ITV Studios Adds to Team of Creative Directors

LONDON: Nic McNeilis, co-developer and executive producer of The Million Pound Drop Live, has been tapped for ITV Studios’ team of entertainment creative directors.

McNeilis was previously the executive producer at Endemol. Starting in May, he joins a team at ITV Studios of creative directors for entertainment that includes Sumi Connock, Lee Connolly, Richard Cowles, Michael Kelpie and Katie Rawcliffe. McNeilis will take on executive producer responsibilities for a range of entertainment content, along with working closely with the entertainment development team on piloting new prime-time entertainment content. He will report to Kevin Lygo, the managing director of ITV Studios.

Lygo commented of the hire: “Growing the ITV Studios business is dependent on developing and piloting a larger volume of new ambitious content and this means recruiting even more experienced creatives. I’m delighted to be welcoming Nic to join our team of entertainment creative directors, she is one of the most experienced and creative executive producers working in the industry today; with a background in developing and producing live prime-time entertainment she is perfectly placed to be part of ITV Studios next stage of growth.”

McNeilis added: “I’m really looking forward to joining Kevin and his team at such an exciting time for ITV Studios and can’t wait to start developing and producing a new set of hit entertainment formats.”