Chris Kostakis Email & Phone Number

Darlinghurst, Nsw, Au

They say hard work is its own reward, but for me, the reward lies in achievement and impact. With boundless stamina and an insatiable drive, I thrive in fast paced environments, measuring my progress by the winning streak I leave behind.In my latest role, I am now responsible for the growth strategy of our retail proposition, ensuring customers find the right audiobook for the right price, without the need for a subscription, while finding new avenues to drive new customers in territories where our subscription product isn't available..

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Driving exciting and engaging customer moments every time you interact with Audible, through content and member benefit education.

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for the sustainable acquisition strategy for Australia, New Zealand and Japan across performance and owned channels by leading the Acquisition team in the region. Growth was supercharged while maintaining our drive to deliver a profitable return on ad spend.

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

At Dendy, our mission was to ensure that our customers are served the best viewing experience, whether that be in our cinemas, at home, or on the go. As the CRM and Communications Manager at Dendy it was my responsibility to ensure that our customers know what's fresh and hot across our distribution channels and to look at customer behaviour to help shape and curate future offers.Dendy offered me invaluable experience, and having helped build and shape Dendy Direct from its inception through to launch and beyond is, without a doubt, the most fulfilling professional experience I've had to date. Seeing a video on demand platform in market that I know I've had a heavy hand in bringing to market fills me with pride.With a cross departmental role, I was an internal collaborator with our Dendy Cinemas and Dendy Direct marketing teams, our cinema site publicity managers as well as Cinema General Managers to ensure that our brand was best represented and our offers are clearly communicated to the consumer across all visible brand touch points. I would also regularly liaise with distributors to get the best materials to sell their content in a unique and original way.

Sydney, Australia

With the majority of my time dedicated to the development of Dendy Direct, my role at Dendy/Icon evolved to ensure my time was focused on the key task at hand. Unfortunately I had to step away from promoting our strong content, but this gave me ample opportunity to shape and build a VOD platform and also develop a deep understanding of the digital landscape within Australia and New Zealand and consumers' digital behaviour.During this time I spearheaded a company survey to our engaged Club Dendy members to ensure that the platform we were building would cater to the diverse needs of our disconcerting customer, further cementing Dendy Direct's unique position with an already diverse digital landscape. I further investigated the strengths and weaknesses of other platforms on the market and internationally to further understand our place within it.As Dendy Direct was announced it was my responsibility to get the word out to the media that a new entrant to the video on demand field was incoming. With a strong ethos of having a service, that much like our cinema chain, was driven by curation, and bringing appropriate content for our customers to the forefornt, we allowed ourselves to be seen as something different to the other players in the market. We also were to be the first and only cinema to enter the space putting us in a completely unique position than our competitors.

Sydney, Australia

Icon Film Distribution Australia is one of the leading independent distributors of filmed entertainment in the country, and when the opportunity presented itself to work for the Dendy/Icon family, I jumped at it. Film was always a passion, and to have the opportunity to step into the industry I longed to work in was a dream come true.At Icon I was responsible for all publicity and promotions activity for all home entertainment releases. I liaised with media outlets throughout Australia and New Zealand to ensure our films received the best coverage possible either through publicity or promotional opportunities.As revenue for home entertainment content started to shift away from physical rental, and being naturally inquisitive, I began developing a strong understanding for video on demand platforms and the evolving nature of digital delivery of content. I was involved with brainstorming of digital promotions for VOD platforms that best shone light on Icon's strong catalogue and also assisting with managing of content in back end CMSes like iTunes Connect.My drive for understanding digital platforms lead to me being appointed onto the project team for the then confidential development of Dendy Direct, Icon's exhibition arm's VOD platform - a project that would offer me experience and skills that have helped shape me into the employee I am today.

Sydney, Australia

Sound Alliance specialises in the creation and amplification of original content. As the pioneers of Native Advertising in Australia, they offer a unique digital custom publishing model for brands and they aim to produce events that entertain and inspire. With their focus on growing audience and engagement in key growth areas of mobile, digital and social media, my time with The Sound Alliance allowed me to really get a kick start in digital media.Specifically tasked with managing all direct advertising revenue for SameSame.com.au, the largest gay and lesbian lifestyle website in the country, I ensured targets were met and exceeded every month, and went above and beyond to ensure every client was happy with the exposure they received. By directly working with the editorial team, I ensured content was created to help support the propositions that were being presented to our readers.

Sydney, Australia

Lonsdale is a boxing, mixed martial arts and clothing brand that was founded in London, England in 1960.During my time at Lonsdale, I was lucky enough to have a role that was widespread and varied allowing me to learn a substantial amount in four years. I was responsible for stock management and ordering across 17 retail stores along with the IT infrastructure for all sites and the office. As well as this, I launched the brand into the digital space by launching www.lonsdalelondon.com.au in 2010. These learnings served as the backbone for my love for technology and platform management.

Executive Master Of Business Administration - Emba

Bachelor Of Arts, Digital Media, Gender Studies

Activities and Societies: Film Society

Higher School Certificate