Following layoffs hitting Disney’s product and tech crew in June, the corporate is now bolstering the division with senior management.
Immediately, Adam Smith, the chief product and expertise officer for Disney Leisure and ESPN, introduced internally that he’s bringing in two new evps to his management crew, ADWEEK has realized.
Tony Donohoe joins the corporate as evp, advert platforms, main the adtech crew and growth. In the meantime, Erin Teague joins Disney in September, taking the function of evp, product administration.
“A part of what makes Disney distinctive is the mix of creativity and expertise. As Product & Know-how at Disney and ESPN proceed to pursue our imaginative and prescient, we’re driving new concepts, remodeling our merchandise,” Smith stated in an announcement. “I’m thrilled so as to add two new, distinctive leaders—Tony Donohoe and Erin Teague—to a crew that’s doing a ton of nice issues.”
Smith famous that Donohoe and Teague deliver “technical firepower, deep experience, and dynamic imaginative and prescient” to the corporate, as Disney appears to deliver extra innovation and user-centric merchandise.
Donohoe, who has round three a long time within the trade, beforehand held management roles at JPMorgan Chase, served as CTO for Expedia and SoFi, and just lately was svp of expertise at Walmart. Teague, who has experience in sports activities, AI, and personalization, has held management roles at corporations comparable to Google, Yahoo, and YouTube.
Erin Teague (L) and Tony Donohoe (R).
Smith’s division was beforehand hit with layoffs in June, as Disney was “rebalancing and refocusing” its product and expertise workforce investments, in response to a supply aware of the matter. That spherical of layoffs affected “below 2% of the group.” Nonetheless, the crew was nonetheless making hires and seeking to develop on the time.
The information of the hires arrives shortly forward of Disney launching its new ESPN streamer, which is debuting within the coming days.
In the meantime, Disney CEO Bob Iger additionally just lately revealed the corporate is seeking to absolutely combine Hulu into Disney+ to create a extra seamless one-app expertise. Following the information of Hulu folding into Disney+ in 2026, the corporate additionally reorganized its advertising management.
