Andrea Jackson adds talent strategy to remit at Plimsoll Studios

Andrea Jackson

Plimsoll Studios, the ITV Studios-owned production company, has expanded Andrea Jackson’s role to creative director, entertainment and talent strategy.

Jackson, previously creative director of entertainment, will oversee the company’s relationships with on-screen talent, working across genres to develop, package and produce entertainment projects.

The expanded remit comes after a year in which three of Plimsoll’s projects – Skyscraper Live for Netflix, Secret Garden for the BBC and Pompeii: Out of Time for Disney+ – featured high-profile talent including Alex Honnold, Sir David Attenborough and Tom Hiddleston.

Jackson will continue to oversee development and production in the entertainment division alongside head of entertainment Karen Plumb.

Plimsoll reorganised its business into five creative divisions earlier this summer: Natural History & Adventure, Live, Entertainment, Family & Kids and Digital.

“Andrea’s expanded role recognises the increasing importance of on-screen talent in everything Plimsoll Studios produces,” said founder and CEO Grant Mansfield. “She’s the perfect person to build on our existing relationships, and forge new ones.”