The appointment is part of Sphere Media’s growth strategy and reflects its commitment to strengthening its leadership team as it expands its scripted production business.
Sphere Media has appointed Kelly Jenkins as Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, English Scripted, a role he will assume from the company’s Toronto studio.
The appointment is part of Sphere Media’s growth strategy and reflects its commitment to strengthening its leadership team as it expands its scripted production business in Canada and international markets.
With extensive experience in business affairs, production, financing and rights management across the television industry, Jenkins brings both strategic and operational expertise to support the continued growth of the company’s English Scripted division.
In his new role, he will oversee business affairs for the division and work closely with the creative, production and corporate teams to drive the development and execution of premium scripted projects.
“I’m really excited to work with everyone at Sphere to make great scripted content together,” said Kelly Jenkins.
Elise Cousineau, Executive Vice President & Executive Producer, Content, English Scripted at Sphere Media, welcomed the appointment: “We are thrilled to welcome Kelly to our fantastic English Scripted team as we continue to grow our capacity to produce memorable, premium content for Canadian and international audiences.”
Sphere Media continues to strengthen its position as one of Canada’s leading independent content producers and distributors, with a slate spanning scripted, unscripted, documentary and feature film productions.
Its upcoming projects include the limited series Cold Country, co-produced with Katawak Productions and Inferno Pictures for CBC/CBC Gem, and This Summer Will Be Different, the adaptation of Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel for Netflix Canada.
The company has also recently announced two new CBC commissions: Blessed Sacrament, created by Kathleen Robertson and produced with Debut Content, and a half-hour espionage comedy from creator Aubrey Nealon.
Sphere Media’s recent scripted credits include the thriller Wayward (Netflix), the comedy Small Achievable Goals (CBC Gem), the Peabody Award-winning dramedy Sort Of (CBC/HBO Max), medical drama Transplant (Bell/NBCUniversal), and period drama The Porter (CBC/BET+), which earned Primetime Emmy and Independent Spirit Award nominations.
