Alex Brees

Building the future of music promotion.

Founder at CONTXT, the tech-enabled growth marketing agency for artists and the people who work with them | Powered by un:hurd music.

Leading the Operations strategy at Keakie. Implementing key processes and structural changes to set the business up for a global launch.

Running the marketing endeavours at Keakie. Taking a data-driven approach to growing Keakie's audience.

UMG’s Global Insight team manages the most powerful and effective data sets and research capabilities in the music industry. The Global Insights team calls upon various data sets from around the world to deliver unique detail into evolving attitudes and behaviour's of today's music consumers. One of the Artist Insight team’s key functions is to deliver in-depth analysis, recommendations and trend information for UMG Global Priority artists across all of the touch-points they have with their fans.

Responsible for a team of Account Managers, focused on improving revenue, partnerships and online sales strategy of ~500 franchise dealerships and dealer groups across the UK.

The Trading function at carwow oversees and influences the ‘beating heart’ of the business - namely the interaction between users and dealers, resulting in sales. Reporting into the Head of Trading I play an active part in shaping this newly-established business area, supporting account managers, business development managers and marketing functions with a variety of activities to increase trading efficiency. Fundamentally, I use various data analysis programs and a keen eye for worthy insights to identify areas where carwow’s core business can become more effective, thus increasing revenue per user.

Building and maintaining relationships with car dealerships across the UK to maximise their selling potential through the carwow platform. There’s a rapidly growing movement of people in Britain who are choosing a new way to buy their next car. A better way. One where you get the car you want, the way you want it, at a great price. A way where you only work with the best-rated dealers in Britain, those that truly care about giving you a great experience. A way where your info stays private, so there’s no hassle to buy. This is carwow, the way forward.

One half of BreesBox, a music duo split between Birmingham and Manchester. Founder of PIKASO, a welcoming, diverse and warm music event based in some of the best hidden venues across London. We bring in both local and aspiring DJ's to play their own brand of house, techno and disco to our ever growing audience.

Plate and Locate specialise in providing bespoke asset identification solutions to the process industry. My initial role within the company was to generate new leads by cold calling, introducing new sales platforms and creating marketing campaigns. Having successfully added to the already extensive customer base I then managed the key accounts to ensure we maximised potential revenue. Towards the end of my time at Plate and Locate I successfully managed a number of large projects involving large PLC's from the initial phone call through to completion stage.

My role within 304 clothing was to bring in new and innovative musicians, producers and DJ's who represent the brand image to a tee. We do this by uploading mixes, tracks and samples to our Soundcloud page which reached thousands of followers a month. After bringing onboard numerous accounts we looked to promote the aspiring musicians through holding 'open Mic'​ nights which increased the following and engagement.

Research assistant in the Musculoskeletal Laboratories at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, looking at the effect of ageing on skeletal muscle. We focused on C2C12 Myotubes and Myocytes and the effect of different treatments on their growth and development. I produced a 10,000 word thesis which I presented in front of my peers which was awarded a first class degree mark.