Paquet Sébastien
Sebastien.paquet@klown.org


WORK EXPERIENCE
Korn/The FIRM, Beverly Hills, California
2005-2006 : Freelance content manager for Korn’s official online fan club and official website
  • Updated the Korn BSC fan club website and the band’s official website
  • Followed Korn on tour as the band’s touring photographer and videographer

    EMI Music France/Virgin, Paris, France
    2005 : Freelance PR to promote Korn’s new album online
  • Set up online streaming promotions on partner websites (MSN, Yahoo!, MTV…)
  • Developed Korn’s online community (online contests, forums…)

    Rock Mag, Rock Sound, Hard N’ Heavy, Rock One, Velvet, Paris, France
    Monthly France top selling rock magazines (circulation : 30 000 each)
    2004-2006 : Freelance journalist and photographer based in Los Angeles for the french press
  • Wrote articles, reviews, live reports and interviews on Stone Sour, Blink 182, Evanescence… (portfolio available)
  • Shot live pictures on System of A Down, Muse, Queens Of The Stone Age, Deftones, Audioslave… (portfolio available)
  • Wrote 13 front cover stories on Korn, Marilyn Manson, Green Day, Linkin Park…

    Sony Music France, Emedia department, Paris, France
    2002-2004 : Columbia Records online and mobile marketing manager (permanent contract)
  • Set up online streaming promotions on partner websites (MSN, Yahoo!, MTV…)
  • Handled electronic music distribution on affiliates network distribution (OD2, Itunes…)
  • Set up mobile promotions and commercial deals (IVR, text to win competitions, ringtones, downloads…)
    2001-2002 : Sony Music France webmaster (temporary contract)
  • Managed the Sony Music France corporate website
  • Updated every local and international artists websites (David Bowie, System Of A Down, Incubus…)
  • Developed artists online community (online contests, forums…) and customer relationship management (newsletters…)
    2000-2001 : Intern at the Emedia departement
  • Assisted the day-to-day department tasks

    Prelude et Fugue, Paris, France
    2002-2005 : Author
  • Wrote and published nationally distributed «Korn From A To Z» book (available on request)
  • Wrote and published nationally distributed «Blink-182 From A To Z» book (available on request)

    Divine, Paris, France
    1999-2006 : Official French Korn fan-club Chief editor
  • Created and updated the fan-club website (news, reports, pictures…)
  • Wrote articles for the fan-club magazine (5 issues portfolio available)
  • Organised Korn november 2003 fan event in Paris hosted by Korn Jonathan Davis and James Shaffer

    Other freelance projects
    2005-2006 : Freelance photographer and videographer
  • Photo work featured in My Ruin’s «Brutal Language» and Deftones’ «B-sides And Rarities» albums artwork
  • Directed a 30 minute documentary on System Of A Down and the armenian genocide for MTV Pulse
    2003-2004 : Pleymo (Korn support on 2004 SonicMania Festival) and Mass Hysteria (Korn support on 2000 french tour) webmaster
  • Updated the French rock bands websites (news, reports, pictures, videos…) (Pleymo.net rewarded by favouritewebsiteawards.com)
  • Filmed both bands on tour for the bands archives (Footage featured on Pleymo’s «Ce Soir C’est Grand Soir» DVD release)




    EDUCATION
    Music Managers France (MMF), Paris, France
     2004 : artists management training organised and hosted by French and international artist managers

    Faculty of English letters, Orleans, France
     1999-2000 : One year of English, additional study

    Jean Zay High School, Orleans, France
     1995-1998 : BAC in Economical and Social Sciences (equivalent of High School Diploma + 2 years)



    SKILLS
  • IT : Windows XP, Mac OS X, Microsoft Office, Internet, HTML tags, Javascript, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, FTP, Imovie, Adobe Premiere…
  • Languages : Fluent English (reading, writing, speaking and listening), fluent French and conversational German



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