Paul Johnson Joins London Office of National Geographic Digital Motion as Account Manager
LONDON (Nov. 26, 2007)—Paul Johnson has been appointed account manager at the London office of National Geographic Digital Motion, the digital film archive containing moving images from more than 40 years of award-winning National Geographic television and documentary film production. He joins recent London recruit Dan Pierce; together they will be responsible for Digital Motion’s advertising, entertainment and corporate accounts and for overseeing the overall expansion of its client base for footage in the U.K. and European marketplace.
Johnson, an accomplished sales leader, worked previously at Extreme Entertainment, where he was sales director responsible for the global sales of the company’s program catalogue. Prior to that, he was media sales coordinator and media archive manager at Infront Sports and Media, the company that manages the FIFA archive on a global basis.
Jocelyn Shearer, vice president of video licensing and archive management, said, “We are delighted to have Paul join the National Geographic Digital Motion sales team. His broad industry experience will be a vital asset as we accelerate the growth of our business throughout the U.K. and Europe. Expanding our London team will enable us to provide a higher level of service to our existing customers and answer the demand of our international clients looking for a comprehensive footage solution.”
Johnson added: “National Geographic is an amazing brand, with a wealth of wildlife, science and cultural footage. I am very excited for the opportunity to build the business in the U.K. and Europe and to work with such leading clients as Endemol, Darlow Smithson Productions and Orange.”
National Geographic Digital Motion (formerly National Geographic Film Library) is the stock footage service of National Geographic Digital Media. This service licenses the Emmy Award-winning National Geographic Television-produced films and videotape. In addition, Digital Motion agents represent peer-level archives, including Australian Broadcasting Corporation, INA of France, National Film Board of Canada, the White House Historical Association, ZDF Enterprises of Germany and the World Bank, in select territories around the world. The Digital Motion searchable video archive database is at ngdigitalmotion.com.
National Geographic Digital Media (NGDM) is the multimedia division of National Geographic Ventures, the wholly owned, taxable subsidiary of the National Geographic Society, one of the world’s largest educational and scientific nonprofit organizations, which works to inspire people to care about the planet. Holding many top industry awards, NGDM publishes Nationalgeographic.com; produces short-form video for broadband markets; manages marketing and content partnerships across broadband, mobile, gaming and other consumer digital platforms; and provides video and film footage to commercial, theatrical, education and other digital footage markets.
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