Kari Kim serves as Vice President, Animation Development for Nickelodeon, based in Nickelodeon’s Burbank, Calif. headquarters. Kim oversees the development department for Nick’s 6-11 audience and is responsible for all aspects of series development from concept to pilot, including all creative and production. In her tenure, she has overseen the Intergalactic Shorts Program, multiples series greenlights such as Zokie of Planet Ruby and Rock Paper Scissors, and Avatar Studios series development. She is currently the head of animation culture supporting the culture and DEI events at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio.

Prior to Nickelodeon, Kim was a development executive at King Features Syndicate, Inc., where she developed and produced content for many of the company’s properties, including CUPHEAD, Popeye and Flash Gordon. Kim also worked as a development executive at pocket.watch, Vice President of Program Development at HLN, and was a founding member of the venture capital-funded production company, Worldwide Biggies. She has also held roles and produced content at Nickelodeon, Spike TV and Saturday Night Live. 

Kim resides in Los Angeles with her family, but in her heart, she’ll always be a Midwest kid from the suburbs of Detroit.