Media & Digital Chair

The ESSEC Media & Digital Chair brings together a select group of professors, alumni and industry professionals. Through their experience and expertise, they act as a veritable bridge between high-level strategic reflection and the ever-evolving reality of content-led industries.

The Chair is structured around a combination of academic courses, academic exchanges and simulations with industry professionals and players. Thanks to its collaboration with its corporate partners, the Chair is able to develop applied research on current issues.

The Chair facilitates the development of an ecosystem of professionals who share managerial and societal values as well as strategic and operational capabilities.

The Chair is driven by a dynamic of sharing of visions, knowledge and experiences and by the desire to be a laboratory for new ideas, through a free and prospective approach to the challenges of a sector that stands at the crossroads between the cultural, economic and political worlds.

“For over 15 years, the ESSEC Media & Digital Chair has had as its mission to instill its core values of intellectual curiosity, openness, and a sense of service, by selecting, training and supporting future leaders in the creative and digital industries so that they can lead transformative initiatives.”

Harris Kyriakou

Chairholder

ESSEC Media & Digital Chair

To help our participants sharpen their analytical skills and deepen their understanding of the key challenges of the sector through monitoring and observation;
To develop operational research for analyzing the fundamentals of the sector, so as to reflect on its challenges and anticipate future trends.

Academic training coupled with professional experience: internships or apprenticeships lasting at least six months, seminars, field trips, study trips and participation in festivals, etc.
Key partnerships with Orange.
Six-month immersion in an ecosystem where all sectors of culture and entertainment intersect. Unique insight into and access to the creative industries and their leaders, including music, video games, film, series, books, and print. Meetings with C-level professionals, a class that shares a passion for producing high-quality content with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds.
A historic, thriving and supportive alumni association.
A specialized incubator supporting entrepreneurial projects: The Media House.

Upon completion of the Chair program, our students will spearhead initiatives and careers in film, music, video games, audiovisual, publishing, as well as in digital transformation consulting and creative industries.

Duration: One year