LONDON: FremantleMedia Kids & Family is expanding its London-based team with a new hire and a promotion.<\/p>\n
Kirstie Brockett is joining FremantleMedia Kids & Family as brand manager. In addition, Chapman Maddox as been elevated to the role of VP of development and production. Maddox has relocated to London from Los Angeles, where he was director of development.<\/p>\n
In her new role as brand manager, Brockett will work across FremantleMedia Kids & Family\u2019s preschool series such as Kate & Mim-Mim<\/em> and Ella The Elephant<\/em>, as well as the division\u2019s classic archive, which includes titles like Rainbow<\/em> and Count Duckula<\/em>. She will report to FremantleMedia Kids & Family\u2019s global brand director, Nicola Herrmann. Brockett previously served as assistant producer and brand manager for V&S Entertainment\u2019s series Everything\u2019s Rosie<\/em>.<\/p>\n Tessa Moore, the senior VP of global brand management, said, \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome Kirstie into the FremantleMedia Kids & Family team. She has an extensive background in developing a global girls’ preschool brand, which will be hugely beneficial as she helps drive the continued growth of our key properties, particularly in this toy-launch year for Kate & Mim-Mim<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n From his new base in London, Maddox will continue to executive produce the current season of the animated comedy\u00a0series Danger Mouse<\/em>. He will also be charged with developing new properties and overseeing the production of existing series.<\/p>\n Bob Higgins, the executive VP of creative and production, commented: \u201cWe are delighted that Chapman has swapped the sun of L.A. to join the U.K. team in Central London to take up this exciting new role, which recognizes his fantastic work on Danger Mouse<\/em> and with our existing co-production partners, and allows him to have a closer working relationship with our key partners in the U.K. and internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LONDON: FremantleMedia Kids & Family is expanding its London-based team with a new hire and a promotion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[378],"class_list":["post-9912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-fremantlemedia-kids-family","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n