London, Monday 3rd September 2007: MTV Networks UK & Ireland today announced the appointment of Kerry Taylor as Vice President, Marketing, Creative & Consumer Press. Reporting to Heather Jones, Executive Vice President, Content & Creative and Director of Television, MTV Networks UK & Ireland, Taylor’s appointment completes the senior management team for the division.
In this newly created role Kerry will be responsible for executing the creative vision and strategy for MTV's nine-pack of channels to MTV’s audiences both on-air and off-air. The Creative, Marketing and Consumer press teams will report into her but the Consumer press team will also maintain a reporting line into the Vice President, Communications.
“I am extremely pleased that Kerry’s appointment completes the senior management team for Content & Creative,” commented Heather Jones. “She is one of the most talented people in the business and I can’t wait for her to bring her experience in delivering integrated campaigns to MTV to make our shows really come alive for our audience.”
Kerry previously worked at Virgin Media (formerly Flextech) across Living TV, Bravo, Trouble, Challenge and FTN. Most recently she was Director, Creative, Marketing & On-Air and was part of the team that led Living TV to success as Broadcast Channel Of The Year in 2006. Before her time at Flextech Kerry also worked at the BBC and for Star TV in Hong Kong.
Kerry will join MTV Networks UK & Ireland in October.