Serial Maven Studios Hires Former Blue Ant Media Colleague Julie Chang As COO & Exec Producer

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EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s Serial Maven Studios has made its first major hire — bringing onboard senior Blue Ant Media exec Julie Chang.

As we revealed in January, Blue Ant alumna Solange Attwood and Asha Daniere launched unscripted IP-focused studio business Serial Maven, and they have now reunited with Chang.

She will be COO and Executive Producer at the Toronto-based operation. Chang was previously Blue Ant’s EVP of Business Strategy and Co-Productions, where she harnessed a reputation for expertize in identifying, structuring and closing content creation and production financing deals.

That skillset should suit Serial Maven, which was launched with a “customized 360-degree approach to access co-financing, co-production and commissioning opportunities.” “Julie’s expertise in international co-productions and co-financing models is amongst the best in the unscripted industry,” said Serial Maven Studios CEO Solange Attwood and President Asha Daniere in a statement. “Her impressive track record and extensive network with best-in-class creative talent will continue to grow our global reach.” Chang has joined Serial Maven’s fellow Canadian company Blue Ant in 2016 and held roles such as EVP, International Co-Productions, where she worked closely with both Attwood, who was Blue Ant International’s EVP, and Daniere, who had an EVP-level legal and business affairs role at Blue Ant during at eight-year run that ended in 2020.