Lionsgate Promotes Laurel Pecchia to Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications

Lionsgate has promoted Laurel Pecchia to the tole of senior vice president of corporate communications, Variety has learned.

In her role, she helps lead Lionsgate’s corporate media relations strategies and initiatives, executive communications, employee communications and preparation for quarterly Board of Directors presentations and earnings calls.

“Laurel is an exceptionally talented and versatile spokesperson whose responsibilities have expanded across the full range of our communications activities,” said Lionsgate chief communications officer Peter Wilkes. “She combines a strong grasp of our fast-changing business environment with a remarkable work ethic, and she is well liked and highly regarded by her Lionsgate and media colleagues alike.”

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Pecchia works across Lionsgate’s motion picture and television groups. Her work involves the studio’s 20,000+ title library as well as communications for the studio’s AI, live and location-based entertainment, digital media, and 3 Arts talent management and production initiatives.

She originally joined Lionsgate in 2022 as vice president of corporate communications. Prior to her time at Lionsgate, she worked at WME, where she handled corporate and client media relations, wrote executive scripts and press releases and managed internal communications. Before that, she worked in publicity at CBS Films.

Lionsgate upcoming film slate includes the highly-anticipated Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” as well as “Mutiny” starring Jason Statham and “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.” On the TV side, the studio currently has shows on the air like the critically-acclaimed Hollywood satire “The Studio” at Apple TV, “The Hunting Wives” at Netflix, and the “Power” franchise at Starz.