The corporate communications veteran has joined Participant Media as evp of communications, reporting directly to CEO Jim Berk.

In the newly created position Boyd will be responsible for overseeing the communications strategy and operations across Participant’s media portfolio, including its film and documentary division, new television network Pivot and digital lifestyle brand TakePart.

She most recently served as evp of global communications at Sony Pictures Entertainment and was a studio representative on the Motion Picture Association and Creative America Coalition.

Boyd joined Sony Pictures as vp of global communications in 2008 and prior to that was vp of corporate communications at Fox Interactive Media and led music and entertainment communications at AOL.