Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Seasoned digital media executive and general manager with over 15 years working in traditional and digital media, prefaced by 4 years of investment banking. Passionate internal/external champion with successful track record launching businesses from scratch and achieving positive results. Skilled negotiator for content creation/acquisition, distribution deals and partnerships. Effective team-builder and motivational people-manager, leading by empowerment and clear goals. Able to successfully manage cross-functional resources in multiple geographic locations to deliver to targets. Motivated over-achiever who maintains focus on priorities with impact, thrives on getting things done, and is driven to achieve results/growth. Specialties: Strategy & business planning, Pan-European/International organisations, Partner development & relationship management (content acquisition, distribution), Product launches & Programming, General management with P&L responsibility, Revenue generation, Marketing, PR & Community Management, M&A analysis and integration
Conducting search for senior position with digital startup or US/international company looking to initiate/grow/expand their european operations. Also available for short-term freelance projects.
Silentale builds a searchable archive of your digital conversations by consolidating your online contacts and messages from all the platforms you use (including webmail, social networks, twitter and more), storing them in the Cloud, and allowing you to browse and search them from anywhere. Responsible for business planning for profitable growth, developing partnerships, reporting/metrics, and implementing day-to-day operations to execute vision successfully. Contributed to overall strategy on positioning and global launch, including competitive benchmarking, email & social marketing, media exposure and incorporating user feedback into product development. Actively involved in the fundraising process targeting local & international investors.
Responsible for driving all Ent. and Media product development across Yahoo! Europe's eight country portals. Launched and drove users & traffic for products including: Finance, News, Sports, Weather, Games, Music, Movies and TV.
Launched movie & events PPV service to 4.5 million subscribers. General manager of £60 million business, responsible for content acquisition, programming, branding, marketing, customer service and distribution with cable operators.
Reporting to Elisabeth Murdoch, responsible for strategic planning and all commercial aspects of entertainment and movie channels including content acquisition, increased original production, and rights exploitation.
Reporting to CEO, completed special projects for senior management including business planning and launch of new channels, distribution and international expansion opportunities.
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