Zodiak Media’s Marathon Media has appointed Eryk Casemiro as chief creative officer, kids.

Casemiro, who recently relocated to Paris, France, will manage the creative aspects of all current kids’ productions and oversee development and production opportunities for new content for children and families across all media platforms.

With one Emmy award (daytime Emmy award, best children’s program for “Rugrats” in 2003) and 11 Emmy nominations, Casemiro’s development experience spans more than 450 half-hours of television and 4 motion pictures. 

During his seven years as senior vice president of creative affairs at Klasky Csupo, Casemiro helped to launch the Rugrats movie franchises as well as several television series including “The Wild Thornberrys,” “Rocket Power” and “As Told By Ginger.” Since that time, he has written and produced several internationally successful television series based on children’s literary properties including “Olivia,” “The Mr. Men Show” and “Poppy Cat.”

“We are extremely excited to have Eryk on board. His arrival is a logical move for Marathon Media as we are expanding our activities in L.A. with the recent greenlight of our first co-production with Nickelodeon U.S, Nickelodeon International, Gulli and Game One–‘Get Blake,’" says Vincent Chalvon-Demersay, chief executive officer, and David Michel, managing director, Marathon Media.