{"id":16423,"date":"2021-07-02T09:52:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T13:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/kin-taps-director-talent-development\/"},"modified":"2021-07-02T10:09:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T14:09:40","slug":"kin-taps-director-of-talent-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/kin-taps-director-of-talent-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Kin Taps Director of Talent &amp; Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kin, a creator of unscripted entertainment franchises aimed at women aged 25 to 40, has hired ViacomCBS alum Zaina Sesay as director of talent and development.<\/p>\n<p>In her new role, Sesay will work with Kin to expand and strengthen its current roster, which includes Tia Mowry, Adrienne Bailon Houghton and Jeannie Mai. She will act as the liaison between talent and their representatives and the internal team at Kin.<\/p>\n<p>Sesay&#8217;s\u00a0remit will also include researching, identifying and signing new celebrity talent for Kin-owned and operated digital shows and other content partnership opportunities with TV networks and streaming platforms. She\u00a0will report to Shani Black, Kin\u2019s head of programming and development.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Sesay worked across both MTV and VH1 networks on such programs as <em>Martha &amp; Snoop\u2019s Potluck Dinner Party<\/em>, <em>Basketball Wives<\/em>, <em>Girl\u2019s Cruise<\/em>, <em>Love &amp; Listings<\/em>, <i>MTV Cribs <\/i>and<i>\u00a0<\/i><em>Teyana &amp; Iman<\/em>, as well as a number of series in development. She got her start in the entertainment industry at FremantleMedia, working across the development and digital departments.<\/p>\n<p>Black said: \u201cZaina\u2019s broad experience working with diverse talent in lifestyle programming will be a true asset as we continue to grow the Kin portfolio of shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sesay added: \u201cI\u2019ve always admired Kin\u2019s roster of talent and shows and how they\u2019ve managed to create franchises that truly resonate with young women. I\u2019m looking forward to joining the team and helping them continue to build out their impressive lineup.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kin, a creator of unscripted entertainment franchises aimed at women aged 25 to 40, has hired ViacomCBS alum Zaina Sesay as director of talent and development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":16424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[3288,4898,5622],"class_list":["post-16423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-kin","tag-viacomcbs","tag-zaina-sesay","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kin Taps Director of Talent &amp; Development - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/kin-taps-director-of-talent-development\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kin Taps Director of Talent &amp; Development - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kin, a creator of unscripted entertainment franchises aimed at women aged 25 to 40, has hired ViacomCBS alum Zaina Sesay as director of talent and development.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/kin-taps-director-of-talent-development\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-02T13:52:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-02T14:09:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/zaina-sesay-kin-721.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/kin-taps-director-of-talent-development\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/kin-taps-director-of-talent-development\/\",\"name\":\"Kin Taps Director of Talent &amp; Development - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-02T13:52:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-02T14:09:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/kin-taps-director-of-talent-development\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/kin-taps-director-of-talent-development\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/kin-taps-director-of-talent-development\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kin Taps Director of Talent &amp; Development\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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