{"id":15525,"date":"2018-12-20T10:14:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T15:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/josh-wakelys-production-company-appoints-coo\/"},"modified":"2018-12-20T10:16:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T15:16:13","slug":"josh-wakelys-production-company-appoints-coo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/josh-wakelys-production-company-appoints-coo\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Wakely&#8217;s Production Company Appoints COO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Wakely&#8217;s Grace: a storytelling company, producer of\u00a0<em>Beat Bugs<\/em> and <em>Motown Magic<\/em>, has hired Alaric McAusland as chief operating officer and head of studio and production.<\/p>\n<p>McAusland will manage Grace&#8217;s global business operations and partnerships in addition to production and development across TV, film and live, immersive entertainment. He most recently was the Australian managing director of Deluxe, where he helped develop and optimize postproduction and delivery workflows for\u00a0<em>Beat Bugs<\/em> and <em>Motown Magic<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlaric was integral in empowering <em>Beat Bugs<\/em> and <em>Motown Magic<\/em> for a successful global release,\u201d said Wakely, founder of Grace. \u201cNow that we have expanded with multiple international production deals spanning TV, film and live, immersive entertainment, bringing him on board is the next step in the development of Grace as a global studio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking with Josh on <em>Beat Bugs<\/em> and <em>Motown Magic<\/em> has been an absolute career highlight for me,\u201d added McAusland. \u201cI am in awe of his ability to not only secure the world&#8217;s most beloved music rights, but in his unique alchemistic ability to create inspirational stories from them, stories that have empowered and elevated audiences the world over. I feel immensely privileged to be joining Grace at such an exciting time and to be given the incredible opportunity to contribute to its storytelling success and to its global growth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Wakely&#8217;s Grace: a storytelling company, producer of\u00a0Beat Bugs and Motown Magic, has hired Alaric McAusland as chief operating officer and head of studio and production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":15526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[4200,525],"class_list":["post-15525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-alaric-mcausland","tag-grace-a-storytelling-company","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Josh Wakely&#039;s Production Company Appoints COO - 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