Alliance Communications has created an acquisitions department and promoted Charlotte Mickie to senior vp acquisitions and development, Alliance Motion Picture Group.

Mickie will head the newly created department, which will operate under the Filmed Entertainment division. Under Mickie, the department will focus on acquiring independent product at the script stage, as well as finished films from around the world for Alliance’s international, u.k. and Canadian divisions. Mickie comes to the position from her post as senior vp Alliance Independent Films.