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Granada Restructures Licensing Team

Granada Ventures today announced a restructuring of their licensing group designed to maximize sales potential from the brand portfolio.

Julie Quirke has been promoted to Senior Brand & Licensing Manager for Pre-School. Responsible for major children's properties NUMBERJACKS and POCOYO, she will be supported by Jo Bird, recently promoted from Creative Executive to the newly created role of Brand & Licensing Executive, Pre-School. Van Uong has added Promotions to his New Media responsibilities and becomes Brand & Licensing Manager New Media & Promotions, while Nicole Withers will add Retail to her existing Marketing role, becoming Retail & Marketing Manager. This area will be given a renewed focus in 2008.

Michelle Smith continues in her role as Creative Director, with Stacey Pyper as Head of Creative and Steve Kidd as Creative Assistant. Head of Licensing Mel Beer is now actively seeking a new Creative Executive following Jo Bird's new appointment.

Paula Miller, VP of Licensing (US), will continue to represent the Granada Ventures brands in the US, based in the LA office.