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LSB rounds up the latest appointments and promotions across all sectors of the licensing industry.
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l Holly Oldham has returned to Rubie’s Masquerade, taking on the role of UK managing director. The move follows three years at Hasbro, where Holly was most recently UK and regional toy and game director.
l Netflix has signalled its intentions for further growth in consumer products, appointing a former Disney executive to head up the team. Christie Fleischer has taken on the role of global head of consumer products, Christie Fleischer overseeing retail and licensee partnerships, publishing, interactive games, merchandising and experiential events. l Hasbro Consumer Product has strengthened its UK team with the appointment of Becky Langer as retail development manager. Becky joins from textile and homewares licensee Character World where she was head of business Becky Langer development, and prior to that head of licensing. l Endemol Shine Group has reorganised its commercial division management, which sees former director of brand licensing and strategy, Jane Smith, taking on a newly expanded role. Gaming, brand licensing and digital specialities have been brought together under the new structure. Jane has been promoted to the new role of group director, brand licensing and gaming.
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She will be responsible for managing both divisions, with the remit to ‘supercharge’ the group’s commercial performances of the brands across these areas.
John Pilley
Jane Smith
l Little Brother Books has strengthened its sales team as it looks to cement its position in the market as an annuals specialist. The company has welcomed John Pilley as its new head of sales. John has worked in the publishing industry for over 20 years.
l Former marketing director at The Smiley Company, Matt Winton has opened the doors of what he believes is the brand licensing industry’s first specialist marketing agency. Matt has set up Licensing Communications to help brands and licensees get Matt Winton more from their marketing budgets and increase sales across all channels. l Mattel has revealed the creation of a new global franchise management group – a new division which will extend the company’s brands into new commercial opportunities. The new arm will be headed Janet Hsu up by Janet Hsu, former ceo of Saban Brands, who takes on the role of chief franchise management officer.