Zodiak Media Group Rebrands, Shuffles Execs

PARIS: A number of key appointments have been made within the Zodiak Media Group, which is being rebranded as Zodiak Media. 

Vincent Chalvon Demersay, who remains CEO of Zodiak’s Marathon Media, is appointed chief strategy officer for the group. The role will see him working closely with Jonathan Slow, the group COO and his team. He will report to David Frank, the group CEO. David Michel has been named senior VP of group marketing. He also remains general manager of Marathon Media. Valérie Tailland has been promoted to director of group communication, in addition to her role as head of communication for Zodiak France. 

A new visual identity for Zodiak Media has already been implemented on the company’s website. The group also recently completed a refinancing of all its banking arrangements in local markets to bring control and management of its finances under one international syndicate of banks, managed from Paris. 

Frank commented: “Zodiak Media comprises 45 companies around the world, bringing together experienced producers with successful track records in entertainment, fiction, kids and factual programming. This makes Zodiak Media a unique entity among the small number of major international media groups. The new identity and the key appointments announced today underline the successful integration of Zodiak Media’s component parts and our ambitions for its future development. The refinancing is also a key ingredient in this future development. Our aim is to allow each of our producers to express their creative talents individually while being empowered by the scale and power of our combined activities.”