Stacey Kelly is a YouTube and social video content strategist who advises founders and startups on building audiences with platform-native video content. With 250+ million views across YouTube, LinkedIn, and social for brands and creators, Stacey's Channel Slate Method combines storytelling + scalable production + generative AI to help brands create content that performs.

She’s led viral campaigns for Paramount+, Property Brothers, BuzzFeed, Nike, Netflix, and Amazon, L’Oréal, Olay, Scotch 3M, and Studio 71, to name a few!

She grew VidCon’s YouTube channel with original content, and also it's TikTok to 100K+ in six months, and directed content that grew Wishbone App’s unique daily views from 300K to over 2 million on Snapchat. Stacey is one of the few people in this space who has worked at the studio level, inside creator networks, and produced high-performing content across all the major platforms.

She is a RunwayML Creator Partner and member of the Television Academy’s AI Task Force. Stacey is the go-to trusted voice on the future of branded content and AI storytelling.

She’s spoken at the Producers Guild of America, Studio71, The New School, Curious Refuge, Acadium+, Rideback Rise, CreativePro, Atlanta AI Film Festival, and Savannah College of Art and Design.

Popular Topics:

- Beyond the Trend Trap: Why most companies fail at video (even with good teams), and how to create a system that consistently produces native, high-performing content across platforms.
- AI Meets Storytelling: Use genAI to create faster, without losing your brand voice
- The New Rules of YouTube and Social Media Video in 2026: What’s changed in audience behavior, what’s not working anymore, and how to rethink your content strategy to build lasting visibility and engagement.

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Storytelling, making impact for businesses through marketing, directing ai and hybrid films, saving dogs.