Kelly Conniff has been named Head of Artistic at Time Studios, the corporate introduced on Monday.
Conniff involves that place after almost 13 years at Time, together with nearly a 12 months and a half as Deputy Editor, a place she’ll proceed to carry on the publication. Her new function could have her working intently with the studio’s management staff to develop TV, video and audio tasks based mostly on Time’s journalism, occasions and programming. On the similar time, as Deputy Editor, she’ll assist particular tasks, together with main Individual of the 12 months. She experiences to Time Studios President Dave O’Connor.
Current tasks from Time Studios embody Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Phrases and Frida for Prime Video, Beneath Stress: The U.S. Ladies’s World Cup Crew, Jeen-yuhs, and Huge Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul for Netflix, and On the Fly: Adventures at Altitude (Smithsonian Channel), to call only a few.
Learn a memo to employees on Conniff’s appointment from O’Connor and TIME Editor in Chief Sam Jacobs under.
Pricey all,
We’re happy to share with you that Kelly Conniff is turning into Head of Artistic at TIME Studios. On this new function, Kelly will report back to Dave O’Connor and work intently with the management staff at Studios to develop TIME journalism, occasions and programming into new tv, video and audio initiatives. Kelly will proceed to function TIME’s Deputy Editor, supporting particular tasks, together with main Individual of the 12 months.
Kelly has managed and supported lots of the most consequential and high-impact editorial efforts since becoming a member of TIME in 2012. She’s going to construct on these experiences and harness these relationships to assist present tasks at TIME Studios and create new ones. Kelly will work to make sure that our highest influence journalism extends into dynamic movie and tv platforms, the place we’ve established worthwhile partnerships since launching TIME Studios as a part of an unbiased TIME.
This can be a crucial time for TIME Studios, which lately acquired 5 Emmy nominations for its 2023 documentary THE LIONHEART, constructing on the momentum of final 12 months’s Emmy-winning BIG VAPE. We imagine that TIME Studios’s success requires the perfect concepts from TIME and full assist from the corporate. Kelly’s addition to the TIME Studios staff is a vital piece of this evolution. We firmly imagine TIME’s nice storytelling can thrive in all codecs.
