VP, Development Kickstart Entertainment | USA

Nicole Rivera is Vice President of Development for Kickstart Entertainment, where she works to identify and shepherd new animated and live action projects for all audiences. Prior to joining the Kickstart team, she was Vice President of Development for Cartoon Network Studios, where she developed series including The Invincible Fight Girl and Jessica’s Big Little World. Other previous experience includes roles as a Director of Development and Current Series at Universal Kids & Family Productions and DreamWorks Animation TV. She also worked for Cartoon Network from 2008-2015, first as part of the Content Acquisitions Team and then as Manager of Current Series, where she worked on series including Steven Universe, Clarence and the reimagined The Powerpuff Girls.

Before her work in animation, Rivera worked in production and development at Focus Features and served as the assistant to one of the producers on the 20th Century Fox Film, The Devil Wears Prada.

Rivera holds a BA in Dramatic Writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.