Andrea Stern

Director Andrea Stern Associates Ltd United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, GB Other

Andrea is a leading visual content consultant with extensive practice and expertise in licensing and rights negotiation, information and image research, copyright, business development and strategic content partnerships with significant experience in the heritage sector.

Andrea began her career in publishing eventually founding ASAP Picture Library, Israel, the first company there representing both local photographers and major international agencies. Returning to the UK in 2002 to work with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London as Head of V&A Images and later Director of Assets and Rights Management, she transformed the picture archive into a commercial image library and was a principal leader in opening the way for heritage collections to become part of the image industry.

In 2011 Andrea established her own consultancy,Andrea Stern Associates Ltd.,and has used her considerable experience and extensive network working with and advising clients from the heritage, trade and commercial sectors of the visual industry. Clients include University of Oxford, MERL at Reading University, Historic England, NFU, Osprey Publishing, Piemags, Yoram Sabo Films. Andrea is a regular
speaker and trainer at workshops as far afield as Beijing, and a speaker and moderator at industry events in the UK, Europe and USA.