Ryan St. Peters Promoted at Shaftesbury

TORONTO: Shaftesbury has elevated Ryan St. Peters to the newly expanded role of director of sales.

In his new position, St. Peters will work under Shane Kinnear, the company’s senior VP of sales and marketing. He will be responsible for managing the strategies of U.S. and international sales, marketing and distribution for all Smokebomb Entertainment and Shaftesbury properties. He will also continue to participate at major industry events such as MIPCOM and MIPTV, among others.

St. Peters began working for Shaftesbury as a sales representative in 2005. Five years later he became the company’s manager of sales. Prior to his tenure at Shaftesbury, St. Peters was a marketing manager for Pearson Education.

"Ryan has been integral to the success of Shaftesbury’s sales and distribution business over the past several years," said Kinnear. "I look forward to continuing to work with him to grow our activities worldwide, including extending Smokebomb’s slate of digital projects to international buyers."