Lisa Streff is promoted to EVP Global Licensing of Epic Rights, where she will oversee worldwide licensing, merchandising and retail development for Epic’s music brands.
Ted Curtin becomes Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer for LMCA. He previously was EVP for experiential and sports marketing agency Synergy Events.
Universal Pictures names three new brand development executives as senior staff under Vince Klaseus, President of NBCUniversal Brand Development. Santiago Capdepont, a former Walt Disney Co. executive, is SVP Finance, Strategy & Operations. Stephanie Kraus, former CCO for Strategic Partners, is SVP Creative & Brand Assurance. Marc Low is SVP Consumer Products International, from VP General Manager EMEA Fashion & Home Furnishings for Disney.
Saban Brands launched an Advisory Committee for its Lifestyle Group with Mona Bijoor as its first member. Bijoor, Founder/CEO of JOOR, a digital wholesale marketplace connecting apparel brands with retailers, will help expand Saban’s global retail network.
Digital native celebrity Bethany Mota, the fashion blogger and designer best known for her licensing partnership with retailer Aero- postale, will deliver “The Big Interview” keynote address on June 9 in conjunction with the inaugural Digital Media Licensing Summit at Licensing Expo 2015 in Las Vegas.
Samira Ali joins Jewel Branding & Licensing as Director Retail Development and will work out of the firm’s newly opened Los Angeles office.