London’s Omens Studios is broadening its UK business team by putting former CAKE Entertainment SVP of production Rob Doherty on contract as a consultant.

He has been charged with overseeing project development and building relationships with broadcast and co-production partners in the UK, Europe and beyond.

In addition to advising Omens, Doherty is a part-time content consultant for UK Roblox games developer Uplift Games, and he also signed on as head of content for Dublin-based animation studio Turnip + Duck last month.

Doherty started consulting in June following his departure from CAKE, where he worked for four years. Earlier in his career, he served as a senior broadcast producer at Aardman Animations (2011 to 2013) and UK creative manager for the Walt Disney Company (2009 to 2010).

One of the properties in production at Omens is CG-animated preschool series 123 Number Squad! (104 x 11 minutes), which is gearing up to make its debut in the UK on Sky Kids’ VOD platform in early 2023. Canadian prodco Guru Studio picked up global distribution and licensing rights for the show’s first two seasons in late September.