As creative development producer, Arielle Reed Radack works closely with creative leadership to help shepherd new ideas from concept through pitch and pilot, ensuring that all materials reflect Fred Rogers Productions’ mission.  

Arielle spent more than nine years producing and writing for the award-winning preschool series, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, and has supported other Fred Rogers Productions series including Odd Squad, Alma’s Way, and Donkey Hodie.

Arielle’s experience includes acting as a brand expert, project manager, and creative voice. Skilled across the entire production pipeline, she has guided projects from pre-production through post-production. Her hands-on contributions include shaping scripts, design, music, casting, and animation, as well as managing complex production schedules and overseeing accessibility reviews. Arielle has written episodic and interstitial scripts; produced a podcast and a traveling stage show; consulted on museum, theme park. and zoo exhibitions; and vetted products like books, toys, and games.

Before joining Fred Rogers Productions, Arielle worked as a children’s art assistant at Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media, as an editorial intern at Upstart Crow Literary Agency, and as a kids’ summer camp counselor. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in English fiction writing, a minor in studio arts, and certificates in children’s literature and public and professional writing.