What is your name and current job?

Katy Sykes, Publicist at Comedy Central

What is an average work day like for you?

It’s such a varied role and every day is different (which is why I love it!). I write press releases to announce our exciting new shows, talk to journalists about our content, help to set up interviews with talent and liaising with the team at Comedy Central to ensure we have everything we need to promote our shows to the press.

How long have you been with the company?

8 months!

Acceptance of the LGBT community is growing globally, but equality is still a long way off. For International Transgender Day of Visibility last week, we had a presentation on the findings of a survey that Viacom sponsored in collaboration with Logo and ILGA.

MTV Staying Alive’s ambassador, Leona Lewis, came to our Camden offices to take part in an important Facebook Live discussion alongside MTV Staying Alive’s Executive Director, Georgia Arnold, Trustee and women’s rights activist, Mallah Tabot and supporter and ambassador Laura Whitmore.

They chatted about the issues facing women in the workplace and advancing the conversation around HIV to help inspire change.

Earlier this month, the Nickelodeon International Pro Social Team took home two prestigious Cynopsis Social Good Awards for “Best Spot (30 seconds or less)” and “Best Public Service Announcement.” Both submissions honoured Nickelodeon’s Together for Good campaign with UNICEF. The 2016 partnership encouraged positive social values, challenging inequalities and giving voice to all children, tackling complicated issues in a fun and engaging way that children could relate to. The program aired in more than 150 countries and was translated into 13 languages.

Vivid Group has been named as the official international master toy licensee for the Nickelodeon animated preschool series Nella the Princess Knight.

Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) has extended its distribution agreement in order to allow an increased variety of channels as well as exclusive content available for OSN customers in the Middle-East. This partnership adds three new channels for OSN, TeenNick, Nicktoons and Paramount channel to the existing catalogue that includes other brands distributed by VIMN in the Middle East exclusively on OSN include Nickelodeon HD, Nick Jr, Comedy Central, VH1, MTV Live HD.

MTV RE:DEFINE is an annual charity art exhibition and auction, founded in 2011 by the MTV Staying Alive Foundation and the Goss-Michael Foundation. The contemporary art and music showcase helps the MTV Staying Alive Foundation as well as the arts community.

All proceeds from MTV RE:DEFINE benefit HIV and AIDS prevention and education through the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, and Dallas Contemporary’s commitment to arts education and awareness through its innovative roster of curated programming.

International Women’s Day is celebrated worldwide highlighting women’s achievements from social to political while striving for gender equality. Observation of the event started in the early 1900s, however it is now recognized each year on March 8. Although it has no affiliations with any one group, it does help bringing together charities, firms and women’s organizations. To mark the event here at Viacom, we held a series of events and discussions ranging from career development to misrepresentation screening, entrepreneurial thinking and much more.

Kerry Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer Viacom UK & SVP, Youth and Music, Viacom International teamed up with the charity ‘Speakers for Schools’ and gave an inspirational talk to help prepare the next generation by sharing her insights, advice and experiences.

What is your name and role and what does it involve?

Hello! I’m Lucas Fothergill, MTV UK’s Digital Media Intern.

I write news stories and features, interview artists, review gigs, and help out around the office with other bits and bobs. (This doesn’t include making everyone tea.)

Favourite thing about working for MTV/VIMN/Comedy Central/Nickelodeon?

There are loads! Here’s my top three:

• The variety. You genuinely get to do something different every day.

Grammy nominated superstar Leona Lewis has been named as an ambassador for MTV Staying Alive Foundation. The talented singer/songwriter wants her voice to be heard on this campaign. MTV Staying Alive deals with HIV prevention at grassroots level across the world to empower and educate young people on HIV.