Meet the senior business development manager

Chris Fossey bought his begin in the media market functioning in a video clip warehouse, and is passionate about the significance of content preservation

Chris Fossey, senior company growth supervisor at Iron Mountain Leisure Companies
Discuss us as a result of an normal working day in your part

As a senior enterprise growth supervisor at Iron Mountain Amusement Expert services (IMES) my times are generally distinctive. My working day to working day can entail distinctive cellphone phone calls, Zoom calls or confront to encounter meetings to explore current and new contracts and establish bespoke proposals that cater to just about every company’s media archiving or restoration needs. So generally my position goes from offering our expert services to media proprietors to getting their feed-back and discomfort details to our team in purchase to improve our existing company and build new expert services. With the environment opening up once again I have also begun to attend more situations all over the United kingdom and Europe like MPTS, IBC, and MIPCOM to network with other persons in the sector and fulfill new potential prospects.

How did you get started in the media market?

I started out out performing in a VHS duplication warehouse when I was 16 and then I experienced a small stint at college before selecting to transfer straight into the business total time. My very first comprehensive time purpose was doing work in a company’s media asset library and I moved from there to functioning at the BBC for 13 many years on hundreds of unique assignments involving each are living and pre-recorded broadcasts. Though at the BBC, I worked for a while in post manufacturing and bookings but I generally ended up gravitating back toward archiving. Right after this, I labored in a selection of publish production services and various servicing corporations all through the decades. Right until it all arrived complete circle when I joined IMES in 2020, mainly because now I’m functioning with legacy formats like VHS tapes all over again, encouraging corporations archive and restore their media.

What education did you have just before getting into the business?

After a limited stint at University, I determined it wasn’t for me but fortunately it was a whole lot easier then to get a get started in the marketplace than it is now. I essentially labored my way up by way of diverse roles discovering from everyone I labored with, from setting up in a online video duplication warehouse and transferring to the BBC to perform in archiving to the situation that I now maintain at IMES in product sales.

Why do you delight in doing work in the business?

I’ve received a real curiosity in what we do at IMES. There’s something very significant about asset preservation since in the long run it isn’t just about preserving data files, it’s genuinely about preserving society and background. The awareness that we are preserving items of film, broadcast and new music that are a reflection of our historical past tends to make the job even much more worthwhile. At the conclude of the working day, even though, it’s the persons that make the occupation specific and I’m a firm believer in getting all around fantastic people. That’s why I delight in it. 

What piece of suggestions would you offer a person on the lookout to investigate a function similar to yours?

The finest items of tips that I can give to somebody searching to sign up for the sector are never be fearful to ask concerns, be on your own and listen. You should not underestimate the worth in listening to individuals around you and studying from their ordeals.