Jeff Su

Career

Jeff Su's site describes a career that began in management consulting and continued in product marketing at Google, before Jeff turned to online education for working professionals. An earlier version of the about page, dated 2022, says Jeff joined Google in 2016 and worked as a product marketer on Google Ads, making YouTube videos about productivity, careers and job search on the side.¹³

Channel and publications

AI Essentials is a weekly newsletter that gives one practical tip per issue. Recent issues cover carrying context into a new chat in ChatGPT and Claude, choosing between ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini models, and Gemini features inside Gmail, Docs, Drive and Calendar.²

The site's AI articles, published since June 2023, include beginner guides to ChatGPT, Google Gemini, NotebookLM and Perplexity, a step-by-step guide to building an AI agent in n8n, and 2026 tutorials on Claude Cowork, Claude Design and personal AI agents. The YouTube channel offers practical tips on productivity and careers.⁴⁵

Courses

The Cowork Academy provides a pre-built system in Claude Cowork along with a course on adapting it, so that corrections, preferences and decisions carry forward between sessions. The Workspace Academy teaches a Google Workspace workflow for capturing tasks, ideas and notes and managing files, and the site also lists a Notion course called My Notion Command Center.⁶⁷¹

Work and contributions

• AI Essentials newsletter Show, channel or publication

  Writes a weekly newsletter with one practical tip on using AI tools and Google apps.²

• Jeff Su (YouTube channel) Show, channel or publication

  Makes videos with practical career and productivity tips, including job search advice.⁵³

• The Cowork Academy Proprietary product

  Course that provides a pre-built Claude Cowork system, plus lessons on adapting it so context, rules and past decisions carry across projects and sessions.⁶

• The Workspace Academy Proprietary product

  Course on a Google Workspace workflow for capturing tasks, ideas and notes and keeping files organized in Google Drive.⁷

Timeline

1. 2016Joined Google, where Jeff later worked as a product marketer on Google Ads.³
2. Jun 20, 2023Published the first article in the site's AI section, on ChatGPT productivity tips for work.⁴
3. Dec 10, 2024Published a comprehensive guide to Google's NotebookLM.⁴
4. Aug 12, 2025Published a step-by-step guide to building a first AI agent in n8n.⁴
5. Apr 7, 2026Published a tutorial on learning most of Claude Cowork in under 20 minutes.⁴
6. Jul 21, 2026Published a beginner's tutorial for Claude Design.⁴
7. Oct 13, 2026Published an explainer comparing setups for personal AI agents.⁴

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

• Product marketer (joined 2016; worked on Google Ads), Google¹³

Where they work

• Jeff Su (YouTube channel, newsletter and courses) 1 person in the wiki

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