Netflix Hires Katie Martin Kelley as VP Film Comms — SkimNews
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- Katie Martin Kelley joins Netflix as VP of Communications, Film, announced August 17, bringing more than 20 years of studio communications experience from Warner Bros. Pictures, MGM, and Paramount.
- Martin Kelley will oversee comms for Dan Lin's feature film portfolio, covering live-action, documentaries, kids & family animation, film and TV licensing, and Netflix's international films and series portfolio.
- Martin Kelley reports to Chief Communications Officer Dani Dudeck, whose leadership team also includes Kelly Pakula (Global Corp Comms), Oliver Rawlins (EMEA), Flávia Vigio (LATAM), and Joy Albert (APAC), with a series counterpart to Martin Kelley still being recruited.
- Martin Kelley exits Warner Bros. amid uncertainty over the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger, which won't close until at earliest a March 2027 antitrust trial brought by 12 U.S. states.
- Martin Kelley previously oversaw media relations for WB Pictures, New Line Cinema, the animation team, and the Clockwork banner at Warner Bros., and worked with film heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy at MGM before a 12-year stint at Paramount overseeing domestic publicity and corporate communications.
- Martin Kelley is a member of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Why it matters: Netflix is fully staffing its film communications bench as Dan Lin's slate expands across live-action, animation, documentaries, and international titles. Landing a 20-year Warner Bros. and Paramount veteran gives Netflix seasoned PR firepower at a moment when rival studios are absorbed by merger and antitrust uncertainty.
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