Cartoon Network Names William Blair VP Sales/Promotions/Marketing
Cartoon Network has hired William Blair as vice president of Cartoon Network ad sales promotions and marketing.
Blair will oversee custom advertising promotions and marketing for the network featuring the hit kids’ television shows “Ben 10” and “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends,” and the late night adult television network Adult Swim, featuring the popular shows “Robot Chicken” and “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.”
He will report to Phyllis Ehrlich, senior vice president of Cartoon Network ad sales promotions and marketing.
Blair will be based in New York and will manage promotions directors located in New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles.
“Will is a talented individual that we have already had the pleasure of working alongside within Time Warner’s global marketing efforts, and earlier in his career when he was based in Atlanta,” Ehrlich said in a statement.
Most recently, Blair was vice president of divisional partnerships with Time Warner Global Media Group. There he worked as the primary corporate lead for relationships between Time Warner’s integrated sales and marketing team and key entertainment divisions, including Turner Broadcasting, HBO, Warner Brothers and Telepictures Productions. Blair co-developed Time Warner multi-asset programs and strategic alliances for such clients as Unilever, General Motors, American Express, Johnson & Johnson, Ford Motor Co. and The Home Depot.
Blair has also held positions with Interpublic/McCann WorldGroup, Inc. as a senior vice president and group account director for Momentum Worldwide.
Cartoon Network is viewed in nearly 91 million U.S. homes and 160 countries around the world. The Network is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s ad-supported cable service.
