Julia Phelps, VP of corporate communications for Viacom, has been upped to senior VP of corporate comms. for its international media division, including MTV, Nickelodeon and VH1, among other properties.
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She leads media relations and all communications for Viacom International Media Networks, based in New York, including programming, digital media and corporate responsibility, as well as business units like ad sales.
The division includes more than 160 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 500 digital media properties.
Bob Bakish, CEO of the Viacom unit to whom Phelps reports, said the international division has drawn on her for counsel “early and often” over the past several years.
Phelps was at DeVries PR in New York prior to joining the media giant in 2005.