Guru Studio has promoted Rachel Marcus to VP of creative development.<\/p>\n
Formerly the company\u2019s development executive, Marcus will expand her role to lead Guru\u2019s overall development of new IP and oversee creative partnerships, co-productions and features. She will report to President and Executive Creative Director Frank Falcone.<\/p>\n
While at Guru, Marcus has cultivated the company\u2019s growing roster of original shows, including the studio\u2019s newest preschool series Pikwik<\/em>, which is slated to air in the U.S. on Disney Junior and Hulu next year. She also co-created the underwater adventure series Big Blue<\/em>, which was greenlit by CBC in Canada.<\/p>\n Prior to joining Guru in 2015, Marcus was at Nickelodeon, where she developed short-form linear content and new digital games to drive interactive web experiences at Nick.com and Nick Jr.<\/p>\n \u201cOver the last few years, I have seen first-hand Rachel\u2019s strong creative leadership,\u201d Falcone said. \u201cI am confident she will continue to strategically grow our IP, with the same creativity, collaboration and passion that the industry has come to expect from Guru.\u201d<\/p>\n Marcus added, \u201cI’m absolutely thrilled to be leading Guru\u2019s creative team into the company\u2019s next phase of growth. We have an extremely talented team who continue to create groundbreaking and imaginative shows for kids\u2014I can’t wait to share what we have coming!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Guru Studio has promoted Rachel Marcus to VP of creative development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":15783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1945],"class_list":["post-15782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-guru-studio","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n