Daryn Strauss is a Writers Guild Award winning writer, producer, and director who has won numerous awards on projects that have spanned digital, social media, live events, and TV and have garnered over 250 million views. Raised in a multicultural NJ family of latin percussionists and strong women, Daryn is known for her sassy sharp wit, her passion for writing strong female leads, and for empowering female creators. She was part of the Original Generation of web series creators pioneering digital video content, earning her the moniker Digital Chick.
As the Founder and CEO of Digital Chick Productions, she has developed, written, or produced projects on multiple platforms for a variety of clients that have won recognition from the Writers Guild Awards, Emmys, IAWTV Awards, and Indie Series Awards for NBCUniversal, PBS, Sony Music, AOL, and more, including her pioneering web series Downsized for which she was nominated for a Writers Guild Award and Weight, her comedy about life after reality TV weight loss for which she took home a Writers Guild Award. She also worked on the Emmy-nominated MAKERS for PBS (narrated by Meryl Streep) and Emmy-winning The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.
Daryn has served as a producer and/or director of 40+ major national events and conferences, including numerous NewFronts, the digital experience for NBCU's Upfront at Radio City Music Hall, and the MAKERS premiere at Lincoln Center for PBS. Throughout the pandemic, she oversaw production for American Association of Advertising Agencies’ (4A's) slate of live events and conferences.