Fred Rogers Productions Appoints Katie Huber as Senior Director of Licensing

Fred Rogers Productions is increasing its licensing group, bringing on Katie Huber to fill the newly created place of Senior Director of Licensing. 

Huber can be liable for creating and executing model licensing methods, working with each Matt Shiels, Vice President of Enterprise and Authorized Affairs, in addition to Micah Southwood, Director of Product Improvement.

Together with her in depth expertise in serving to to construct sturdy manufacturers and standout client merchandise applications within the kids’s leisure house, Katie can be an ideal asset to our licensing group and the corporate general.”

Matt Shiels, Vice President of Enterprise and Authorized Affairs at Fred Rogers Productions

Huber brings a bevy of prior expertise on this planet of licensing. Earlier than coming to Fred Rogers Productions, she labored as Director of Retail & Ancillary Income at Palace Leisure. She’s additionally held quite a lot of positions at The Walt Disney Firm, together with Senior Supervisor of World Merchandising at Disney Parks & Shops. 

Initially established by Fred Rogers in 1971, Fred Rogers Productions was the nonprofit producer of the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood series. The group has continued on since Rogers’ passing, creating media designed to encourage and empower kids. The nonprofit has produced quite a lot of sequence, together with Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Donkey Hodie, Alma’s Manner, and extra.

The newly created place of Senior Director of Licensing is Fred Roger Productions’ first division growth because the launch of Donkey Hodie and Alma’s Manner in 2021. With Huber on the helm, the group hopes to see recent alternatives for development and licensing partnerships.