Sam Jaspers Email & Phone Number

Brussels, Be

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

Mechelen, Flemish Region, Belgium

I started my own company Messages Personnels, named after one of my favourite songs from Françoise Hardy and Michel Berger. As an enthusiastic and all-round Music Expert I'm open to share my long chart experience, help you out with music programming and marketing, write and talk about music etc. Clients include VRT, DPG Media, PlayRight, SoundAware…So feel free to contact me and check out my website www.messages-personnels.com on which I share some thoughts and short stories about music and things I like. For now you'll find an entertaining overview of Italian music history. Enjoy!

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

During this tenure, I initiated digital programming of music channels for Music Choice. I maintained job position when brand was bought by Canadian company Stingray. I utilised extensive marketing experience to establish music channels that attract best possible and largest audience experience. I collaborated effectively with various music consultants in Europe and Canada.  Introduced Benelux Channel in 2001 that highlighted all genres of Dutch and Belgian music.  In 2005, cultivated two separate channels simultaneously, Belpop to express Belgian pop and alternative music as well as Chanson which focuses on French pop and chanson music.

London, United Kingdom

~ Co-set up an important deal with Music Control, later Nielsen, to monitor airplay in Belgium, manage the system and sell information to the local music industry, based on packages and price differentiating.~ Negotiated an inventive and creative deal with Nielsen, later Radiomonitor, allowing all music industry to benefit from exhaustive airplay information.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Throughout these years, I co-founded and developed Ultratop Official Belgian music charts brand and company based in Brussels. I coordinated with day-to-day market research companies such as Nielsen and GfK in order to compile charts and further conduct verification of data. I spearheaded management for media and business partner deals negotiation, composing and managing budget and finances in addition to leading multilingual and cross-functional team in Dutch, English, and French. I augmented processes through innovative design as well as maintaining relevant despite evolutionary music market. ~ Obtained position of main chart music reference and brand for entire music industry, media, and public eye with creation of leading Belgian music website (www.ultratop.be) and initiating release of CD compilations. ~ Achieved official curatorship position for Ultratop on Apple Music through expert playlist creation on Spotify, Deezer, YouTube, and Apple Music for main Ultratop charts and Fresh Friday Release playlist.~ Successfully promoted streaming and downloading of local Belgian artists through co-creation of Ultratop Download Award and Streaming Award. Process was heralded by government and award is granted by Belgian minister. ~ Accomplished large following from co-starting, composing, and publishing weekly chart column flyers for free distribution in all Belgian record stores. ~ Promoted from Chart Supervisor in 2006.

Brussels Region, Belgium

Amsterdam-Centrum, North Holland, Netherlands

Antwerp Metropolitan Area

Graduate Marketing And Business Management, Thesis Topic: Belgian Music Chart Research Experiment: Distinction

Latin And Greek