New marketing boss for Warner

Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has hired a former Disney and Vue Entertainment hotshot as its new UK marketing manager.

Tanya O’Connor joins with over a decade of UK and international entertainment marketing experience.
She jumps ship from a senior marketing role at cinema chain Vue Entertainment to join Warner, where she will work on titles including LEGO Rock Band, Where The Wild Things Are and Lord Of The Rings: Aragorn’s Quest.

Previous to her role at Vue, O’Connor managed kids’ releases and catalogue titles at Disney Home Entertainment in the UK, before being promoted to the global brand team in Los Angeles, US – where she looked after Touchstone and Miramax titles.

In addition, she has worked in brand marketing at Sky and Bacardi in London and for Foxtel in Sydney.

Tanya brings not only global experience from LA and Sydney, but also valuable entertainment experience from Vue, Disney Home Entertainment, Sky, Foxtel and Bacardi,” commented WBIE UK sales and marketing director Spencer Crossley,.

Tanya is an exceptional appointment and underlines our ongoing commitment to include the widest possible entertainment experience in the WBIE UK team.”