Paris-based animation house Studio Hari has hired former Jetpack Distribution exec Sophie “Kido” Prigent as its new head of sales.

Prigent, who left London’s Jetpack Distribution last month, will develop and execute distribution strategies for the French studio’s original productions. Its best-known title is CG-animated slapstick series Grizzy and the Lemmings (78 x seven minutes), which has a fourth season in production. Hari’s catalogue also includes CG-animated series The Owl & Co (156 x seven minutes), Mystery Lane (26 x 22 minutes) and The Weasy Family (78 x seven minutes), which is in the early stages of production.

Commissioned by France Télévisions, Grizzy and the Lemmings has been an international success, selling to a list of broadcasters that includes Netflix (globally), Super RTL (Germany), Hunan TV (China), NRK (Norway) and YLE (Finland). Its YouTube channel also has more than five million subscribers.

Hari is currently lining up a next slate of new series and feature film projects, and Prigent’s international experience will help the company sell its content further abroad, said studio co-founder Josselin Charier.

Prigent worked at Jetpack for four years, most recently as global head of sales, distributing a catalogue of shows and movies such as Adastra Development’s live-action series Biff and Chip and Winsing’s animated series Kung Fu Pork Choppers. Before Jetpack, she worked in sales roles at WildBrain and Cookie Jar Entertainment.