Christopher Sparkes, 40, has been appointed Director of Marketing Communication for Musikmesse and Prolight + Sound, effective today. He is responsible for the conceptual and strategic development of the marketing-communication activities for the fair, and the worldwide activities in the Entertainment, Media & Creation Business Unit of Messe Frankfurt. In his new position, Christopher Sparkes reports to Stephan Kurzawski, Member of the Extended Board of Management and Vice President Entertainment, Media & Creation of Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH.
Sparkes joined Messe Frankfurt as Media Relations Officer for the Ambiente, Tendence and Nordstil consumer-goods fairs in 2011. Previously, he worked in PR and marketing for the ‘Künstlerhaus Mousonturm’ artistic center in Frankfurt am Main. He studied English language and literature, pedagogy and pedagogical psychology at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.
Christopher Sparkes succeeds Julia Krell who had assumed responsibility for the marketing communication activities of Musikmesse and Prolight + Sound in addition to her communication responsibilities in the Consumer Goods & Leisure Business Unit. From today, she will be able to devote her full attention to the Christmasworld, Paperworld and Creativeworld trade-fair brands as Head of Marketing Communication.
The next Prolight + Sound will be held from 5 to 8 April 2016. The next Musikmesse will be held from 7 to 10 April 2016.