 Nicole Quenqua |
Nicole Quenqua, who resigned as head of national and corporate publicity for The Weinstein Company on May 15, has been hired by Participant Media as senior VP, communications.
Quenqua had been with TWC since 2011. While there she led the promotional campaigns for films including “Lion,” “Django Unchained” and “Silver Linings Playbook.” Before coming to TWC, she served as VP at Rubenstein Communications and a senior publicist at Focus Features.
At Participant, a company focused on what it calls “entertainment that inspires social awareness,” Quenqua will lead and supervise entertainment publicity, events and corporate communications, reporting to Christina Kounelias, executive VP, worldwide marketing. She will be based in the company’s Los Angeles office.
“We are looking to Nicole to bring her experience to expand the company’s outreach with influencers, media partnerships and curated events that will inform Participant’s unique brand,” Kounelias said in a statement.
Earlier this month, TWC’s assets were purchased for $310 million by Lantern Capital, saving the studio from filing for bankruptcy.
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