Vas is a senior communications professional currently based in Athens, Greece. He previously held public relations and public affairs posts at the European Parliament, the European Public Policy Advisers and the Society of Audiovisual Authors - while living in Brussels for over 7 years.
Vas' journalism work has appeared in Politico, Quartz, Vice, Wired Magazine, Reporters Without Borders, The European Journalism Observatory, Open Democracy, Wallpaper*, New Statesman’s CityMetric, Metropolis Magazine, The Copenhagen Post, British Airways High Life, easyJet Traveller Magazine, Norwegian Air N Magazine, Brussels Airlines b.there, Iberia Ronda, Clash Magazine and innovation website HowWeGetToNext.
In September 2016, he relocated to Washington, DC to report on the US Presidential Election for AthensLive and Vice Greece.
Vas has worked in PR in London (2013-16) and Copenhagen (2012-13).
Projects
- Berklee College Of Music - Music Publicity CourseI've written the Music Publicity chapter of a Berklee College Of Music online course on International Music Marketing. Contents include: Lesson 6: Working with PR, Radio, and Digital Media - Creating an Attractive Product for the Press - Image is Everything - Comparing Artist Brands - Taking Control of Your Product’s Image - The Perfect Artist Bio - Assets - Promoting an Unsigned Band - Your Own DIY PR Campaign - Golden Rules of Contacting a Journalist - Working with PR Companies - Digital PR
- Rökkurró - Marketing & PRComplete International Marketing & PR strategy for the Icelandic band Rökkurró. - Managing international PR agencies (USA, UK, Germany, France) - Product management (CD, Vinyl, Digital) - B2B - Digital marketing & distribution - Physical distribution - Legal Press Quotes: “Warm, wonderfully textured” – Lauren Down / The Guardian “Graceful and passionate, emotive and poignant” – Gold Flake Paint "Inviting like a thermal spring" - NME “Haunting” – Nothing But Hope And Passsion "High-quality melancholy" – NOISEY "Beautiful orchestral sounds" - KEXP Radio "A musical postcard from a world where, even after a turbulent journey, all landings are soft.” - Kieron Tyler / The Arts Desk
- BIME PRO - International PRBIME is Europe’s leading music conference and festival dedicated to exploring new opportunities between the music, tech, sync and gaming industries. In addition, Taking place in Bilbao, Spain, BIME hosts Europe’s first Latin and South American Networking Summit, bringing together top buyers and sellers from these markets across festivals, sync and brands. I was responsible for international conference PR, media partnerships and B2B relations. The even got coverage among others by Gamesindusry.biz, Music Week, Musikmarkt, CMU and Billboard. “If music be the food of games, play on” - GamesIndustry.biz “Insight from leading industry execs.” - Music Week “A bridge between the music and cultural industries” –Musikmarkt “Three days of panels on music and gaming, Spanish music business law, and the Latin American market“- Billboard
Work history
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Senior Account ManagerOgilvy & Mather Greece
Full Time
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Senior Account ManagerMidas Public Relations
- London, United KingdomFull Time
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Skills
- Marketing PR
- Journalism
- Consumer PR
- Corporate PR
- Events PR
- Communications
- Media Relations
- Public Affairs
- Digital Marketing
- Marketing Brand PR
- German
- French
- Danish
- Digital Print Media
- Media Partnership Management
Education
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MA European StudiesLeibniz University of Hanover
- Hanover, Germany