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Meet the Team Series Volume 7 – Christoph aka Biggie, our new sales intern

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Posted by splendidsquare on February 26, 2013 – 11:09 am
Filed under Jobs, Office, People, Team

In Volume 7 of our “Meet The Team” series we introduce you to our new sales intern at the Play.fm office, Christoph aka Biggie:

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What is your job as an Intern at Play.fm?

As sales intern I’m assisting the Play.fm team in establishing new partnerships, creating sales related concepts and researching data in all kinds of fields. The team tries to involve me into their work routine as much as they can. At the moment I’m working on updating Play.fm’s ads clients database and just finished a detailed case study about Play.fm’s latest DJ Contest in partnership with last year’s Rave On Snow festival. Moreover, I monitor the website and app sales statistics.

Why did you apply for an internship at Play.fm?

As part of my sales management studies I have to do a 3 month internship.
I’ve been listening to DJ Sets on Play.fm for quite some time and stumbled upon their job section while browsing the website. The thought of doing my internship in a smaller creative company instead of a major corporation always appealed to me since I like the idea of being directly involved in creating new sales strategies especially in a start-up environment. Additionally I’m really into electronic music which was another huge plus.
Play.fm just seemed like the perfect fit for me combining my interests in sales and electronic music.

Tell us something about yourself? What does your life look like?

I’m 23 years old and originally from Graz/Styria (Austria) where I study Sales Management at FH Campus 02. On the weekend I sometimes work at a bar, like to go out with friends or relax with movies, games and music.
I’ve also been playing American Football as Defense Liner for the Styrian Bears for 5 years now. You can watch me in action here

What is the feature you like the most on Play.fm?

Music on-demand! I love to listen to music & mixes everywhere i am.

Tell us your current favorite Mix on Play.fm?

My Dubstep Megamix Vol.7 by DJ Alexir

And your current favourite artists?

I have many favourite artists but at the moment it would be Modestep or Dubtal3nt.

What makes you go mad?

I go mad when people stress themselves for no reason. Life goes by so fast, so they really should enjoy every second.

Your favourite place in the world?

At home with my family =)

What are you doing on your day off?

Just chilling, listening to music or watch a good movie.

Best Movie / TV Quote ever?

“We can’t stop here, this is bat country” (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)

Can you remember the first album you ever bought?

The first album i bought with my own money was Iowa by Slipknot
(it also could be an album by the smurfs, but I can´t remember)

Your five all time favourite tracks?

Painkiller by Pendulum

Made by Dub FX

Chop Suey by SOAD

Cinema (Skrillex remix) by Benny Benassi

Freestyler by Bomfunk MC´s

Meet the Team Series Volume 6 – Julian, our Marketing intern

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Posted by splendidsquare on November 22, 2012 – 5:18 pm
Filed under DJ-Sets, Jobs, Music, Office, People, Team

In Volume 6 of our “Meet The Team” series we introduce our new marketing intern at the Play.fm office, Julian:

 

What was your job as an Intern at Play.fm?

As an Intern at Play.fm I was actively involved in several daily tasks as well as a long-term project. My daily routine duties were mainly about community and content management to keep our users entertained. Additionally I kept track of social media KPIs, website statistics and sales figures of our mobile apps to come up with strategies to further improve those numbers. My long-term project was the organization and promotion of the international DJ contest in collaboration with the Waves Vienna Festival. I’m glad that so many people participated and that we were able to find such a great winner.

Tell us something about yourself? What does your life look like?

I’m a 24-year old guy from Vienna currently living in Milan, Italy, where I study Innovation Management at Bocconi University. I am enthusiastic about economics, marketing, technology and basically everything internet-related. So my life revolves mainly around these things.

Why did you apply for an internship at Play.fm?

My goal in life is to become a Product Marketing Manager in a leading tech or web company to create outstanding, innovative products. I believe that interning in a small start-up in a fast-paced environment is a good way to learn and to eventually achieve this goal of mine. Given the fact that I am also quite passionate about electronic music Play.fm was a pretty awesome fit :)

What is the feature you like the most on Play.fm?

That would be the completely re-designed dashboard and user profiles, which we launched recently. They just make the whole Play.fm experience a lot simpler and nicer.

Name your current favourite artists?

The xx

Nicolas Jaar

Trentemøller

James Zabiela

Kollektiv Turmstraße

What is your favourite mix on Play.fm?

At the moment that would be Nicolas Jaar’s Essential Mix, but there’s tons of other recordings I really dig.

Give us five of your all time favourite tracks.

Massive Attack – Teardrop

Radiohead – Everything In Its Right Place

Nine Inch Nails – Everyday Is Exactly the Same

Hot Chip – Over And Over

Interpol – Song Seven

Whats your favourite TV series of all time?

The Wire, Six Feet Under and Lost … one of them might be replaced by Breaking Bad soon #letscook

…and the best movie of the last years?

A Single Man by Tom Ford

Best concert you’ve ever been to?

Arcarde Fire at Roskilde Festival (2007)

Hot Chip at RockWerchter (2008)

Can you remember which was the first album you ever bought?

That would be the Backstreet Boys debut album  Sorry, I can’t remember

What would we find in your refrigerator right now?

Couple of beers, some fresh pasta and some fresh pesto genovese <3

Whats the first thing you do when you come home after work?

