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Iris Izenberg Zak

Creative Director & Content Architect

StorytellingLX strategyGenAI workflows


Profile

Creative director and content architect with cross-sector creative leadership experience — from prime-time television production to digital innovation in academia. Specializing in cracking complex briefs, LX architecture and translating them into intuitive multi-modal experiences — defined by distinctive storytelling, purpose-driven strategic clarity, emotional impact and a precise visual language.

For me, the link between human craft and AI capability is the engine that turns content into human experiences that last. I have built GenAI-based workflows integrating frontier technology — accelerating delivery by 40% alongside an 18.8%+ jump in engagement and retention metrics above the organizational average, with no compromise on quality or brand identity.


Experience
Creative & Content Operations Director
Digital Content Innovation Unit — EdTech Product Lab, Bar-Ilan University · 2023 — Now
Strategic managementE2E leadershipMulti-channel digital learning ecosystemContent products at scale
  • Narrative and user experience (UX) architecture: planning and managing holistic content products in multi-channel environments; narrative cracking of complex data and its translation into interactive, video and audio units.
  • Led the strategic planning and production of international digital learning products launched on edX and Campus IL at a commercial release cadence.
  • GenAI Ops and infrastructure at scale: designed and deployed a content-agent architecture that streamlined the production chain by 40%, with rigorous preservation of creative quality and brand integrity.
  • Impact and engagement engineering: interactive models and active learning maps that produced 93% satisfaction (4.67/5) — 18.8% above the organizational average. Case study ↗
  • End-to-end creative production: full ownership of the value chain — from scriptwriting, visual storytelling and directing through to post-production management for global audiences.
  • Stakeholder management: working with senior management and subject matter experts (SMEs) to realize a precise product vision, under budget and schedule constraints.
Shipped
Rabbi Sacks — A Window into Jewish Thought Narrative curation, interview directing and scriptwriting, multi-platform LMS rollout. 4.70/5 across 1,200 learners.
Jerusalem — A Journey Through Time Location filming, interactive learning design, rollout on edX, Campus IL and Moodle. 4.64/5 across 1,426 learners.
Moses — Story of a Leader (in production) End-to-end LX design, video production and GenAI-assisted workflows, for Campus IL and edX.
Content & Creative Director
Keshet · Reshet · yes Docu · Independent projects · 2004 — 2023
Prime-time creative managementBroadcast-standard end-to-end deliveryNarrative strategy
  • Managing and leading multidisciplinary teams: complex prime-time projects with teams of up to 30 professionals — research, production and post.
  • Talent and KOL management: direct interface with key industry figures, senior talent and opinion leaders.
  • Directing and content editing: narrative development, scriptwriting, directing and edit supervision of high-profile content, including "Avudim" — Israeli Television Academy Award nominee.
  • Full responsibility for final deliverables: from concept and format through master delivery to broadcasters.
  • Content and production operations: building and running content systems, research, production and post-production teams.

Selected projects

Avudim (Lost) · Osot Heshbon (The Accountable) · Out of Silence · 14 Weeks · Tarhish. Avudim — Israeli Television Academy Award nominee.


Skills & tools
Creative Strategy & Knowledge Architecture
Claude · Gemini · Perplexity · NotebookLM
GenAI Ops, Agent Systems & Product Build
Claude Code · Claude Design · Lovable · Figma
Multi-Modal Video Production & Operations
Fal · Descript · Frame.io · HappyScribe · Monday.com · Google Workspace

Education
Claude Code & Agentic Workflows
Dana Israeli
Instructional Design & Learning Technologies
HIT + Methodica
Curatorial Studies
Technion
Film & Television
Sam Spiegel

Languages

Hebrew — native. English — fluent, professional working proficiency.