Trevor Locke

Trevor Locke — Showreel 01

FRANCHISEARCHITECT

Most brands build content calendars.

I build intellectual property.

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Seg. 02 — The Framework

How a slate gets built, in the abstract

This is the method, not the résumé — the real names are next, in the slate.

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Franchise architecture diagramA funnel gradient from awareness to conversion sits above five generic franchise pillars, each colored by funnel stage and segmented into distribution floors — social, blog, newsletter, podcast, and UGC. The pillars stand on an R&D Lab and an always-on content foundation. A data column on the left feeds signal into the system.The funnelTofu — whatMofu — whoBofu — whyDataLLM search queriesSocial performanceProduct updatesCreator trendsFranchise 1Franchise 2Franchise 3Franchise 4Franchise 5R&D Lab — creative incubationFranchise 0 — Always-on content (acquisition + lifecycle)

Every pillar carries the same ecosystem — one shoot, five distribution floors.

Franchise 1 — TOFUAwareness — get found. One shoot, five distribution floors.

Franchise 2 — TOFUAwareness — get found. One shoot, five distribution floors.

Franchise 3 — MOFUConsideration — get evaluated. One shoot, five distribution floors.

Franchise 4 — MOFUConsideration — get evaluated. One shoot, five distribution floors.

Franchise 5 — BOFUConversion — get chosen. One shoot, five distribution floors.

Seg. 04 — The reel

Watch before you read the résumé

Trevor Locke — Career ReelPlay on YouTube ▸

The full curated reel — WIRED, SiriusXM, Nickelodeon, and Teachable

Full reel + Teachable reel ▸

Proof — from the reel

Tom Holland, Zendaya & Jacob Batalon Answer MORE of the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED

Seg. 05 — On the wall

WIRED Autocomplete Interview, in the field

Real episodes, real faces, real view counts — five of WIRED Autocomplete Interview's 374.

15.6M views

Tom Holland, Zendaya & Jacob Batalon Answer MORE of the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED

13.8M views

Sadie Sink, Noah Schnapp & Gaten Matarazzo Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED

9.5M views

Robert Downey Jr. & Christopher Nolan Answer The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED

3.4M views

TommyInnit Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED

615K views

Casey Neistat Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED

All 374 episodes ▸

Seg. 06 — The multiplier

One shoot. One week of assets. Across six surfaces.

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The multiplier diagramOne long-form shoot at the center feeds six surfaces: ten or more shorts, blog articles built from the transcript, a newsletter feature, creator collaborations, sales sizzles and enablement material, and AEO/GEO signal for AI search engines.
10+ Shorts, Reels, TikToks
Blog articles (transcripts)
Sales sizzles & enablement
AEO/GEO — ChatGPT, Perplexity
Creator collabs
Newsletter
The shoot

The AEO angle: detailed metadata, full transcripts, and chapter markers turn every video into a durable signal to LLMs — compounding into share of voice when ChatGPT or Perplexity answer questions about course creation, pricing, or the creator economy.

Seg. 07 — The Receipts

Numbers, not adjectives

1B+

views

WIRED Autocomplete Interview — the most-watched video franchise in Condé Nast history

  • — 374 episodes
  • — Parodied by Saturday Night Live

10+

years

in content strategy, video production, and brand-building

+126%

impressions

at Teachable, in under a year, against a flat headcount

~5x

baseline engagement

average performance of Teachable franchise content vs. non-franchise posts

16–18%

engagement rate

on franchise episodes distributed via LinkedIn

Webby

Award nominee, 2024

"Mathematician Explains Infinity in 5 Levels of Difficulty"

MTV VMAs

featured

Nick on the Street, Nickelodeon

$120K

content budget

managed alongside a 4-person team and freelance producers/editors