Paolo Gelain

Past

Head of Acquisition at Blue Label Entertainment
Marketing Director at Wanadoo Edition (acquired by Microids)
Senior Product Manager at Take 2 Interactive

Product Manager at Leader SpA
Junior Product Manager at Mondadori Informatica

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Education

Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi'

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Paolo Gelain’s Experience

Head of Acquisition

Blue Label Entertainment

(Computer Games industry)

January 2004 — November 2008 (4 years 11 months)

Head of Publishing and Acquisition and Responsible of Brand & Product Area
Responsible for day-to-day relationship with publisher and developers both at european and worldwide level (Zoo Digital, Empire Interactive, ATARI, DTP,Big Ben Interactive, Paradox, 1C, Frogwares, Phenomedia, Buka, Lighthouse Interactive, Nobilis, Metro3D)
Responsible of direct key customers (wholesales and distributors such as DBLine, Esprinet, Record Service).
Responsible for Special business deals (Covermount, Licensing, OEM, Digital Delivery & Online sales).
Marketing Director

Wanadoo Edition (acquired by Microids)

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Entertainment industry)

July 2002 — January 2004 (1 year 7 months)

Sales & Marketing Manager, with responsability of italian market, for Wanadoo Edition, a France Telecom company specialized in entertainment software and online gaming. Main tasks and responsabilities were:

Start up of italian marketing office
Managing the whole marketing and communication budget
In charge of of marketing, trade marketing and communication activities.
Following the activities of italian distributor CTO and support it with key customers.
Responsible for Trade Mktg activities with major accounts such as: Auchan, Carrefour, MediaMarket, Coop, Blockbuster.
Handling all report activities to the company HQ based in Paris.
Senior Product Manager

Take 2 Interactive

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; TTWO; Computer Games industry)

November 2000 — July 2002 (1 year 9 months)

Handling of all marketing activities for Take2 labels: Rockstar, Gathering of Developers.
Responsible of Special Business and OEM sales.
Product Manager

Leader SpA

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

February 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 9 months)

In charge of the account of following suppliers: Vivendi Universal, Virgin Interactive, THQ, Empire Interactive, Microids
Junior Product Manager

Mondadori Informatica

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

October 1997 — February 1999 (1 year 5 months)