Paramount Promotes Brooke Robertson to Head of Global Communications

Brooke Robertson has been promoted to head of global communications and media relations at Paramount Pictures.

In this role, she will oversee the film studio’s corporate brand and global communications strategies for all business units, including Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation and Paramount Players. She will also serve as a key stakeholder across Paramount Global’s properties, such as the Paramount+ streaming service, to unify the studio’s corporate identity and messaging. Robertson will report to Paramount’s president and CEO Brian Robbins.

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“With impeccable relationships throughout Paramount and across the industry, Brooke has proven time and again that she is an expert communications executive and a strategic thinker,” Robbins said. “She has been an invaluable member of the Paramount leadership team and is well-positioned to further shape and strengthen our corporate identity and positioning.”

Robertson is widely respected among entertainment journalists for her candor. Most recently, she served as senior VP of global communications and media relations at Paramount and oversaw media relations, executive communications, and the day-to-day operations of the global communications team. From 2019 to 2021, she served in a dual VP role for Paramount Television Studios, in addition to her film duties. She began working at Paramount in 2017 as a director of corporate communications.

Prior to joining Paramount, Robertson spent over five years in various communications roles at 20th Century Studios, formerly 20th Century Fox. During her tenure, she handled corporate communications, talent relations, corporate social responsibility, corporate events, guild relations, and awards for the film’s business units.

Robertson began her career at ICM Partners in an interim director role as a member of the agency’s corporate communications team. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from UCLA.

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