Andreas Finzel

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About Andreas Finzel

I help storytellers make money. You see, I want to be a light that brightens up the place. So, I wear yellow and have a passion for the media industry where they produce joy at scale. My commercial experience includes partnerships, business strategy and business development. With strong communication I built relationships that drive business growth. My career spans (ad)tech and Streaming at Paramount. Some highlights: Managing publisher partnerships and negotiations with local VOD stores and technology platforms Building brand partnerships with local telco partners to roll out VOD products from business development to implementation across teams: client, agency, marketing, engineering, finance Driving transactional content sales for key VOD franchises like Paw Patrol through deal life-cycles Developing Go-to-market strategy for ViacomCBS D2C streaming service Paramount+ including distribution partnerships Modelling business performance for partnership deals by drawing data-driven insights from quantitate analysis ‍I hold an Oxford MBA and was chair of the Said Media and Entertainment Club, and a rower for St Hugh's College. I did a podcast for the Oxford MBA: “The future of business”. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts. Next to my work I love teaching & speaking on topics like: Connected TV | Streaming Business Modells | LinkedIn Profile SEO I have been a guest lecturer at schools across Europe: Said Business School, University of Oxford; Oxford Internet Institute, National Film and Television School; Brixton Finishing School, Bournemouth University, Royal Holloway University of London YMCA University of Ap. Sciences; Theol. Studienzentrum Berlin; Ev. Hochschule Tabor Marburg; Theol. Seminar Rheinland; Breda University of Applied Sciences At business school they told me to quantify my hobbies. So here it goes: Hitchhiked >5k km along the Silk Road from Berlin to Samarkand, Uzbekistan. 🦀Accomplished breeder of vampire crabs with an annual offspring exceeding 30 crabs. Rowing for the second boat of the St Hughs Boat Club of the University of Oxford My competences: partnerships | deals | sales planning | deal life cycle | technology | business strategy | business development | marketing | insights | audience growth | negotiation | data | media industry | entertainment ‍My soft skills: passion | leadership | communication | innovative | driven | flexible | motivated | presentation skills | collaborative | German | English