Meet Kaila: Black Film & TV Editor at Comcast
Kaila is the Black Film & TV Editor for the Xfinity X1, Stream and Flex platforms. She lives in Nashville, TN and oversees the scheduling, programming, and maintaining of Black Film & TV, which now includes the Black Voices. Black Stories destination.
Kaila's Comcast journeyI am originally from Northern Virginia, just about an hour south of D.C. and I came to Philly when I started my master's program at Drexel University. The director at my master's program at Drexel told me Comcast was looking for somebody for a new role. At the time, it sounded completely different from what I do now but he suggested I apply and see how it goes. I applied and well, I have been with Comcast since 2015. When I first joined the company, I was the editor for the larger multicultural destination but after about a year or so, black film and TV was launched as its own menu and now I just focus solely on African-American content.
Comcast culture
Once I arrived, I experienced the culture of Comcast first hand. I saw the support and communication that we get from senior leadership. You don't feel like you are just a number at Comcast, even though we are a huge company with so many employees. I'm on a team that is really making an impact. We keep moving forward. We don't stay in one place and we're not stagnant.
Comcast culture
Once I arrived, I experienced the culture of Comcast first hand. I saw the support and communication that we get from senior leadership. You don't feel like you are just a number at Comcast, even though we are a huge company with so many employees. I'm on a team that is really making an impact. We keep moving forward. We don't stay in one place and we're not stagnant.
Black Voices. Black Stories.
As editor, Kaila curates editorial collections, including the Black Voices. Black Stories. destination. Learn how Kaila collaborated across various departments and teams to help cultivate a collection of content that reflects the broad diversity of experience within the Black community.
Memorable moments with Comcast
One of the key moments that I'll never forget is traveling to the American Black Film Festival, which is held in Miami every single summer.
My team and I went down there to be a part of that experience. Creative energy was just flowing. We were able to bring awareness about Black film and TV and to talk to the community. The highlight was talking to real Xfinity customers so we could learn more about what they think about our content, what they learned and what they want to know more about. Traveling somewhere where you can directly interact with customers and really see what they think and what they value was amazing!
Typical Day
