Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. announced the appointment of Lana Castleman to the role of Director, Marketing & Communications. Reporting to Richard Goldsmith, President of Global Distribution and Consumer Products, Castleman is responsible for leading all trade marketing and communications across Thunderbird's production divisions, including Atomic Cartoons, Great Pacific Media and Thunderbird Scripted, and internal/external communications efforts around their related properties. In this newly created role, Castleman will be tapping into her extensive global network of television industry connections and deep reservoir of industry knowledge to promote and continue to grow the presence of Thunderbird, its divisions and properties.

She will be based in Toronto. Most recently, Castleman served as Director of Communications for the Writers Guild of Canada, working to promote the national industry and cultural policy interests of its more than 2,500 professional screenwriter members. Prior to that, she was most notably the long-time editor & content director of market-leading B2B kids & family information brand, Kidscreen.