Nice Premium: Virginie Rossetti, a new season and new roles within the red and black team. Could you explain your new responsibilities to us?
Virginie Rossetti: New roles, I would rather say a new status because the responsibilities remain exactly the same, although perhaps it’s true there are a bit more responsibilities, especially in terms of what I can convey externally. So, this designation doesn’t change much, but I would say it makes things a bit easier for me to open doors…particularly at the institutional level where it is always difficult to have the right contact. In short, it gives me legitimacy…additional means to defend my club even more ardently.
Nice Premium: Many new projects in terms of communication. Can you tell us more?
Virginie Rossetti: It’s true that we’ve made significant progress with the media clubs, with the continued success of the magazine “OGC NICE EVENT,” which, let’s emphasize, is systematically coupled with its video support to be as comprehensive as possible. We’ve redesigned the match program “OGC NICE MAG,” entirely revamped with much more content than before, and finally, since this year, we have created a real club web TV “OGCNICE.TV” with new programming every day, including summaries and full matches available from midnight on Sunday (the time when clubs regain their image rights).
We offer a program schedule each Monday for the week, a week that begins with a show recorded at France Bleu Azur, 100% AIGLONS, where someone from the Club is systematically invited to react to Gym’s current events. Press points, behind-the-scenes, club events, whatever they may be, are broadcast on this platform. The life of the Gym in its entirety is accessible to supporters every day, via a subscription of €8/month or €40/year (for stadium subscribers), €50/year (for non-subscribers).
We should also highlight the arrival of the Gym on the ONZEO channel with a weekly 26-minute program, a pre-match show, and the full match broadcast at least twice a month. All these programs are rerun on ONZEO and simultaneously enrich our web TV’s schedule in the form of bonuses.
Nice Premium: You are not only a communicator but also a passionate supporter. How do you assess the season’s start?
Virginie Rossetti: Like all the people from Nice, I was very upset by the defeat in Lyon. What bothers me the most is that we’ll never know what our journey would have been if we had come back with a win or a draw. Unconsciously, it broke our momentum at a time when we were most confident. That said, despite the last two games where we seemed to play with the handbrake on, which happens to all clubs at some point in the season, I’m confident. The atmosphere within the group seems even better than in other years, and the hard work continues unabated! So, with a little time to find our rhythm, the Ray will vibrate again this season!!!
Nice Premium: Grand Stadium, Euro 2016, 2018 Olympics… How does the communicator in you welcome these Nice projects?
Virginie Rossetti: With a big smile…and lots of hope!!! Nice finally needs to assert itself in sports in line with its demographic, tourist, and cultural representation.
And to go back once more to the grand stadium, it’s true that we continuously stress the urgency of its arrival, but the fact that we remain in Ligue 1 for the 6th consecutive year with existing facilities is nothing short of a miracle!! One needs to be aware of this!
Nice Premium: Finally, what to wish for the club over the coming weeks and months?
Virginie Rossetti: Everything is summed up in the previous response!! And in the short term, a great season in the championship punctuated by a tour on the Champs Elysées next May because 2 years ago, we forgot the Cup in Nancy, and I believe if we’re lucky to go back there again…we won’t forget it anymore!
