Joiz: Alexander Sautter becomes Head of Program

Alexander Sautter will take over the position of Head of Program at Joiz on July 1. He succeeds Elif Erisik, who decided some time ago to leave Joiz after working there for more than three years (Werbewoche.ch reported). Nicolas Bürer, Managing Director of Joiz Switzerland, is more than happy that Alexander Sautter has been successfully recruited for this task: "Alexander Sautter brings journalistic experience in online, radio and TV, is just as well versed in classic news as in tabloid and is one of the most innovative Swiss media people when it comes to integrating social media. He brings the best prerequisites to strengthen our cross-media approach even more!"

Alexander Sautter has been working in journalism for around 20 years. In 1995, he started at TeleZüri as a VJ and producer, and later worked at Radio 24 and Ringier, among others, where he was deputy head of news at Blick and SonntagsBlick. In 2007, he moved to Schweizer Radio DRS, where he initially worked as domestic editor for a wide variety of information programs. In October 2011, he took over as editorial director of the news online presence of Schweizer Radio DRS. Since 2013, he has been Deputy Head of Division and Community Manager of SRF News Online. "Joiz is consistently different. At joiz, TV, web and social media are a joint product. I'm looking forward to shaping and developing this together with a committed and creative team," says Alexander Sautter about the reasons for his move.

Alexander Mazzara, CEO of the Joiz Group, is pleased to have succeeded in luring another top SRF employee across the street and to Joiz: "This is part of our farm team strategy. SRF has already poached one or two of our best employees from us. It's nothing but fair that we're now also giving one of their best the chance to develop with us."