Senior Director at Nickelodeon Canada
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), owned by Viacom Inc, has appointed Tanya Visano to the newly created position of senior director, Nickelodeon Consumer Products (NCP) for Canada.
The news, which underlines the company’s strategic commitment to expand and further deepen its licensing and merchandising operations in Canada, was announced by Jon Graham, vice president and general manager, Viacom International Media Networks Canada and Mike Connolly, senior vice president, Consumer Products, VIMN, to who Visano will dually report.
Based in Toronto, Visano will be responsible for driving the licensing and merchandising business through day-to-day collaboration with Canada’s long time exclusive licensing agent, Studio Licensing Inc., and in close partnership with the division’s global consumer products partners in the region, including THQ, Fisher Price, Simon & Schuster and Paramount.
In addition, Visano will look to develop and maximise retail strategies for cross store activities with key licensees as well as growing the MTV brand licensing portfolio and acting as point person between Studio Licensing Inc. and Nickelodeon Consumer Products operations in New York.
Visano joins NCP Canada from Mega Brands, where she was director, National Accounts. Prior to this, Visano held the position of manager, Retail Business Development at The Walt Disney Company where she was awarded the 2009 Disney, North American Sales Person of the Year accolade and managed relationships with key accounts such as Toys “R” Us and Costco.
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