Kristen Hall has been named executive vice president of communications for CBS Studios, Chris Ander, EVP of communications for CBS, and David Stappf, president of CBS Studios, announced Thursday.
In the new role, which reports to Ender and works closely with Stapp and its creative and business teams, the veteran streaming and studio executive will oversee all promotion and communications strategies for the studio. She will lead a communications team that supports a portfolio of more than 60 series in production across broadcast, cable and streaming, including the CBS television network and Paramount+, as well as third-party platforms.
Hall returned to CBS Studios after four years at Amazon Studios/Prime Video, where he served as Director of Original Series Publicity and Co-Lead Series Communications on dozens of scripted and unscripted series and specials, documentaries, adult animation, and more. did. Notably, she oversaw the Emmy Award-winning series “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Girls”, which became the first streaming program to win in the Competition Program category.
“Kristen returning ‘home’ to lead our communications campaign is a four-year dream come true,” Stapp said in a statement. “The experience she gained during those years adds to her superior skills in leading our world-class promotional team. Kristen’s rare combination of creativity, passion and smarts make her beloved by the press and creative community. Producer, Everyone from executives and talent was excited that she was returning to CBS Studios.
Ender said: “Kristen elevates every single business and campaign she touches with creativity, positivity, thoughtful strategy and big ideas. She has an amazing passion for the business and her artistic process as well as this Clear vision of how it works with the hype and media it accrues to help it achieve success. The day Kristen returned to CBS earlier this month, there were many happy faces in the hall.
Before joining Amazon, Hall spent 14 years at CBS Television Studios (now called CBS Studios), eventually becoming vice president of communications. During his tenure, he oversaw and developed the “NCIS” franchise, the relaunched “Star Trek” franchise for CBS All Access (now Paramount+), as well as “The Game” and the re-imagined Led the release of “90210”. CW.