jason allenSony Pictures Entertainment has brought back Jason Allen as VP of corporate communications under newly minted chief communications officer Bob Lawson.

Allen, based in Culver City, Calif., left the company in 2014 as VP global comms. for a top PR slot with Participant Media, eight months before the devastating cyber attack on Sony.

Sony brought in New York-based Lawson from Rubenstein Associates in June to rebuild its PR and corporate image.

Allen started out in the agency realm with Ogilvy PR and Bender/Helper Impact. He previously spent seven years at Sony in publicity and communications roles.