Plimsoll Studios Promotes Andrea Jackson To Oversee Talent Strategy

EXCLUSIVE: Plimsoll Studios, the company behind Disney+’s Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston, has a new head of talent strategy.

The company, which also produced Netflix’s Skyscraper Live with Alex Honnold, has appointed Andrea Jackson as Creative Director, Entertainment and Talent Strategy.

The move will see Jackson oversee the company’s relationships with on-screen talent, working across genres. It comes six years after she joined the business when Plimsoll acquired her Magnify Media firm.

It’s been a busy year for the ITV-owned Plimsoll; in addition to Skyscraper Live and Pompeii: Out of Time, it also produced Secret Garden with Sir David Attenborough for the BBC.

Earlier this year, it reorganized its business around five divisions: Natural History & Adventure, Live, Entertainment, Family & Kids and Digital.

Founder and CEO Grant Mansfield said, “Andrea’s expanded role recognizes the increasing importance of on-screen talent in everything Plimsoll Studios produces. She’s the perfect person to build on our existing relationships, and forge new ones, because she knows how to bring together ambitious ideas and brilliant talent to create shows that are entertaining and unique.”

Jackson added, “Talent plays an ever-important role across our development slate as we package bold ideas for market and I’m proud to steer that process.”