Kristen Hall has been named executive vice president of communications for CBS Studios, Chris Ender, EVP of communications for CBS, and David Stapf, president of CBS Studios, announced Thursday.
In the new role, which reports to Ender and works closely with Stapf and his creative and business teams, the veteran streaming and studio executive will oversee all publicity and communications strategies for the studio. She will lead a communications team that supports a portfolio of more than 60 series in production across broadcast, cable and streaming, including for the CBS Television network and Paramount+, as well as third party platforms.
Hall makes her return to CBS Studios after four years at Amazon Studios/Prime Video, where she served as director of original series publicity and co-led series communications on dozens of scripted and unscripted series and specials, documentaries, adult animation and more. Notably, she supervised the Emmy Award-winning series “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” which became the first streaming program to ever win in the Competition Program category.
“Having Kristen return ‘home’ to head our communications operation is a four-year dream come true,” Stapf said in a statement. “The experience she gained during those years only enhances her superior skills in leading our world-class publicity team. Kristen’s rare combination of creativity, passion and smarts makes her beloved by the press and creative community. Everyone, from producers, executives and talent was elated that she was returning to CBS Studios.”
Ender added: “Kristen elevates every single business and show campaign she touches with creativity, positivity, thoughtful strategy and big ideas. She has an amazing passion for the business and its artistic process along with a clear vision for how it works together with publicity and earned media to help drive success. There were many, many happy faces in the halls the day Kristen returned to CBS earlier this month.”
Prior to joining Amazon, Hall spent 14 years at CBS Television Studios (now called CBS Studios), ultimately becoming vice president of communications. During her tenure, she oversaw and grew the “NCIS” franchise, relaunched the “Star Trek” franchise for CBS All Access (now Paramount+), as well as spearheaded the release of “The Game” and the re-imagined “90210” on The CW.