Insights - what our staff say about simfy

Victoria, Product Marketing Manager

Victoria, Product Marketing Manager

Name: Victoria Blechman-Pomogajko
Position: Product Marketing Manager
Age: 23

Favourite bands: undefinedArctic Monkeys, undefinedJanelle Monáe, undefinedMuse
All-time favourite song: undefinedJamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
Hobbies: Theater, Film, Cooking

My job is to look after our social media channels. This includes our Facebook fan page, our Twitter account and our corporate blog. I also work on our FAQs and all text on our website with my colleague Meike. We try to make the product as easy as possible for everyone. One of my more recent projects is to create screencasts. These are tutorial videos that explain all the different features on simfy. What I like most about my work environment is that I have direct contact to our customers, from which I can take a lot of feedback and ideas as input for our product. Another great thing is that I always have the latest releases from the industry before anyone else.

A really important aspect is: Music doesn't distract from working. Rather it motivates people!

Everyone at simfy has great ideas for new features and cooperations. It's a pity that not everything can be implemented straight away. But we are still on it!
I was pretty surprised of the diversity of my tasks when I first started as an intern. I was given a lot of responsibility and was able to contribute all my ideas. From the position as an intern I quickly went to a student employment and after a while I was offered the position as a full time job. I am very grateful for the opportunity to start working for a dynamic company such as simfy straight after university. I contribute my ideas and always find co-workers supporting them. Also professional development and training it is in high value to my managers, so that I can take part in seminars to contribute even more relevant ideas.

I would like to stay definitely with simfy in the future. There is a lot of activity in the German music industry. Music streaming is having a big change at the moment and more and more new companies are emerging. There is more competition, which means new input and ideas for features are required.

I am looking forward to the future of and with simfy!

Farhoud, Product Manager Mobile

Farhoud, Product Manager Mobile

Name: Farhoud Cheraghi
Position: Product Manager Mobile
Age: 27

Favourite bands: undefinedColdplay, undefinedThe Fray, undefinedThe Sounds
All-time favourite song: undefinedQueen - Don't Stop Me Now
Hobbies: Football, Karaoke, Music and Cologne :-)

As a product manager you have to be a pioneer at the same time. You have to dear yourself into taking risks and creating something fresh and new. I've been pretty good at it so far. Right now I am responsible for the iPhone App, Android App and the Blackberry App to be fully operational and always be up to date. In my time that I have spent working for simfy I have learnt that work with responsibilities can be fun as well. The way I measure and monitor these key figures was completely new to me, but I love what I do.

Here at simfy it isn't relevant how long you stay in the office every day and by what time you have left the building. It's more about what you created though out the day. Of course there are certain structures within the office such as daily working hours and holiday days, but it feels like you are working on something with your friends and actually changing something out there.

During work every one is keen on bringing the company to the next level, but even after work our "football league", Indoor football and water skiing are a part of our collective company activities.

Teambuilding incentives such as visiting a climbing garden are great!

Matthias, Vice President Engineering

Matthias, Vice President Engineering

Name: Matthias Schaadt
Position: Vice President Engineering
Age: 47

Favourite bands: undefinedKraftklub, undefinedRamones, undefinedJack White, undefinedThe White Stripes
All-time favourite song: undefinedTears For Fears - Shout
Hobbies: Basketball and riding his motorcycle

My job is to take care of the back end of simfy. In the end I make sure that all strings are attached between components. But we don't stop there. Apart from working on the product simfy also operates on our B2B partner product integration.

Music streaming is currently the hottest subject in the industry. What I like most about simfy is the relaxed but goal-orientated working environment and the possibility to implement ideas very fast.

Typical for this industry is that requirements flash over and that priorities change faster than finishing off a feature. My job is to keep everything in a healthy working process.  Just like every other start-up - don't talk, do it!

The recruiting day was pretty uncomplicated but content-wise challenging. They didn't play any psychological games. In fact it was mainly just theory based questions.

Another great thing is that I didn't have to show up wearing a tie. simfy doesn't really care about a dress code as long as you get the job done.

simfy is a fast moving company. You actually have the chance to create something here and will get the responsibility you need. It inspires me to develop simfy into an international player.

The working environment is great - little formalism, flat hierarchy, interesting and challenging topics and modern technology.

Impressions

Besides intensive and creative work we attach great importance to exciting events and incentives. Whether unplugged music at our Lunchbreak Sessions, adventure parks, running events, or our legendary parties.

3rd business run, May 2012 - Our team of runners
3rd business run, May 2012 - Banana is good for you!
simfy Summer Party 2011 - Jupiter Jones on stage
simfy Summer Party 2011 - Jupiter Jones on stage
2nd business run, May 2011 - Last running strategy review just before the start
2nd business run, May 2011 - Starker Auftritt: 2nd price in the category company size 51-200 employees!
simfy Lunchbreak Vol.3 - simfy celebrates its 1st anniversary and The Life Between from Hamburg play a super relaxed set within a "super authentic" living room atmosphere
simfy Lunchbreak Vol.3 - Sing along at the filled-to-the-brim simfy Diner
simfy adventure park, 2010 - Standing on the "pole of contemplation" - slightly before jumping down
simfy adventure park, 2010 - Viaduct high up in the tree tops
simfy adventure park, 2010 - "Sailing, I am sailing" - gliding upon the "roaring" river
simfy adventure park, 2010 - Improving team work and coordination
simfy Lunchbreak Vol.2 - Shooting star Johannes Oerding - incredible performance, great voice
simfy Lunchbreak Vol.2 - Oerding and his "band". Acoustic Pop at its best
simfy at the Cologne 6km business run "Around Lake Fuhlingen", 2010 - Sportify!
simfy at the Cologne 6km business run "Around Lake Fuhlingen", 2010 - Giving high five at the final straight
simfy at the Cologne 6km business run "Around Lake Fuhlingen", 2010 - Don't drop the Customer Support...
simfy Lunchbreak Vol.1 - UK newcomers Flashguns live at the very first simfy lunchbreak session - Est. 2010
simfy Lunchbreak Vol.1 - Upcoming rockers are fierce - rumor has it they even like to gulp some coke...
simfy Lunchbreak Vol.1 - A match of fussball before entering the stage (btw: fussball is a really big thing here at simfy)
simfy Carnival, 2011 - "Denn mir sin (fast alle) kölsche Mädscher" (Cause we're (almost) all girls from Cologne)
simfy Carnival, 2011 - Brass band power, balloons, paper streamers, and confetti: "Blos mer jet" - live at simfy
simfy Summer Party, 2010 - Timid Tiger with a super hot live performance. Audience participation guaranteed...
simfy Summer Party, 2010 - Our DJs serve freshly chilled beats
simfy X-Mas Party 2010 - "Rocky Horror Show - Annual Transsimfyian X-Mas Binge": Enter at your own risk!
simfy X-Mas Party 2010 - Our inhouse band "Brötchen sind da" are rocking the Severinstorburg
simfy X-Mas Party 2010 - "Brötchen sind da" was here
simfy X-Mas Party 2010 - He wants YOU to join simfy!