Kelly Day to Oversee Prime Video’s International Originals Following Jen Salke Departure

It will be solely Kelly Day’s task to find Amazon Prime Video its Squid Game. Well, Day and whomever she ultimately chooses as her vp of international originals.

Following last week’s departure of Jen Salke, Day has been named head of Prime Video’s International Originals teams. The announcement was shared with staff on Friday morning via a Mike Hopkins email; Hopkins is the head of Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios.

In the next phase of her career, Salke, formerly the president of Entertainment at NBC, will start a new production outfit with an overall first-look deal across both film and TV at Amazon Studios.

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While Day actively seeks her lieutenant, her leadership team will be comprised of Javiera Balmaceda (head of international originals, Latin America, Canada & Australia), Tara Erer (head of international originals, Northern Europe), Nicole

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