Lionsgate’s Laurel Pecchia is climbing at the Hollywood studio with a promotion to senior vp, corporate communications.
Having joined in June 2022 as vp of corporate communications, Pecchia in her expanded role will work with Lionsgate’s Motion Picture and Television Groups on communications around film and television slates and its 20,000-title library sales.
She will also manage communications for the studio’s AI, live and location-based entertainment, digital media and 3 Arts talent management and production efforts. Lionsgate is the studio behind John Wick, The Hunger Games and other movie franchises.
“Laurel is an exceptionally talented and versatile spokesperson whose responsibilities have expanded across the full range of our communications activities,” Lionsgate chief communications officer Peter Wilkes said in a statement on Friday. “She combines a strong grasp of our fast-changing business environment with a remarkable work ethic, and she is well liked and highly regarded by her Lionsgate and media colleagues alike.”
Her promotion follows Lionsgate having separated from the Outlander premium network Starz to create two standalone companies and comes as the studio potentially may participate in the current round of industry consolidation in Hollywood.
Pecchia will also work on Lionsgate’s corporate media relations strategy, executive communications, employee communications and preparing quarterly board of directors presentations and earnings calls.
That follows Pecchia previously handling corporate and client media relations, writing executive scripts and press releases and managing internal communications at WME. Before that, Pecchia handled publicity at CBS Films. She holds a B.A. in Communications and French at Stanford University.