Lie down and have a drink.

The best moment in TV history?

this

Tell us three things you want to do before you die?

1) Travel to as many places as possible

2) Found my own company

3) Make a difference

We are hiring – to build the next Play.fm

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Posted by Georg on July 4, 2012 – 5:43 pm
Filed under Jobs, Office, People, Team, Technology, Uncategorized

Would you agree that the current Play.fm could be faster, simpler and a bit more cutting edge in general? Do you have a vision and the skills to build the next Play.fm?

Cool, because this makes you a potential candidate for the Play.fm team building the new platform. We are looking for talented people who want to join us for a few months or a longer period.

We started Play.fm in 2004 because we wanted to make the music we listened to in clubs available for everyone online. At that time everything on the site had to be managed manually by our editors and the user management was based on a Bulletin Board (yeah!). We did a major leap with the relaunch of the site in 2009 enabling DJs to upload their own shows and manage their profiles – but also providing a lot of features users don´t really need. 3 years later, after learning a lot of lessons, we think it´s time for the next Play.fm.

As music and technology enthusiasts we love to listen to music online, like working in geeky teams, and are dedicated to make life easier for radio listeners and radio presenters alike. If you want to joint the team, visit the job section for current openings.

At present we are looking for:
» User Interface Designer

» Backend Developer

» Web Developer

» Interns (starting from Oct 1st, 2012)

 

Meet the Team Series Volume 3 – Roman, our new intern

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Posted by splendidsquare on February 17, 2012 – 5:13 pm
Filed under Jobs, Office, People, Technology, Uncategorized

In Volume 3 of our “Meet The Team” series we introduce our new business & marketing intern at the Play.fm office, Roman:

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See what he says in the following Question & Answer:

What is your job at Play.fm?

As a marketing and business intern I am working on different special projects as well as on daily routine jobs. I do the research and concept for a possible Play.fm desktop app. Besides that I am working on an exploitation strategy for our Augmented Reality research project. Keeping in touch with our Slovenian and Croatian content partners is also an important part of my work and since I speak Slovenian and Croatian fluently it’s also good fun for me.

Last but not least I am mentoring and analyzing the download and sales figures of the Play.fm Apps.

Why did you apply for an internship at Play.fm?

As Business Management student at the Carinthian University for Applied Sciences (CUAS) I have to do a 3 month internship. I was never a fan of huge companies and I never wanted to do my internship in a company with a strict hierarchy and a 2000 m² office. I prefer to work in smaller companies with creative teams. During my research for an interesting internship I listened to some DJ-Sets on Play.fm and after I searched for a few hours I thought “Play.fm would be the perfect place for my internship”. I checked their website and found out that Play.fm offers some interesting internships. I transmitted my letter of application and since 2 months I am here in Vienna.

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Meet the Team Series Volume 1- Fabian, our new intern

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Posted by splendidsquare on November 25, 2011 – 4:28 pm
Filed under Internet, Jobs, Office, People, Team, Uncategorized

Welcome to our new “Meet the team” series where we introduce ourselves, the Play.fm Team, to YOU. We start off with Fabian, our new Play.fm intern!


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Originally from Stuttgart/Germany he just moved to Vienna/Austria to join us at the Play.fm headquaters. Fabian is 23 years old and has been studying economics until October 2011. Now he will be supporting us at the office for three months.

Find out more about him in the following Q&A interview:

What is your job as an intern at Play.fm?

Mainly I will be helping to add fresh content on Play.fm and supporting the team at the editorial website management. Play.fm also has many partners and sponsors and there’s always a lot of work to keep all the liaisons updated. Visiting events and festivals is of course one of the highlights, because you can meet many interesting people such as DJs and Promoters. The social media activities like Facebook and Twitter play also an important role. It’s good fun to keep in touch with the people online (plus I am a Facebook addict anyway, hah).

Why Play.fm?

A few months ago I was desperately searching for an old live set by James Blake. All the sites Google turned up with had the newer sets I already knew, only Play.fm had the set I was searching for. Call it a first positive impression. After I finished my business studies (which were pretty boring sometimes lol) I wanted to do an internship in an area that really interested me. I googled and again Play.fm turned up with a great result, and here I am .. Play.fm headquarters baby

Whats the Play.fm feature you like the most?

That’d be the mobile app. I am an absolute music addict and I need my music with me, anytime, anywhere.

Is there something in the Play.fm office that attracted your attention right on spot?

Definetly the high ceiling. I love oldskool buildings with those 3 meter high ceilings and you can find so many of them in Vienna.

So whats your favourite mix on Play.fm?

There are many great sets but I guess I enjoy the Radio Sir3ne Radio Show the most. Funky from Dubstep till Jungle.

Tell us something about yourself. Which activities fill your (everyday) life?

I am a DJ since 5 years because I always loved to present the music that moves me to other people. Me myself as DJ SRP and together with my mate Dub Kick as Mighty Dubz Stuttgart. Besides that I am promoting my own party series in Stuttgart, called Dub Roulette and  participating in the YouTube DJ Tutor team since 2008, producing instructional video tutorials on DJ equipment and tips & tricks on the art of DJ mixing. Since one year I am putting effort in music production and drumming, but it’s still a long way to go with that ;)

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