Gillian Sheldon To Head Marketing At Participant Media’s Takepart.com

LOS ANGELES (January 16, 2015) – Participant Media’s TakePart (http://www.takepart.com), announced today that digital marketing pioneer Gillian Sheldon has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Marketing, to oversee marketing efforts for the growing digital magazine and social action platform for the conscious consumer. This newly created position bolsters editorial operations of the site, which has doubled traffic in the last year, and now reaches nearly seven million unique visitors monthly (according to comScore MediaMetrix).

“TakePart is focused on delivering context on the biggest issues of the day by providing consumers with compelling stories and opportunities to take action,” said Karina Kogan, EVP, TakePart.com. “Gillian’s extensive experience in building cross-platform content brands will be invaluable in helping TakePart communicate its value proposition and strengthen awareness and affinity through social media, CRM, advertising, publicity and other marketing channels.”

Sheldon joins TakePart from Sony Pictures Television where she was Supervising Producer, Digital for “The Queen Latifah Show.” Prior to that, she held senior positions in marketing and promotions at Berman Braun, Buzzmedia, and Warner Bros. Telepictures, where she helped launch TMZ.com and TMZ TV.

As Senior Vice President of Marketing, Sheldon will oversee marketing for the growing site, including branding, advertising, community management, social media, and promotions.

“I am thrilled to be here at TakePart.com,” Sheldon said. “The company’s passion and commitment to social impact and high quality entertainment are unparalleled and a dream for me to merchandise. I am so lucky to be part of a company that shares my personal passion for social change and is committed to deliver ‘stories that matter and actions that count’ every single day.”

Participant Media’s TakePart (http://www.TakePart.com) is a digital news and lifestyle magazine and social action platform for the conscious consumer. TakePart’s mission is to inspire and accelerate social change by connecting compelling content to action, and its proprietary “TakePart Action Platform.” (TAP) is a widget that allows the site to embed petitions, pledges, and other actions within relevant editorial content. TAP also powers engagement for Participant Media films and for Participant’s television network Pivot, (http://www.Pivot.tv) available in approximately 47 million homes in the US.

Participant (http://www.ParticipantMedia.com) is the global entertainment company founded in 2004 by Jeff Skoll to focus on feature film, television, publishing, and digital content that inspires social change. Through its films, social action campaigns, digital network, and its television network, Participant seeks to entertain, encourage and empower every individual to take action.