Hasbro’s lead creative executive for feature films, focused on the company’s new six-year strategic partnership with Universal Pictures. Mr. Schneir will work closely with Lisa Licht, who joined Hasbro earlier this year as general manager of entertainment and licensing.

Shari Black has been promoted to senior vice president, retail business development for Warner Bros. Consumer Products. In her new position, Black will hold responsibility for Warner Bros. Consumer Products’ retail sales, marketing, promotions, and merchandising strategies. She will be responsible for identifying growth opportunities for all key product categories and retailers in order to sustain current business initiatives as well as securing incremental revenue and marketing exposure for Warner Bros. Entertainment brands.

Guenther Hake has been promoted to senior vice president and managing director, Disney Consumer Products and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) in China. Hake will drive an integrated business, including DCP’s licensing business and the sales teams for DCP and WDSHE, and develop the Disney brand to create an immersive experience for Chinese consumers.

Target Entertainment has appointed Helen Howells to the newly created position of global brand director. Howells was formerly director of international licensing, at Target. Her brief is to commercially drive Target’s brands across all platforms and media on a global basis working with all Target’s departments, including TV, film, licensing, and DVD. Howells began her career with S4C International. She joined Target in 2004 from entertainment company 4 Kids Entertainment.

Family entertainment producer and distributor Chorion is expanding its London-based retail and licensing teams with the appointment of David Walton as senior retail manager, Europe and the promotion of Melanie Humberstone-Garley as UK territory manager. Walton will be responsible for driving retail for all Chorion brands across the UK and Europe, with an emphasis on cross-category activity. He joins Chorion from Hasbro UK. Olivia Rodgers, retail and promotions executive, will work with Walton, focusing on the UK toy and gift categories, retail promotions and live events. Humberstone-Garley takes up the post of UK territory manager with responsibility for delivery of Chorion’s UK licensing revenue targets, managing a team of four. She has worked at Chorion as UK senior licensing manager since Oct. 2007.

Entertainment Rights Plc has appointed Fabian Milburn, formerly senior vice president of business operations at Oxygen Media LLC, to the position of senior vice president, business affairs, North America and global digital. Based at the Company’s North American headquarters in New York, Milburn will also work closely with Entertainment Rights’ international team on its global digital strategy roll out.

Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG) has promoted Marianne Kittinger to head of design, Europe, succeeded by Stacy Scimia, who has been promoted to Product Development Manager, UK. Kittinger will work on corporate branding, overseeing the product design processes for all offices, including designing styleguides, product concepts and presentations. She will also manage the implementation across all territories of ©PASS, CPLG’s paper-free approval system that has been effective in the UK office for the last 12 months.

UK gift company Rainbow Designs has appointed two new sales executives. Joanne Slator and Stephen Baison have been brought on board to strengthen Rainbow’s sales team for the company’s expanding portfolio of gifts and toy products.