Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul Returns as Freeform's Vice President, Communications

Communications executive Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul will return to FreeForm as vice-president, Communications; it was announced today by Kevin Brockman, executive vice president, Global Communications, Disney|ABC Television, to whom she will report.

In this role, Bulochnikov-Paul will work closely with FreeForm President Tom Ascheim and be responsible for all strategic CORPORATE communication efforts, consumer press campaigns, awards outreach and talent relations for the business unit.

In making the announcement, Brockman said, "Naomi had a big impact the last time she was with our group, delivering on her reputation as a strategic communications exec who drives impressive results. We're thrilled to have her back on the team."

"During her original tenure, Naomi's experience and bold leadership helped elevate our communication efforts and better positioned us for the future," said Ascheim. "We're looking forward to seeing what's next now that she's back in the fold."

"I can't wait to be back home with my FreeForm family and am so incredibly proud to once again be part of a company that respects its employees and part of a culture that motivates them to do the best work of their lives every day," said Bulochnikov-Paul.

Prior to returning to FreeForm after her original year-long stint as vice president, Bulochnikov-Paul spent several months at Netflix as director, Original Series Publicity for Young Adult Programming.

In her career, she had also served as vice president, Media and Talent Relations for Crackle, Sony Pictures Television's streaming network, since 2013. In this role, Bulochnikov-Paul manufactured bold, groundbreaking press strategies that drove awareness of the network while effectively utilizing the interplay between social, influencers and media to drive reach. She orchestrated the media campaign for Crackle's flagship series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," resulting in an Emmy® nomination in the Variety Talk Series category - the first streaming network to ever be nominated in that category.

Before joining Crackle, Bulochnikov-Paul served as director, CORPORATE Communications & TV Publicity for Current TV, where she led publicity efforts for all West Coast programming; was head of Publicity for television production company Wikked Entertainment, director of Public Relations for Ish Entertainment under Lionsgate and senior publicist at VH1. She began her career in communications in 2005 at MTV Networks.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in communications and sociology from Hofstra University.

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