FaZe Clan has appointed Rana Kaplan as general manager and appointed five other staff members to prominent leadership roles within the youth gaming-focused media and lifestyle company.

Kaplan, who most recently served as chief of staff, has been with FaZe Clan for five years. In his new role, he will oversee an operations team focused on business process efficiencies. Kaplan will report directly to FaZe Clan President and COO Zach Katz.

FaZe Clan also held five key executive roles across the company in content operations, talent, Web3, creative operations, and human resources.

Hired as vice president of content operations, Summer Martin joined FaZe Clan after managing production operations for series like Netflix’s “Tidying Up by Marie Kondo.” At FaZe Clan, she will co-head content strategy and operations with Stash Slionski, who has been promoted to executive producer. Vera Salamone has been named vice president of talent after previously serving as director of talent.

Previously Director of Creative Services, Brooke Grant has been appointed Director of Web3, tasked with overseeing FaZe Clan’s Web3 strategy and operations. Laura Ryk has been named Head of Creative Operations, co-leading the department with Jay Richardson, Creative Director. Kelli Serden has been named vice president of human resources.

“As we head into this year, we are focused on increasing our community engagement and harnessing the full power of FaZe Clan, not just for business but for the broader creator economy,” Katz said. “To accomplish this, we are delighted to name Rana Kaplan as our new General Manager and promote the key leaders in our departments who will be instrumental in maximizing the power of our brand and growing our business.”

In addition to Kaplan’s promotion and the other leadership appointments mentioned above, FaZe Clan has made several promotions within the company over the past few months, including Meredith Shiney, Director of Events; Nick Ruffini, Senior Director of Brand Content; Olu Obafemi, director of development; Ryan Ruggiero, YouTube Strategist; Shawn Clark-Dougherty, vice president of esports content; Jay Devonish, director of intellectual property development; in addition to hiring George De La Cruz, executive vice president of accounting.

FaZe Clan has expanded rapidly over the past year, detailing three-year plans for its television content, including a “Saturday Night Live”-style series for its Gen Z audience, in an in-depth interview with Variety last april.

“We have always been a content-first organization and we are excited to raise the bar with this new roster and the first of its kind programming created specifically for Generation Z,” Lee Trink, CEO and co-founder of FaZe Clan, said at that. moment. “FaZe Clan has been a pioneer in gaming content for a long time, and indeed created the very first content house, so we are proud to once again lead the charge from our new studio in FaZe Warehouse. This is just another new beginning and we’re excited for the fans to see what’s to come.”

(Pictured above: Summer Martin, Rana Kaplan, Vera Salamone)