Los Angeles | New York
Arielle Zadok
Intimacy Coordinator | Sexologist | Consultant
Facilitating creative excellence in storytelling through communication, consent, collaboration & education.
Known for her ability to infuse teams with positive energy while coming up with clear action plans, Arielle has spent the last 19+ years working in Film, Television and Advertising creating psychologically safe, supportive spaces where people can perform at the highest levels of their ability.
What is an intimacy coordinator?
An intimacy coordinator is a liaison between actors, producers and directors for scenes involving nudity, simulated sex and hyper exposure of actors, including minors.
By facilitating an environment where the director’s vision can be honored without jeopardizing the safety or consent of actors, we can collectively create impactful scenes that sweep audiences off their feet and take their bated breath away.
Services
As an Intimacy Coordinator Arielle works with the production, director and the actors to ensure the creative vision is achieved while keeping actors safe and informed, helping the production running efficiently on schedule for scenes involving nudity and simulated sex. She ensures all union, legal and studio protocols are being followed, and that boundaries and consent are being respected at all times. If requested, Arielle will also assist with choreography of simulated sex as well as scenes involving pole dancing and burlesque performances.
As a Production Consultant Arielle works with writers, directors, actors and department heads to ensure accurate and believable storytelling in the areas of non-monogamy, polyamory, alternative lifestyles and family structures, kink / BDSM, sex work, pole dancing and burlesque. She will work with creatives to ensure sensitivity, authentic storytelling and harm-reduction in how these communities are represented on screen.
Arielle also brings her production expertise to sexuality professionals, sexual wellness brands and pleasure products by helping them create systems and structures to sustainably produce their own content and build their brands through advertising, podcasting, video content and operations support.
Click here to view Arielle’s production website.
As a Certified Sex Educator Arielle is available for speaking engagements and workshops on a variety of topics such as understanding and expressing sensuality, exploring intimacy, sexual dysfunction, STI education & prevention, non-monogamy & alternative lifestyles, kink & BDSM, the pleasure gap, sexuality & gender, understanding sexual harassment and more.
She is available for 1:1 coaching calls, couple / throuple / polycule calls, members clubs, play parties, employee trainings, production companies, writer’s rooms, organizations, and collaborations with sexual wellness and pleasure product brands.
Click here to book a sex coaching session with Arielle.
Meet Arielle
(She / her / hers)
Arielle is a Certified Intimacy Coordinator and Certified Sex Educator who brings with her 19+ years working in the film, television and advertising industries as a Producer and Assistant Director prior to shifting her focus to intimacy.
Before obtaining her intimacy coordinator certification through Intimacy Professional’s Association (IPA), and obtaining a Consent Forward Artist certificate though Intimacy Directors & Coordinators, she was in a leadership position at The Walt Disney Company and ABC Signature Studios, supporting the Television Physical and Post Production Departments in returning to work and navigating production throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Arielle is known for her people-centered approach in advocating for safe working environments that support the director’s creative vision, her infectious positive energy, and her ability to work with high profile talent and executives in high stress, emotionally charged, time sensitive situations.
She has had specialized training in trauma-informed care, emotional intelligence, de-escalation, sexual harassment, kink & BDSM, working with minors, sex with aging, sex and disabilities, diversity & inclusion and movement.
She holds a Sex Educator Certification through Everyone Deserves Sex Ed and is currently obtaining an additional certification through the Modern Sex Therapy Institute under the Supervision of Logan Levkoff, PhD.
Arielle holds a Certification in Holistic Health Coaching from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition.
She produces and hosts a weekly show called “Birds & Bees Don’t Fck” exploring how sex education of our formative years, or lack thereof, failed us through conversations with comedians and sexperts alike.
Photo Credit: Jonathan Adjahoe
Arielle is represented by Intimacy Professionals Association