Grom Social Enterprises, Inc. Appoints Veteran Entertainment & Media Marketing Executive Jared Wolfson to Key Executive Leadership Roles
September 08 2021 - 8:30AM
via NewMediaWire -- Grom Social Enterprises, Inc.
(NASDAQ: GROM), a company dedicated to social media for kids,
animation production services, and original entertainment for the
whole family, today announced the appointment of veteran
entertainment and media marketing executive Jared Wolfson to its
executive ranks. Wolfson’s appointment was announced by Darren
Marks, Grom’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
A winning business development executive and
marketing specialist for more than 20 years, Wolfson has built and
managed numerous successful franchise properties,
architected and driven multi-media marketing plans and
initiatives powering record sales revenues and led development,
production, and operational activities for studios, amassing
hundreds of half-hours of kids & family entertainment content,
in various formats and mediums.
Wolfson joins Grom’s executive team as
the Chief Executive Officer for Curiosity Ink Media and
Executive Vice President for Top Draw Animation. As CEO of
Curiosity, a global media company that develops, acquires, and
maximizes the commercial potential of intellectual properties in
the Kids & Family entertainment space, Wolfson will be
responsible for leading key initiatives including partnerships and
deal structure, operations, finance, and driving corporate vision
and culture. For Top Draw, Grom’s award-winning,
Manila-based animation studio, Wolfson will spearhead business
development and partnership efforts, as well as oversee critical
operating divisions.
“Jared’s acumen as a business development
executive, go-to-market specialist and brand builder will be put to
good use as we bring Grom to its next level of success,” explained
Marks. “His commitment to excellence will pave the way to bringing
our original content strategy to life and will simultaneously
enhance the profile of Top Draw Animation among global content
providers which depend on us to produce premium
entertainment.”
Wolfson joins Grom from JAKKS Pacific, a
leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of toys and consumer
products sold throughout the world where he was Senior Vice
President of Media, Marketing and Entertainment. While
at JAKKS, Wolfson’s corporate leadership role included oversight on
Global Media-Marketing, Corporate Communications, Investor
Relations, E-Commerce & Web Development and JAKKS’
philanthropic giving arm, JAKKS Cares. He also managed JAKKS’
Entertainment Division, Studio JP, driving the development and
growth of multi-media toy and entertainment franchise opportunities
for multiple proprietary brands across the company. Prior to JAKKS,
Wolfson held executive roles at Skyrocket Toys, Pacific Animation
Partners, The Walt Disney Company and Zag Entertainment, where he
held the role of President of Franchise Development, Content
Distribution & Marketing, overseeing development, production,
and operational activities.
Curiosity recently unveiled a host of initiatives
that are expected to bring its multiplatform IP to market for
consumers everywhere in the coming months and years. Some of the
projects that CIM recently announced include: a collaboration
with global toy company Cepia LLC to develop the hit online
shorts Cats vs. Pickles into a television series;
and an original animated holiday musical
feature Santa.com, which will serve as a companion to
a Santa.com virtual holiday hub and ecommerce
initiative. Additionally, CIM will foray into publishing
with new partner Dynamite Entertainment, to create books for kids
rooted in Curiosity’s original IP and other brands, kicking
off with PAW Patrol™ and Baldwin’s
Big Adventure, which is being developed into an animated
preschool series.
Wolfson’s announcement follows Grom’s recent
additions of Brent Watts as Chief Creative Officer at Curiosity and
former Nickelodeon executives Russell Hicks, Curiosity’s Chief
Content Officer and President of Top Draw Animation and Grom Social
President Paul Ward, who oversees operations within the Company’s
social media and educational divisions.
About Curiosity Ink Media, LLC
Curiosity Ink Media is a global media company that
develops, acquires, builds, grows and maximizes the short, mid
& long-term commercial potential of Kids & Family
entertainment properties and associated business opportunities.
Driven by a highly experienced leadership team, Curiosity Ink Media
is committed to establishing a multi-faceted I.P. library, designed
to amass ongoing value through strategic stewardship, partnerships
and highly targeted market entry.
About Grom Social Enterprises, Inc.
Grom Social Enterprises, Inc. is a growing social
media platform and original content provider of entertainment for
children under 13 years of age, which provides safe and secure
digital environments for kids that can be monitored by their
parents or guardians. The Company has several operating
subsidiaries, including Grom Social, which delivers its content
through mobile and desktop environments (web portal and apps) that
entertain children, let them interact with friends, access relevant
news, and play proprietary games while teaching them about being
good digital citizens. The Company owns and operates Top Draw
Animation, which produces award-winning animation content for some
of the largest international media companies in the world. Grom
also includes Grom Educational Services, which has provided web
filtering services for K-12 schools, government and private
businesses. For more information, please
visit gromsocial.com.
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Grom and members of its management team as well as the assumptions
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assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to
future operating results.
For Grom Social Enterprises/Curiosity Ink
Media
Marianne Romano
818-681-0849
Media.contact@gromsocial.com
For Investor Relations
John McNamara
TraDigital IR
917-658-2602
john@tradigitalir.com
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