Giles Cooper (producer)

Giles Cooper
Occupation promoter (entertainment), music promoter, producer

Giles Cooper is a British entertainment producer, concert promoter and marketer.[1] He is managing director of Soho Media Group,[2] a production and marketing company. He is chairman of the Royal Variety Charity,[3] and since 2010 has been one of the producers of its annual fund-raising event, the Royal Variety Performance.[4]

Cooper was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2006, and received the Freedom of the City of London in 2014.[5]

Work

Cooper worked for music magazines including Melody Maker and New Musical Express,[4] and was later involved in the launch of the entertainment magazines, Uncut, Vox and Loaded. From 1992, he worked in music marketing at Sold Out, an advertising agency.

In 1998 he founded a marketing agency, Media Junction,[6] later named the Soho Media Group.

Cooper was a volunteer with the Entertainment Artistes Benevolent Fund – now known as the Royal Variety Charity – from 2007.[7] In 2010 he was elected chairman of the charity.[8] He organises, and is one of the producers of, the Royal Variety Performance, an annual fundraising event.[9][10] In 2015, Cooper was one of the producers of a Sunday Night at the London Palladium show[11] with Des O'Connor and Jimmy Tarbuck to raise funds for the charity.[12]

Recognition

References

  1. ↑ "The man bringing the stars to Swansea's Tawe Fest". South Wales Evening Post. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "#6 of 6 Photos & Pictures – View Soho Media Group Profile Photos London". www.lacartes.com. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Royal Variety Management. Royal Variety Charity Accessed October 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 Giles Cooper - biography. Royal Variety Charity Accessed October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Giles Cooper Freedom of City of London agenda records official" (PDF). Democracy.cityoflondon.gov. 18 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Job Postings in London United Kingdom for company Media Junction Ltd". Enternships. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Madison Antus (29 June 2015). "Entertainment charity EABF changes name, expands remit". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  8. ↑ Welcome; Chairman Giles Cooper . Royal Variety Charity. Accessed October 2017.
  9. ↑ Royal Variety Performance Management. Royal Variety Charity. Accessed October 2017.
  10. ↑ Royal Variety Performance. Royal Variety Charity. Accessed October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Des O'Connor and Jimmy Tarbuck join forces at Palladium". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  12. ↑ [s.n.] (15 October 2015). Night at London Palladium. Royal Variety Charity. Accessed October 2017.
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