AI reputation
Help PR and communications teams understand how AI describes a brand, examine the sources behind those answers, and decide where to focus their reputation work.
AI solutions & partnerships
Making sense
of AI.
Together.
I’m Yakir. I help PR and communications teams understand what AI says about their brands, why it says it, and what they can do next.
Five Blocks
AI reputationStrategic partnershipsPractical AI enablementGood questions welcome.
01 / A little about me
Close to the work.
Closer to the people.
I lead AI solutions and partnerships at Five Blocks, where much of my work centers on AIQ, our AI reputation intelligence platform.
My days connect the product with the people using it. That can mean working through an AI reputation question with a communications team, helping a partner put AI into practice, or bringing a customer’s needs into a product decision.
I’ve spent years in account management and business development, built and run a company in artist management, and returned to Five Blocks when the opportunity to work on AI came along. That path keeps me close to what people need and what it takes to deliver.
I like being the person someone calls when there’s a problem to figure out. Good service, clear expectations, and doing what I said I’d do have kept relationships going through every chapter of my career.
02 / What I work on
From an AI answer
to a clearer picture.
At Five Blocks, I work across AI reputation, partnerships, and the practical steps that help teams get value from AI.
Partnerships & customer success
Build relationships with enterprise partners from the first conversation through onboarding, training, and ongoing work. Stay close enough to know what’s useful and what needs attention.
Putting AI to work
Help teams use their approved AI tools, prompts, and workflows for reporting and client strategy. Work with our product lead on model evaluation, output quality, and customer priorities.
The starting point
Track. Analyze. Impact. That’s the sequence behind AIQ. Everyone wants to get to what they can do about their AI narrative. Understanding what’s being said, and why, gives that next step a firmer foundation.
03 / The path here
A few chapters.
A common thread.
Building relationships, understanding the problem, and taking responsibility for the work.
Full experience on LinkedInDirector of AI Solutions & Partnerships
July 2026 – present
AI reputation strategy, enterprise partnerships, AIQ customer success, and practical AI solutions for PR and communications teams.
Program Director of AI
September 2023 – June 2026
Prompt engineering, model evaluation, client strategy, and onboarding for AIQ, including work on its launch and rollout.
Head of Growth and Operations, Partner
Built and led an artist management and creative media business, with responsibility for partnerships, touring, team operations, and company planning.
Head of Operations
Worked with the founder to launch in-person and digital courses, and managed the operations and planning behind them.
Account management, marketing & business development
Managed long-term reputation programs and client relationships, helped establish the marketing department, and later owned the business development process from discovery through agreements and onboarding.
Roles and dates
- Senior Business Development Manager
January 2020 – April 2021 - Senior Account Manager
October 2014 – January 2020 - Senior Marketing Manager
January – September 2017, alongside account management
Earlier chapters
SEO Associate → Account Manager
Digital marketing, client relationships, campaign strategy, and reporting.
Writer → Writing Team Leader
Grant proposals, donor reports, and coordination across fundraising and program teams.
Founder, Manager, Guitar
Founded and managed the band, organized US tours, and developed its booking relationships. Guitar is still very much part of my life.
Away from the prompts
There’s usually
a guitar nearby.
I play guitar in G-Nome Project, an improvisational band mixing electronica, dance, and funk. Music has been a big part of my life through all of this.
And if the conversation turns to Phish, we may need a little more time.
A good place to begin
What are you
figuring out?
If you’re working through an AI reputation question, a partnership idea, or how to put AI to work with your team, I’d like to hear about it.
Find me on LinkedInCoffee’s on me.