Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group has promoted Alison Dexter to exec VP of production. Reporting to chief operating officer Sarah Kirshbaum Levy, Dexter will be responsible for all television production for Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Noggin, Nicktoons Network and The N. A 16-year Nickelodeon veteran, she most recently held the position of senior VP of production.
Working from the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, Calif., Dexter will oversee all planning for Nickelodeon’s production facilities, supervising all physical production and technical personnel, and managing all production budgets and plans for the networks under Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group. She will also oversee the daily operations of Nickelodeon’s production studios, including Nickelodeon’s Animation Studio in Burbank, its Digital Animation Studio in New York, Nickelodeon on Sunset in Los Angeles, and several live-action studios. Other responsibilities include supervising all physical production for animation and live-action series, specials, TV movies and on-air promotions for Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., and Nick at Nite.
‘Alison helped grow Nickelodeon into the production powerhouse it is today,’ Kirshbaum Levy comments. ‘Her foresight and management for our state-of-the-art studios makes Nickelodeon the destination of choice for creators to produce the innovative content that has made us the number-one network for 13 years.’
Instrumental in keeping Nickelodeon at the forefront of new production technologies, Dexter spearheads the network’s efforts in CGI animation, partnering with leading animation companies around the world. She has been a champion and leader in high definition production as well, ensuring that Nickelodeon was one of the first cable networks to deliver HD programming.
Dexter began her career at Nickelodeon Studios, Fla. in 1991 as a line producer for the network’s soap opera, Fifteen. She was later promoted to production manager, overseeing all production for Nickelodeon Studios. In 1993, she was named director of production management. She moved from Nickelodeon Studios to the network’s corporate offices in New York in 1995 to serve as VP of production management, and in 1999, oversaw the development and launch of Nickelodeon’s New York Digital Animation Studio, which produces the Nick Jr. series Blue’s Clues and Dora the Explorer.
