“Should it be an image or an animated GIF? Or should it be interactive, or even a game.” 'You have to figure out how you want to depict this topic or person,” she says. “We want people to learn something, or laugh, or feel inspired.”Īs the team lead, part of Jessica's job during this annual selection is to help choose Doodles from a massive pile of submissions (which come from Doodle team members, other Googlers and then from people completely outside Google), discuss them with this committee and a network of global cultural consultants and then decide on the best way to bring them to life.

“We want to create that feeling of surprise and delight when you’re going about your day-to-day life, and then - tada! - a little gift,” Jessica says. Either way, it adds up to hours of discussion and work each week, all dedicated to making Doodle magic happen. Sometimes they gather in person, other times over Google Meet. They begin meeting regularly in the summer and usually wrap up by late October. Every August, Jessica Yu and a carefully selected committee of Googlers from various backgrounds begin the delicate - and joyful - process of choosing which Google Doodles will appear on the Google homepage in the coming year.

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