People in new jobs

4Kids Entertainment (New York, New York, 212-758-7666): With 12 years at the company under her belt, SVP of marketing and licensing Alyssa Tucker has recently seen her role expand to include responsibility for overseeing licensing sales for the entire 4Kids property portfolio. The marketing part of her function will remain focused on American Kennel Club and Cat Fanciers' Association.

Abbey Home Media (London, England, 44-207-563-9310): The kidvid specialist welcomes former Aardman Animations COO Stephen Moore as its new partner and shareholder. Having spent some time at Twentieth Century Fox International as president of creative advertising, Moore's brand marketing acumen should come in handy as Abbey expands the presence of its Sesame and Spot franchises.

BRB Internacional (Madrid, Spain, 34-91-771-1400): The 35-year-old animation house welcomes Silvia Orellana as director of its audiovisual distribution division. She will oversee sales and spearhead marketing and advertising activities, a dual role she's well-suited for. Although most of her work experience has been at ad agencies, Orellana's most recent job was at Tridente Animation as a production manager.

Cake Distribution (London, England, 44-207-494-9104): Aiming to pack its distribution catalogue with an additional 150 half hours next year, including four new properties, Cake is staffing up to handle the extra load. Former Millimages UK senior sales exec Karla Berron joins the busy distribution unit as senior sales manager and will handle a portfolio of territories that includes Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, Turkey and Greece. Berron spent six years at Millimages and most recently sold into Eastern Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

CCI Entertainment (Toronto, Canada, 416-964-8750): Former child actor Rekha Shah, who is an alumni cast member of Nick's You Can't Do That on Television, has joined CCI Releasing, the company's distribution division, as director of sales. She will cover Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada, as well as playing a part in acquisitions and the day-to-day management of CCI Releasing. Shah most recently worked as director of television distribution at Alliance Films.

Chapman Entertainment (London, England, 44-870-403-0556): The studio behind Roary the Racing Car and Fifi and the Flowertots is adding weight to its marketing and consumer products ranks with two internal promotions and two outside hires. Adele Sinclair joins the licensing team as product development executive for the UK, hailing from Wesco, where she was a graphic and product designer. And Ross Allen is now responsible for approvals with his promotion from product development coordinator to product development executive for international.

Meanwhile in the marketing department, Bethan Jones moves up from marketing assistant to marketing executive, and Polly Palmer comes aboard as marketing assistant from Clear Channel.

Chorion (New York, New York, 212-973-4700): Gearing up for some major consumer products activity as Olivia gets out of the gate, the IP house has poached Robert Traub from Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products to oversee its L&M business in the US, Canada and Latin America as VP of licensing for the Americas. Traub did a stint at Marvel as director of marketing and sales before spending the last eight years at NVCP, most recently serving as director of global retail and marketing development.