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Jennifer Dodge has been named the president of Paramount Animation, following the exit of former president Ramsey Naito.<\/p>\n
Dodge will report to Paramount Pictures co-chairs Dana Goldberg and\u00a0Josh Greenstein and oversee all operations of the animation group. Dodge is an alum of Nickelodeon, and most recently served as the president of Spin Master Entertainment and Consumer Products, working on the expansion of popular brands like PAW Patrol and Unicorn Academy.<\/p>\n
More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n During her tenure, she worked with the studio on the financially successful\u00a0PAW Patrol\u00a0movies. (The third PAW Patrol feature, The Dino Movie, is slated for 2026.)<\/p>\n Said Goldberg and Greenstein in a statement, \u201cJennifer is an exceptional creative executive and producer with a proven track record of building franchises that connect with global audiences. Her deep understanding of storytelling, world-building, and brand development make her the ideal leader to shape the next era of Paramount Animation. We\u2019re thrilled to welcome her to the team.\u201d Added Dodge: \u201cI\u2019ve always believed in the power of animation to inspire, entertain, and unite audiences of all ages.\u201d<\/p>\n Dodge will be taking over the post previously held by Naito,<\/a> who exited the studio at the end of October when CEO David Ellison announced major layoffs across the studio following the\u00a0Skydance-Paramount merger. Upcoming Paramount Animation titles include The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2.<\/p>\n Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for THR’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jennifer Dodge has been named the president of Paramount Animation, following the exit of former president Ramsey Naito. Dodge will report to Paramount Pictures co-chairs Dana Goldberg and\u00a0Josh Greenstein and oversee all operations of the animation group. Dodge is an alum of Nickelodeon, and most recently served as the president of Spin Master Entertainment and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2149419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[339829,411043,339831,372997,319843,411042,411044],"class_list":["post-2149418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-dana-goldberg","tag-dodge","tag-josh-greenstein","tag-paramount-animation","tag-paramount-pictures","tag-ramsey-naito","tag-spin-master-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jennifer-Dodge-Named-President-of-Paramount-Animation.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2149418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2149420,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149418\/revisions\/2149420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2149419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2149418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2149418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2149418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}