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Sophie ZiesselSZ

Sophie Ziessel

Music Marketing & Artist Management Consulting

€800/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Sophie

Hello! Nice to meet you, I am a music marketing consultant and artist manager.
For over 10 years, I have been leveraging my experience in marketing, communication, and management to serve a rapidly changing music industry. My specialty is supporting marketing and communication projects in the realms of culture, music, and creativity. With a strong focus on innovation and digital!

  • My Areas of Expertise
The missions I undertake are diverse, but all connect the music industry with a broader and more lucrative ecosystem (brands, startups), and conversely, I help companies better utilize music to communicate with their audiences:

_ Strategic studies and commercial advice for positioning your business model in the music industry.
_ Music supervision missions to find the right music (synchronization or custom creation).
_ Coordination of cultural event or product production.
_ Artist management to develop their careers and income.

I group these activities under the name POLI FONI. It is a project management unit for musical and innovative projects, for advertisers, artists, and startups.

  • My Background
I've loved music all my life, but also its behind-the-scenes aspects and understanding the digital revolution it's undergoing. So, I studied business, marketing, and communication, and discovered the fascinating world of entertainment during my end-of-studies internship at The Walt Disney Company, then the world of music for visuals by writing my end-of-studies thesis on advertising music in 2011. I spent six years as a Project Manager and then as a Consulting and Innovation Director at SIXIEME SON, a leading agency in the creation of sound identities for brands (SNCF, Carrefour, La Roche-Posay, La Française des Jeux, Roland Garros, Renault).
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Fluent

  • German

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Paris (up to 100km), Strasbourg (up to 20km)

Experience

  • POLI FONI
    Artist Manager, Music Marketing Consultant
    CULTURE
    April 2018 - Today (8 years and 2 months)
    Strasbourg, France
    Member of UMA
    Resident at Plateforme Artefact @Laiterie, Strasbourg

    Consulting, Cultural Project Management, and Training __ After facilitating numerous music marketing projects, POLI FONI also becomes a consulting and skills transfer space for developing and structuring cultural projects for the creative industries (music, video games, audiovisual).

    CURRENT PROJECTS (2026)
    • Management of the French pop group AMOURE and the emerging project LÜSSI
    • Music Marketing Consultant for Studio M, audiovisual school, in partnership with the 2025 Clip Competition by La Laiterie x Les Cinémas Star
    • Creation and development of the COOL CHOEURS Festival, a pop choir festival in Strasbourg, supported by the City of Strasbourg and Le Point D'eau
    • Design of professional development workshops for artists and their teams, including "Data Analysis: how and why to track your music statistics?" and "Music for Visuals: behind the scenes of a little-known profession"
    - Co-founder, Artistic Director, and co-producer of the projects of the a cappella pop choir "Strassappella"

    MAIN ACTIVITIES
    Cultural project setup, fundraising, partnership development
    Creative concept design and development
    Artist and professional support workshops
    Moderation of round tables

    MY CLIENTS

    • Support organizations _ L’AUTRE CANAL _ LA VAPEUR _ LA PLATEFORME ARTEFACT (La Laiterie) _ MaMA FESTIVAL _ STRASBOURG MUSIC WEEK _ STEAMIT FRANCE _

    • Cultural companies _ LIVE NATION _ UBISOFT _ SEASONLY _ AURASENS _
    • Artists _ AMOURE _ GRAND SOLEIL _ LÜSSI _ CARTRIDGE1987 _ JAFFNA _ FAUBOURG _

    • Audiovisual production studios _ SUPERPOSE STUDIO _ SIZZER _ WECOMPOZE _
    • Labels _ PAIN SUR PRISES RECORDS _ NOWADAYS RECORDS

    • Schools _ STUDIO M _ NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL _ EMIC PARIS _ ISCOM _ SUP DE PUB
    Art Direction Artist Agent Music Law Music & Brands Music Legal Principles
  • STRASSAPPELLA
    Co-founder - Artistic Director
    September 2021 - Today (4 years and 9 months)
    Strasbourg, France
    My responsibilities include the artistic direction of the vocal ensemble, including auditions, repertoire selection, production of arrangements by professional composers, concert booking, and coordination of the association's projects.
  • STUDIO M – ISCOM – NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL – EMIC – INSEEC SUP DE PUB
    Occasional Lecturer
    January 2015 - January 2024 (9 years)
    Place de Paris, Lyon, France
    › Courses and conferences dedicated to Music Marketing, Sound Identities, and Data Analysis in the music industry. › Creation of course content and materials (3 to 12 hours per course), delivery of courses in person or remotely for groups of 25 to 80 students. Level: Bachelor 3, Master 1, Master 2, and Specialized Master.

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Education

  • Master 2 Marketing and Communication
    Neoma Business School
    2011

Certifications

  • Semester Abroad International Marketing
    Windsor, Ontario, Canada
    2010
    English Cultural Marketing Journalism Communication
  • Master 2 Marketing & Communication
    Neoma Business School
    2011
    Business Marketing Communication

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