Nicolas Stecher Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Responsible for Drive Thru auto section of every issue: content creation, photography and editing• Car news and test-drives for leading men’s fashion magazine. Cars recently tested include FIAT 500, Lamborghini Balboni, Mercedes Benz SLS AMG, Ferrari Italia, Audi R8, Porsche 911 Turbo. • Maintain relationships with all major auto manufacturers’ marketing and communications departments, fleet managers and public relations • Additional lifestyle coverage and interviews (Jennifer Lawrence, Tessa Thompson, Summer Glau, vinyl toy stylists)• Represent Nylon Guys at Los Angeles-based events

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Launched men’s style and design online magazine with Rob Simas, ex-Publisher of BPM and Vapors magazines • Along with partner Simas shaped every aspect of site, from editorial direction to online and multimedia marketing to content creation and story assignment • Men’s lifestyle magazine focusing on design, automotive, fashion, music and film• Currently receive 150,000 unique page views per month, Alexa rating of 77K in the US• Organized launch party at Liberace’s Penthouse with sponsors PUMA, French label Pull-In underwear, Is Vodka, Izzy Sodas and Pabst Blue Ribbon. Vimby video from party has had over 50K hits• Organized End Days holiday party at 14,000 sq ft downtown LA loft with sponsors PUMA, Red Bull, Metl Tequila and Ninjatune. Over 1,000 attended.• Spearheaded all marketing efforts, including media sponsorship of events at CMJ (New York), Los Angeles Fashion Week, New York Comic-Con, Art Basel (Miami) and EA’s Need For Speed Tour

International

Publishing features in RED BULLETIN magazine (cover story for International Issue #3), WIRED magazine, POPULAR MECHANICS and more

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Editor of US edition of critically acclaimed international Lifestyle/Design/Automobile/Fashion publication with additional editions in UK, Japan, France, Dubai, Germany, Sweden and Australia with over 600,000 global circulation• Delivery of quarterly issue, from conceptual drawing board to printer blue line delivery • Creation and commissioning of all editorial, including commissioning and editing of all copy and photography from experienced pool of freelance writers and creatives• Creative direction for featured photoshoots• Secure and maintain relationships with wide network of freelance lifestyle writers and photographers • Secure and maintain relationships with all major auto manufacturers’ marketing departments, communications teams, fleet managers and public relations • Represent Intersection at International auto shows such as Geneva, Detroit and Los Angeles, and brand launches in Tenerife, Montreal, NYC, Berlin, Milan et al. • Responsible for all Entertainment and Music coverage, including covers Adrien Brody and Zachary Quinto, and features on Orlando Bloom, Kevin Dillon, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Jason Lee et al.• Major research features including Electric Entrepreneurs Profile (with industry luminaries Elon Musk, Henrik Fisker and Murat Günak), Evel Knievel Days in Montana, Progressive X-Prize Competition, the rebirth of DeLorean, Steve McQueen’s lost film, DARPA Grand Challenge, and sand-railing in Glamis

Hollywood, Ca

• Responsible (along with Editor-In-Chief) for content creation, story assignment for writers and photographers, and creative direction of nationally distributed Music/Lifestyle/Tech publication with 85,000 US circulation, as well as its accompanying website (bpmmagazine.net)• Copy Editing and editorial voice of entire magazine• Authored cover stories on Bloc Party, Iggy Pop, MisShapes, Mark Ronson, Air, LCD Soundsystem, Brittany Murphy and Steve Aoki• Represent BPM at high profile events and conferences such as Gumball 3000, Bull Run Rally, Øya Festival, Iceland Airwaves, WMC and Pop Montreal• Editing of BPM’s BPMg Green Living magazine, with sustainable living articles on zeroHouse, Masdar, TempoHousing, Terraform, Dasparkhotel and Hydro-Net, as well as architects Vincent Callebaut, Michael Jantzen and Matt Allert• Product and shop reviews, interviews, Op-ed columns, and travel blogs

Launched Celebrity & Lifestyle magazine aimed at affluent urban market, with emphasis on celebrity homes, vehicles and accouterments; first issue launched Feb 2004 with national circulation of 100,000. Full generation and creative control of features, departments and all content, with cover stories on World Heavyweight Champion Lennox Lewis, Nelly, Loon and Cash Money Millionaires’ Baby (aka Birdman). Assignment and coordination of photographers and writers for all features, until magazine lost funding.

Staff Writer at critically acclaimed rock magazine with features on Tricky, The Streets, Bassment Jaxx and the proliferation of music licensing and its relationship with electronic music.

Helped launch publication that is cornerstone of DUB, a globally recognized Auto/Lifestyle brand focused on celebrity vehicles and aftermarket products. Job duties included coordination and management of high profile athletes and celebrities, as well as Art Direction of photo shoots. Cover features included Outkast, Damon Dash, Timbaland, Vern Troyer (Austin Power’s Mini Me) and Fred Durst.