interaction).
  • Responsible for content pipeline, potentially including editing and distribution workflows (though facing bottlenecks).

Key Challenges Mentioned

  • Managing numerous film crews and the resulting footage.
  • Dealing with spreadsheet-based management systems ("spreadsheet hell").
  • Ensuring content aligns with brand strategy while capturing authentic moments.
  • Coordinating approvals and releases for using student footage.

Interactions

  • 2025-04-14: Met with Gary Sheng at the Spyglass campus. Gave a brief tour, discussed the challenges of managing film crews and content, expressed openness to the reality show concept, and agreed to share existing footage/trailers. Agreed to follow up on Thursday/Friday to discuss potential solutions for content management/workflow.

Connection Points

  • Key figure in Alpha's current content capture infrastructure.
  • Controls access to existing B-roll and student footage.
  • Expressed need for better systems (potential opportunity for Gary's team).
  • Open to collaborating on the reality show and case study initiatives.