Refinery29 tapped Jacqui Kavanagh, former Condé Nast video commercial director, to lead its UK and Germany sales divisions as the company looks a at global expansion with new hires, broadcast deals, and branded content.
Kavanagh will also manage global brand partnerships out of Europe, such as Refinery’s recent deal with Sky, it’s first video-on-demand deal that will see the media company take its online video series such as Try Living with Lucie, Womanhood, and Game of Life to Sky Q’s online video section.
Prior experience includes a position at Condé Nast Britain where she was commercial director of the publisher’s video operation in the UK. She has also held senior roles at Vice UK, and was head of brand solutions at i-D.