Escobar joins Sucherman Consulting Group.

Sucherman Consulting Group Inc. announced that Ramon Escobar has joined the senior management team. The strategic hire will boost Sucherman’s services in the fields of news & journalism, entertainment programming and international markets. Escobar’s years of experience in TV news, cable, entertainment and Hispanic media will add a new dimension to SCG’s already extensive media consulting capabilities.

Until recently, Escobar was Senior Executive Vice President for Entertainment at NBC Universal’s Telemundo, where he helped lead the development, production and launching of nearly 35 prime-time shows and entertainment specials for the Spanish-language network including several hit telenovelas, reality shows, series, game shows and music specials.

“Ramon has run local and network newsrooms, he’s developed shows for cable and has been an entertainment programming head. Simply put, he has the market and operations expertise required to address the unique challenges faced by our clients,” says Stuart F. Sucherman. “His in-depth knowledge of U.S. Hispanic media and Latin America will also add the experience we need to continue our expansion into this burgeoning field,” he adds.

“After years of being an SCG client, I am thrilled to actually be joining the firm which has helped some of the most prestigious media clients in the world,” says Escobar. “I look forward to enhancing and expanding that success and playing a role in accelerating our growth in the U.S. and abroad.”

Prior to running Telemundo’s entertainment division, Ramon served as Senior Vice President of News & Creative Services for the Telemundo Station group. He successfully led NBC’s efforts to integrate news between TELEMUNDO and NBC TV stations.