Paramount Pictures Names Jenny Tartikoff to Top Communications Role – The Hollywood Reporter

Paramount Photos has named Jenny Tartikoff to the position of govt vp, world communications.

In her position, Tartikoff will oversee all of the studio’s company communication methods together with media relations, govt and inside communications and company social duty.

She’s going to report back to Brian Robbins, the newly ascended president and CEO, Paramount Photos and Nickelodeon. She begins in her new position Nov. 15.

The transfer continues the structural shakeup on the studio as Robbins reshuffles and remakes the chief crew round him. Veteran communications chief Chris Petrikin, who was carefully aligned to Robbins’ predecessor,  Jim Gianopulos, beforehand held the place.

“Jenny is a seasoned and expert communications govt with broad and deep expertise in Hollywood and a robust community of business relationships,” Robbins mentioned in an announcement. “She brings a uncommon mixture of a strategic method with the tactical acumen to match, and I’m wanting ahead to working together with her to convey all of that to bear on behalf of Paramount Photos.”

Tartikoff has a 20-year profession spans a number of industries together with movie, tv, media, information, and tech.  She is coming from a short stint as head of content material & promoting communications at Spotify and earlier than that served as senior vice chairman, world communications at Common Filmed Leisure Group the place she gained expertise coping with company points throughout variety, fairness and inclusions, expertise relations, transition administration, litigation, and govt communications.

“Paramount Photos is without doubt one of the most iconic and treasured movie studios,” said Tartikoff. “I couldn’t be extra excited to hitch Brian, his management crew, and your complete group as we launch an unimaginable slate of flicks, and collectively, construct on the studio’s wealthy legacy.”