Job ID 10161879 Location Burbank, California, United States Business The Walt Disney Studios Date posted Oct. 22, 2026
The Vice President, Global Publicity - Title Lead is a senior leader with a global mandate responsible for shaping and executing best-in-class publicity campaigns for the studio's theatrical and streaming title slate. This role leads a high-performing team, sets the overall publicity strategy, and ensures seamless alignment with broader marketing priorities and direction. The VP partners closely with internal stakeholders and studio executives to deliver integrated campaigns that support talent, filmmakers, and franchise priorities from title announcement through the theatrical window and into the post-theatrical lifecycle.
Strategic Leadership & Campaign Development
- Set the overall publicity campaign strategy for assigned titles and franchises, translating marketing priorities into actionable publicity plans. This includes the junkets and events, the photo direction and delivery, the written materials, the talent/film maker relations domestically and internationally.
- Partner with the head of Publicity and marketing leadership to ensure alignment on priorities, messaging, and timing across the full campaign lifecycle
- Build and execute end-to-end publicity campaigns spanning pre-release, theatrical, and post-theatrical windows
- Provide strategic counsel on positioning, narrative framing, and earned‑media opportunities in support of box office and brand objectives
- Manage budget and deliver against tight and competing timelines
Global & International Campaigns
- Lead and direct international publicity strategy, ensuring consistency of vision while adapting for regional markets, cultures, and media landscapes
- Collaborate with international publicity teams and local market partners to execute coordinated global campaigns and tours
- Identify and capitalize on global press, festivals, and awards opportunities that elevate the studio's slate
- Develop and oversee talent strategy for key talent, filmmakers, and creative partners across the campaign
- Serve as a trusted senior advisor to talent and filmmakers, managing sensitive relationships with discretion and professionalism
- Guide talent participation across press, premieres, junkets, festivals, and special events in support of campaign goals
- Define the junket and events approach for assigned titles, including press tours, premieres, screenings, experiential activations, and talent appearances
- Oversee staffing, logistics, and execution of publicity‑driven events, ensuring best‑in‑class experiences for media, talent, and key stakeholders
- Establish best practices and standards for red carpets, Q&As, screenings, and junket programming
Team Leadership & Operations
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of publicity professionals across campaign management, talent relations, and events
- Set clear objectives, workflows, and accountability structures to deliver campaigns on time and on strategy
- Manage budgets, resources, ad‑hoc hiring needs (including moderators, glam, stylists, etc), and vendor relationships in partnership with operations and finance
- Oversee the photo team, supporting with specialty shoots, premieres/red carpets, step‑and‑repeats, special event photo needs.
- Oversee the writing team, with all title written materials (i.e. film synopsis, character descriptions, Q&As, promo based publications, hometown heroes, features etc).
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with legal, business affairs, finance, and HR on approvals, clearances, and contractual publicity obligations
Qualifications & Requirements
- 12+ years of progressive experience in entertainment publicity, with significant leadership responsibility on major studio theatrical campaigns
- Demonstrated success leading global publicity campaigns for tentpole, franchise, or high‑profile talent‑driven titles
- Proven experience managing large‑scale events, including junkets, press tours, and festival activations
- Track record of building and leading high‑performing publicity teams in a fast‑paced studio environment
- Exceptional strategic thinking with the ability to translate marketing objectives into compelling publicity narratives
- Deep understanding of the media landscape - traditional, digital, social, and international
- Strong talent and filmmaker relations skills, with the ability to navigate complex, high‑stakes relationships
- Excellent cross‑functional leadership; able to influence and align diverse stakeholders across creative, digital, media, and international teams
- Outstanding communication, presentation, and storytelling skills for internal and external audiences
- Strong organizational and project management skills; comfortable overseeing multiple campaigns and timelines simultaneously
- Sound judgment, discretion, and composure in high‑pressure, high‑visibility situations
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, , or related field; advanced degree a plus
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as campaign needs require
Disclaimer
PAY TRANSPARENCY
The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $197,700 to $265,100 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long‑term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
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