Sarah Ryan Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, United States

At Article One, I lead our Responsible Innovation portfolio, helping companies responsibly develop and deploy new technologies with a human rights lens. More broadly, I advise companies on business and human rights strategies and priorities. This includes conducting human rights impact assessments at the corporate, country and product level and helping companies develop robust human rights and governance strategies to mitigate risks associated with emerging technologies.

Menlo Park

• Led Product Policy for Facebook's augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) products, including Oculus.• Provided policy counseling to product teams around new product and feature launches for emerging technologies like Oculus, AR/VR, and video products. • Worked cross-functionally with legal, privacy, communications, product, and policy teams on product and policy development and escalations. • Developed and launch internal and external policies that govern how products… Show more • Led Product Policy for Facebook's augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) products, including Oculus.• Provided policy counseling to product teams around new product and feature launches for emerging technologies like Oculus, AR/VR, and video products. • Worked cross-functionally with legal, privacy, communications, product, and policy teams on product and policy development and escalations. • Developed and launch internal and external policies that govern how products function and how users are allowed to use the products. • Designed safety and integrity features to keep users safe. • Spoke externally about Oculus's safety and integrity efforts. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

At Facebook and Instagram, my work centered around disrupting real world harm through smart, operational content policies and proactive and reactive technological solutions. My work included: *Developing, writing and refining content policies about suicide and self harm related content on the Facebook and Instagram platforms, affecting 2+ billion users. *Partnering with external stakeholders on suicide prevention and general product/policy improvements.*Managing the… Show more At Facebook and Instagram, my work centered around disrupting real world harm through smart, operational content policies and proactive and reactive technological solutions. My work included: *Developing, writing and refining content policies about suicide and self harm related content on the Facebook and Instagram platforms, affecting 2+ billion users. *Partnering with external stakeholders on suicide prevention and general product/policy improvements.*Managing the end-to-end flow of millions of annual reports regarding suicide and self harm and increasing process efficiency and reviewer resiliency. *Working cross-functionally with the Product, Engineering, and Design teams to build tools to improve user wellbeing.*Managing multiple projects simultaneously to create and improve systems and processes, and mitigate risk to our users and the company, including projects to achieve top priority goals for the department. *Designing sustainable and scalable training programs for thousands of trainees to operationalize content policies. Show less

San Francisco

I helped create and enforce Change.org's company polices, including: *Drafting and implementing 26+ internal policies (like the bullying, defamation and hate speech) and external policies (like terms of service, community guidelines, and advertising);*Tracking and analyzing policy abuse violations and using quarterly metrics to develop team roadmaps and goals.Worked with our Legal and Trust & Safety teams to:*Implement policy decisions and craft both templated macros and… Show more I helped create and enforce Change.org's company polices, including: *Drafting and implementing 26+ internal policies (like the bullying, defamation and hate speech) and external policies (like terms of service, community guidelines, and advertising);*Tracking and analyzing policy abuse violations and using quarterly metrics to develop team roadmaps and goals.Worked with our Legal and Trust & Safety teams to:*Implement policy decisions and craft both templated macros and personalized responses to user and media escalations;*Respond to law enforcement inquires;*Assess subpoenas and user data requests;*Build a user safety center to provide users with the resources to use Change.org effectively and safely and general internet safety tools. Trained and advised staff across 20 international offices in:*Understanding, interpreting, applying and communicating externally about our policies;*Risk management and strategic communications on policy decisions or controversial user-generated content. Worked alongside our Product and Engineering teams to:*Ensure our products and tools help make Change.org an open, safe and empowering platform for our users;*Design new user flows, incorporate policy guidance in user-generated content creation, identify bugs and input on new ideas presented at weekly Design Review meetings;*Ensure our products comply with national and international legal and privacy standards (like upcoming GDPR regulations and our own Terms of Service and Privacy Policy). Liaised with industry leaders (other tech platforms), civil society (like the Global Network Initiative, Access Now, CDT) and other stakeholders on best practices in data protection, user safety and privacy. Lead and managed Change.org's women-led internal peer mentoring and leadership program. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

As a member of the North America Leadership Team, I managed the team's goals, metrics, culture and budget. I recruited and hired candidates for 13 roles and liaised with our Product, Design, Business Development, Communications, and Operations teams to coordinate strategy, build roadmaps, and measure success.I oversaw and project managed Change.org’s global social media program, including growing the global Facebook page by over 800,000 followers and increasing the Twitter followers by… Show more As a member of the North America Leadership Team, I managed the team's goals, metrics, culture and budget. I recruited and hired candidates for 13 roles and liaised with our Product, Design, Business Development, Communications, and Operations teams to coordinate strategy, build roadmaps, and measure success.I oversaw and project managed Change.org’s global social media program, including growing the global Facebook page by over 800,000 followers and increasing the Twitter followers by 800,000. I directed and advised global teams on social media branding, digital strategy, marketing, and design and worked with our IT team on cyber security. Show less

Washington, Dc

Designed, managed and supported a broad range of campaigns, including issues like human rights, veterans' rights, and food safety, by creating digital strategies, communication frameworks, and tactical plans to bring campaigns to victory. I worked with petition starters, NGOs, the media, and government and corporate entities. I led one of Change.org’s biggest media campaigns in 2012, “Pink Slime,” to victory and secured coverage in top tier publications including The Atlantic, Forbes… Show more Designed, managed and supported a broad range of campaigns, including issues like human rights, veterans' rights, and food safety, by creating digital strategies, communication frameworks, and tactical plans to bring campaigns to victory. I worked with petition starters, NGOs, the media, and government and corporate entities. I led one of Change.org’s biggest media campaigns in 2012, “Pink Slime,” to victory and secured coverage in top tier publications including The Atlantic, Forbes, Anderson Live, CBS News, and the Huffington Post. Show less

Washington, Dc

Designed, started, and supported human rights and human trafficking focused campaigns started on the platform.

Washington, Dc

Washington, Dc

Wrote and compiled grant proposals for funds to start new initiatives and programs in Darfur, up to $250,000 in total value. Coordinated the basket initiative which sold fair-trade baskets made by Darfuri women to American retailers.

Master Of Public Affairs - Mpa

Bachelors, Anthropology, African Studies