WarnerMedia hires Disney alum in APAC

Cartoon Network’s International Emmy-nominated Lamput

WarnerMedia has appointed a director of original production and development and promoted another exec to director of acquisitions at its Asia Pacific kids’ content team.

Carlene Tan has arrived as director of original production and development covering Cartoon Network, Boomerang and POGO in the region. As departmental lead, she will be responsible for identifying new IP and producing original series.

Based in Singapore, she will oversee the current slate of Asia Pacific originals including the International Emmy-nominated Lamput and recently launched Monster Beach. She will also help steer long-running series Roll No 21 in India, and both Titoo and Lambuji Tinguji, which will launch on POGO later this year.

Prior to WarnerMedia, she developed original animation with The Walt Disney Company in South-East Asia and was studio head at One Animation, where she produced Oddbods and Insectibles.

Prior to that, she managed the Singapore arm of Cloudpic Global and produced various digital projects for mobile apps launched across Asia. She was also one of the founding members of Singapore’s first animation studio, Peach Blossom Media.

Hoyoung Jung, meanwhile, has been promoted to director of acquisitions and coproductions for APAC kids.

Based in Japan, Jung is tasked with the discovery and negotiation of third-party programming for WarnerMedia’s kids’ platforms in the region and will be the face of the networks at key international markets and trade shows.

Jung is a former Mattel employee and worked in the strategic IP partnerships team responsible for APAC content distribution in Hong Kong. He also worked at Daewon Media, which represented Japanese IP, in Korea overseeing Power Rangers, Doraemon and One Piece.