Mumbai: Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group has promoted Mark Taylor to Senior Vice President and General Manager, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of Nickelodeon’s Burbank Animation Studio, the largest producer of television animation in the US. He will report to Brown Johnson, President, Animation and Alison Dexter, Executive Vice President, Production, Nickelodeon & MTVN Kids and Family Group.

"Mark has been a talented and energetic driver behind our flourishing animation business," said Johnson. "He continues to raise the industry bar when it comes to creating an environment that attracts the best and brightest artists in the business and a studio that offers them a creative workplace with today’s most cutting-edge technology."

Added Dexter, "Mark has traveled the globe to bring Nickelodeon some of the most innovative animation partners in the world. And here at home, he’s played a key role in building our Nicktoons Studio into the most prolific producer of television animation in the US."