Sesame Workshop has a new head of creative
Following a seven-month-long search, Kay Wilson Stallings has been promoted to serve as the exec vp creative and production of the nonprofit media and education division behindWilson Stallings, who was senior vp creative development, immediately replaces Brown Johnson at the helm of the division. Johnson retired in May following a five-year run in the job.
Wilson Stallings joins Dunn’s executive leadership team and reports to president of media and education and COO Steve Youngwood. and at Apple TV+, where the company has a first-look pact. The division has a number of children's programs currently in the works, includingwith other new series and shortform content also in the works. She will also have oversight of Sesame Studios fare for YouTube.
Wilson Stallings joined Sesame Workshop in 2015 as senior vp creative, overseeing new content creation for Apple, HBO Max and PBS. Content developed under her purview has earned 17 Daytime Emmy nominations. In 2017, she founded the Sesame Street Writers' Room, a fellowship aimed at developing talent from underrepresented racial backgrounds. The program has featured 34 fellows so far, with several moving on to writing gigs at Disney, Nick Jr., Netflix and DreamWorks.
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