Built inclusive imagery systems—WFH Media Library during COVID, then quarterly on-campus releases worldwide.

Enriched internal media resources and fostered inclusivity in visual storytelling as workplaces evolved post-pandemic.

WFH library → global Googler photography

Global: Googler photography · all offices
Quarterly: Diverse media releases
Noogler: Virtual onboarding · COVID era

The problem

Internal comms teams need authentic photography that reflects real Googlers—not repetitive stock that undermines trust and inclusion. During COVID, that need spiked: distributed teams, remote culture, and a WFH Media Library built from Googler submissions.

Work From Home Media Library

I developed the Work From Home Media Library as a dynamic repository of images submitted by Googlers during the pandemic—keeping internal stories human when offices were empty. Visual language drew from curated Unsplash collections (Working from Home, Everyday People) and evolved into Googler-submitted releases.

Visual mood · Work From Home Media Library

Googler-timed submissions: imperfect framing, mixed lighting, diverse people and rooms.

Collage of diverse amateur self-shot WFH photos—crooked framing, mixed lighting — WFH Media Library submissions—employees timed their own shots across varied homes; imperfect, inclusive, not agency photography.

Googler Media Library

As workplaces reopened, I spearheaded the Googler Media Library: photograph Googlers in offices worldwide; partner with marketing, branding, and media; release the best imagery every quarter so internal campaigns reflect real demographic diversity—not a thin stock catalog.

Precursor: Work From Home Media Library during COVID—Googler-submitted photos of life at home. The on-campus library was the natural evolution as teams returned.

Problem: very limited diverse imagery for internal comms
Solution: global capture program + quarterly curated releases
Partners: marketing, branding, media production teams

Media library visual language

Cover mood sets on-campus energy; expanded campus and atrium frames show cubicles, rituals, bridgeway views, and playful moments. Submission-style and curated comms frames are illustrative—production library assets remain confidential.

Diverse Googlers collaborating in a bright modern office—campus library cover mood — Googler Media Library cover energy—global office collaboration (illustrative). Representative mood for on-campus tone.

Wide open floor with mass cubicle neighborhoods and diverse Googlers working — Mass cubicle neighborhoods—many Googlers, many modes of focus at once.

Group gathered around one cube cluster reviewing a laptop — Impromptu huddle at one cube—library material is social, not only solo desks.

Solo deep work in foreground with pair programming nearby — Solo focus and pair work in the same frame—how offices actually sound.

Coffee micro-kitchen and two colleagues at the water cooler in one wide shot — Coffee run and water-cooler chat in one capture—rituals teams asked for in briefs.

Diverse Googlers walking a bright hallway mid-conversation — Hallway motion—between meetings, still on the record for internal stories.

Outdoor umbrella table with diverse colleagues and laptops — Campus patio tables—weather-permitting collaboration.

Quiet lounge moment with reading and tablet — Low-key lounge beats—permission to show rest, not only hustle.

Microkitchen snack rush with diverse colleagues laughing — Microkitchen energy—where a lot of real culture actually happens.

Diverse team brainstorming at a glass whiteboard including wheelchair user — Whiteboard jam—accessibility in the room, not an afterthought caption.

Campus path with bikes and scooters and diverse commuters — Arrival paths—commute and campus mobility as library chapters.

After-hours atrium with laptops on steps and warm lights — After-hours atrium—deadlines and camaraderie share the same stairs.

Bird's-eye from upper bridgeway across a busy multi-story atrium — Upper bridgeway, birds-eye—scale of the atrium as a living room.

Alternate birds-eye across atrium with walking paths and cafe clusters — Second bridgeway angle—same hub, different traffic patterns.

Low angle from atrium floor; Googlers on upper bridgeway toss yellow green blue red paper planes — From the atrium floor—playful brand-color paper planes (illustrative; no logos). Joy belongs in internal comms too.

Low angle with diverse Googlers on bridgeway waving down — Looking up at the bridgeway—connection across vertical space.

Candid self-timed photo in a colorful open office—amateur framing, real campus energy — On-campus era: feels like a Googler timed their own shot—playful, imperfect, still unmistakably Google office mood.

Black employee selfie at home dining table—warm messy lighting, submission-quality — WFH library tone: real rooms, real light, not a studio set.

Latinx employee outdoor phone selfie while walking—motion, sun flare, front-camera distortion — Joining life from the sidewalk—mobile, unpolished, human.

East Asian employee selfie on subway—fluorescent transit light, crowded background — Transit and in-between moments counted as library material too.

Self-timed portrait with full face in frame—Black woman in colorful office — Diversity at Work tone—full face in frame, submission-quality (illustrative; replaces prior cropped Unsplash pick).

Diverse team collaboration — Diverse Collaboration collection—paired with Googler-submitted releases.

Five diverse everyday people in casual outdoor portrait — Everyday People—mixed ages and backgrounds, relatable faces (illustrative; replaces prior homogenous frame).

Multigenerational diverse group laughing on city steps — Additional Everyday People energy—no monolithic casting (illustrative).

New hires in propeller beanies at orientation table with mentor — Noogler orientation circle—welcome energy tied to the same inclusive briefs as the library.

Mentor showing laptop to new hire at desk — Desk-side mentor moment—first-week stories need photography direction too.

Collections: Diversity at Work · Diverse Collaboration · Everyday People · Working from Home · Google How. Images via Unsplash License.

Virtual Noogler Onboarding (related program)

While media libraries fed inclusive imagery, I also led design for virtual Noogler Orientation during COVID—physical welcome boxes (confetti, propeller hat, devices, lanyard) plus a large online onboarding for new hires in quarantine. Full narrative on /work/google.

Proof & related work

Illustrative photography sets the tone for each program. Partner quotes and certificates live on /work/google.

Pair with weableColor for live accessible product UI; pair with /work/federal for Congress-facing publication design.

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