Alyssa Sapire Promoted to Lead International Content material For Disney Junior – Deadline

Disney Branded Tv has promoted Alyssa Sapire to SVP, Improvement, Sequence and Technique at Disney Junior.

Sapire, beforehand SVP, Unique Programming, has been appearing within the function since March, succeeding Joe D’Ambrosia who left to hitch Sony Photos TV. The promotion has now been made everlasting.

Within the high programming submit, Sapire serves because the inventive lead for Disney Junior content material, encompassing strategic oversight of growth, present and bought programming for linear and streaming. She may also work carefully with Disney Media Leisure and Distribution to establish, develop and advance Disney Junior franchise alternatives.

Sapire has solidified her senior management staff. Kim Berglund has been tapped as VP of growth with oversight of all collection, specials and shorts in growth, together with figuring out new inventive expertise. Diane Ikemiyashiro and Lori Mozilo will each function VP of present collection. The 2 will co-lead, every having oversight on any initiatives in manufacturing, working carefully with companions throughout The Walt Disney Firm on continued franchises.

“Alyssa is a devoted champion of the ability of storytelling and absolutely the proper chief for the Disney Junior model,” stated Disney Branded Tv President Ayo Davis, to whom Sapire reviews. “She has assembled a best-in-class staff and developed an extremely sturdy content material slate with one overarching objective: to create magical, memorable tales that present pleasure, stoke curiosity and stay within the hearts of younger audiences in all places.”

Sapire first joined Disney in 2016. Throughout her tenure, she has helped to construct a various slate for Disney Junior that features Younger Jedi Adventures, a partnership with Lucasfilm and their first collection for preschoolers, in addition to SuperKitties, Kindergarten: The Musical, a Winnie the Pooh shorts collection, Firebuds and Rise Up, Sing Out. Her staff additionally based The Author’s Clubhouse, an initiative designed to have interaction, develop and mentor expertise with a variety of backgrounds and experiences to turn out to be the subsequent era of preschool storytellers.

Previous to becoming a member of Disney, Sapire was VP of Improvement and Programming, FremantleMedia Youngsters & Household Group. She additionally served 10 years at Nickelodeon, the place she helped launch Noggin and TeenNick. She was additionally a producer at Scholastic and commenced her profession in manufacturing and analysis for PBS/WNET-TV science documentaries.

The Disney Junior preschool content material model encompasses parks, music, shopper merchandise, stay occasions, and linear tv. In Linear TV, Disney Junior has been the #1 preschool community for the previous 10 years amongst whole viewers and children 2-5.