David Servant Email & Phone Number

Paris Area, France

Paris Area, France

Founder/owner, editor, photographer, interviewer, webmaster, cameraman... everything!Stars Are Underground is an Indie Rock webzine founded in June 2004, specialized in French and international Indie/Rock/Folk music. It mainly consists of album reviews, live gigs reviews and photographs and artists interviews. Over the years I've always struggled to keep it alive and attractive. Managing the blog from A to Z, I perform every role and take a particular pleasure in using my writing skills, as well as concert photography.Stars Are Underground in numbers (as of today):-2000 albums reviews-116 interviews-628 concert photo galeries-187 concert reviews-10 acoustic sessions-Musical years reviewed-Very active on Facebook (1816 followers), Twitter (2286 followers), Instagram (952 followers), with daily updates-(previously): monthly newsletters (about 100)-occasionally: competitions to win gig tickets

Paris Area, France

Full responsibility for the MixRadio service in France, as part of the European team, working with global teams and local 3rd parties (agencies, labels, aggregators, media) for brand awareness and consumer engagement. -Scheduling and running of the MixRadio FR store (new mixes curation & daily updates)-Focus on listening hours per user and user retention / acquisition-Set up of a PR program with an external agency for the Android & iPhone MixRadio launch-Organizing social media post in coordination with the community manager (Facebook / Twitter). -Scheduling and posting new mixes to users subscibed to MixRadio's LINE offcial account-Managing Active User base across the region via CRM (newsletters)-Artist and content partnerships-Labels relations, -Data analysis-Products localization-Market competitors’ analysis-Weekly editorial updates for MixRadio Poland

Paris Area, France

In addition to the previously defined tasks I focused on Brand Awareness and Active Users growth for MixRadio, particularly by putting in place partnerships with brands, labels, festivals realyed on social networks by both parties. Those parnerships consisted of playlists and/or competitions.-Constantly studied an experimenting and analyzing new ways to reduce churn and increase user retention and active users growth, particularly with new playlists ideas based on local trends, themes, seasons, charts, etc.-Contribution to the MixRadio blog on Tumblr (some of my articles attached below)

Paris Area, France

Over the years passed at Nokia, my music editor role gradually evolved to an entertainment manager position, with a more international scope, enhancing my responsabilities to UK & Ireland:Nokia Music (named OVI Music from 2009-2011) : -Labels relations (majors, indies and aggregators)-Store merchandising, daily updates of web and mobile stores-Playlists curation-Newsletters creation and click analysis-Social Media : OVI Music on Facebook / and dedicated tab on Nokia France Facebook page-Promotions and exclusives, competitions-Own media promotions (FB, twitter, Nokia.fr)-New contracts signatures with music partners (labels) or renewing/ extended the existing ones.-Localization : reviewed/suggested French translations for the local store-Search Engine MarketingNokia Reading: -Relations with publishers-Merchandising and update of the service-Localization and launch.UK & Ireland:-Labels relations (major, indie and aggregators)-Store merchandising, daily updates of web and mobile stores-Playlists curation-Newsletters creation and click analysis-Nokia Reading : merchandising an updates.

Paris Area, France

OD2 - On Demand Distribution, Paris, France (OD2 Ltd, Bristol, UK). OD2 was the #1 supplier across Europe of white label music platforms and business-to-business digital media distribution services. Od2 was formed in November 1999 in partnership with musician Peter Gabriel and Charles Grimsdale, bought in June 2004 by US digital music distributor company Loudeye and acquired in February 2007 by Finnish mobile giant Nokia.During these years in OD2 I took care of French and Belgian stores (Microsoft MSN, Wanadoo, Cora, Tiscali, Système U, Thomson and OD2 Music for France; MSN and OD2 Music for Belgium).As a web music editor, I updated all stores with new relevant content (albums, singles) and created thematical playlists. Created bi-weekly newsletters for all platforms. Assisted the label manager in day-to-day relations with record labels.

Dublin

2001-2002 : EMEA Patner Support Group (Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle-East) : technical support and day to day contact with Xerox international partners, as well as email support.2000-2001 : technical support (hotline) for French customers on the SOHO/OPO/OPB Xerox product line.

Limerick, Ireland

Sales assistant for HMV Limerick. Tasks included reception, information, phoning, inventory management.

Erasmus, Applied Languages

Maitrise, Langues Etrangères Appliquées