Adam Dylewski

About Adam Dylewski

Adam is an Emmy and Webby-award winning Executive Producer, focused on creating documentary and educational series that bring new audiences to public media. As Senior Director of Multiplatform Programming at PBS, Adam leads a digital content strategy that helps PBS connect with a new generation of viewers across YouTube, the PBS App, TikTok, Instagram and more. Adam has developed series and YouTube channels that reach hundreds of millions of viewers each year and have won multiple Emmy and Webby awards, including Weathered, Sound Field, the Human Footprint digital series, Pan Pals, Monstrum and more. Previously, Adam was the Director of Programming at PBS Digital Studios, a network of educational series which has amassed more than five billion views across platforms to date.Adam has also written and overseen grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation, as well as co-written winning proposals for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB) and other funders. Collectively, these efforts helped raise more than $6 million for PBS in recent years. He also builds digital content partnerships for PBS with like-minded media organizations, funders and platforms, including YouTube, NOVA, PRX, ITVS, the Center for Asian American Media, Latino Public Broadcasting, Nature and others.

Experience

1. Senior Director, Multiplatform Programming & Development

   PBS

   Nov 2021 — Present · Arlington, VA, US

   Leads multiplatform strategy for PBS Programming, working with long-running PBS series (e.g. Nature, Austin City Limits), our creator network PBS Digital Studios, and member stations on content and strategy to reach a new generation of viewers on YouTube, the PBS App, podcasts, and social video (TikTok, IG)-Oversees digital strategy for marquee PBS titles across genres including Walking With Dinosaurs (BBC), Human Footprint, America Outdoors, Big Cats 24/7, and Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World, among many others-Helped scale PBS’s YouTube network to more than 2B annual views in 2025, driving 300M+ YoY growth through effective content strategies for the flagship PBS YouTube channel, PBS Food and channels from PBS station partners-Develops streaming-first series designed to bring new audiences to the PBS App, drawing on creator-led shows incubated on YouTube and evolving them into some of PBS’ most popular new longform projects like Weathered: Earth’s Extremes and Inside the LA Firestorm-Manages a multiplatform content team as well as cross-functional partnerships with PBS marketing, social, distribution and business intelligence-Recognized voice for innovation in streaming and audience development; invited speaker at SXSW, VidCon, World Congress of Science & Factual Producers, and MIP London-Principal investigator on a $2.5 million grant centered on creating STEM content for PBS Terra, a popular science and nature hub for PBS on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and other platforms with more than 100M+ views and followers to date.

Education

• George Mason University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Skills

• Video Editing
• Video Production
• Web Video
• Management
• Public Relations
• Media Relations
• Public Speaking
• Social Media
• Creative Direction
• Editing
• Association Management
• Newsletters
• Script-Writing
• Project Management
• Copy Editing
• Public Outreach
• Nonprofits
• Strategic Communications
• Web Content Management
• Press Releases
• Video
• Blogging
• Online Video
• Research
• Science Communication
• Science Journalism