9 Story Creative Affairs

Approach

Vision

We are committed to creating creator-driven content that challenges, empowers, educates and entertains children – always grounded in answering… Why this show? Why now? We identify and collaborate with the best creative talent to ensure that each property is distinct, signature, breakthrough and resourced correctly.

Child Development Expertise

Our in-house research and curriculum team comes with a rich education and years of experience in Child Development. Working with expert consultants in their respective fields, we advise on all facets of content from curriculum development to scripting to production. Our signature formative research approach is fundamental in creating programming that is both appealing and beneficial for our young audience.

Creative Continuity

The Creative Affairs team serves as in-house creative executives in charge for each series, actively involved from pitch to post, to ensure all decisions align with and deliver on the overall vision and goals of the series, the network/ broadcaster expectations and connect with the intended audience.

Results

With a strong creative vision, a creator forward approach, a kid-first mentality and a tested research process, broadcasters are assured that our series will have high benefit, appeal and engagement. We have a track record of hit properties with proven impact to both caregivers and kids.

Featured Titles

Rosie’s Rules

Karma’s World

Get Rolling with Otis

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

Creative Galaxy

Team

SVP, Content and Creative Affairs

Wendy Harris

Wendy Harris, SVP Content and Creative Affairs, leads and directs the creative content process for development, production and current series of 9 Story Media Group to ensure that all properties realize the company’s creative vision while meeting the company’s business objectives.

Harris is an award-winning, children’s television executive producer and writer with over 20 years in the industry. Beginning her career in live action production, Wendy’s first role in children’s television was Assistant Director on the original Blue’s Clues eventually becoming one of the series Executive Producers, she then Co-Created and Executive Produced the series spin-off Blue’s Room.   As Executive Producer and VP of Production & Development at Out of the Blue Enterprises, since the company’s inception in 2005, Wendy has served as Co-Creator and Executive Producer of Super Why! and Creative Galaxy, Executive Producer of Wishenpoof, and Supervising Producer of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood as well as overseeing the production and development of the children’s media production company.

VP, Development and Production

Jennie Stacey

Jennie Stacey, VP of Development & Production, co-leads 9 Story’s overall development efforts for original television series. Jennie has spearheaded the development of many of Brown Bag’s series including Henry Hugglemonster and Sadie Sparks for Disney Channel and Get Rolling With Otis for Apple. Jennie developed and executive produced the music series Karma’s World and the Emmy-nominated specials Angela’s Christmas 1 & 2 for Netflix. Jennie first joined Brown Bag Films in 2008, after roles with RTE and Universal Pictures International in London.

VP, Development

Karen Fowler

Karen Fowler is a multi-Emmy® award winning Executive Producer, Showrunner and Producer with a proven track record of taking projects from development to production. Karen was Executive Producer of The Sesame Workshop/PBS reboot of The Electric Company, which earned over 20 Emmy® nominations and won 10, including Outstanding Children’s Series in 2010, 2011 and 2012. She has held staff positions at Sesame Workshop, Nickelodeon and CBC KIDS’ where she was Executive in charge of Development & Production, developing and overseeing new shows and interstitials including the award-winning series Scout and the Gumboot Kids and DOT.  Recently she was Development Exec and Creative Producer on Nickelodeon’s Abby Hatcher for Spin Master. As an independent she’s developed and written series from development into production and has a track record of (and passion for) creating opportunities for new voices.

VP, Development and Production

Sarah Wallendjack

Sarah Wallendjack is an Emmy award-winning Producer with a 20+ year career creating children’s content. Sarah co-leads the company’s overall development efforts for original properties and oversees a slate of ambitious development and production projects that aim to better children’s lives through media. Sarah Executive Produced Super Why!, PBS’s long running hit literacy series. She also developed and Executive Produced Netflix’s Charlie’s Colorforms City, and served as the Supervising Producer on five seasons of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, helping to create over 100 episodes, which earned 5 Emmy nominations and won the award for Outstanding Children’s Animated Preschool Series in 2019. A leader in the industry, Sarah sits on the board of the Children’s Media Association and is passionate about fostering the next generation of children’s media makers.  

VP Live Action, Development & Production

Gráinne McNamara

With over 20 years’ experience within the children’s sector, Gráinne McNamara will be responsible for leading the company’s overall development efforts for original television series in live action kids and family. McNamara is joining from King Bert Productions where she successfully grew a children’s development slate and produced the hugely successful Malory Towers for CBBC and Family Channel Canada. Prior to King Bert, McNamara worked as Head of Live-Action Development for Disney Channels EMEA and before that as VP Development for Cake Entertainment where her credits included the award-winning Bottersnikes and Gumbles and Chicken Invaders In Space. 

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