Born August 8, 1985 – French citizenship
Elected April 17, 2024 as Employees Representative Director
Termination of Mandate: 2027
Holds 15 shares in TF1
Business address: 1, quai du Point-du-Jour - 92100 Boulogne Billancourt
Member of the Ethics, CSR and Patronage Committee
Yoann SAILLON joined the TF1 group's Reporting Department in 2006 (as an editor, graphic designer, cameraman, sound recordist and satellite broadcaster), and after several years in the field primarily covering major international events (conflicts, natural disasters, sporting competitions), in 2012 he began to think about artistic production, visual design and the creation of novel news formats, before contributing to the creation of the Group's Art News Department in 2016, for which he is now responsible and for which he has been responsible for the main challenges, including the creation of the set and a new visual identity for LCI, when it went free-to-air. At the same time, he teaches journalistic production workshops at Sciences-Po Paris as part of the Journalism Masters course. He also steered the redesign of TF1's brand-new News set and packaging at the start of the 2018 academic year, developing the use of new graphic and virtual technologies, and proposing the introduction of new production methods.
Since 1 January 2019, he has been Artistic Director of the TF1 group and has been entrusted with the creation of a new department bringing together the artistic and production teams for news and all the Group's channels.
Other directorships and positions within the TF1 group
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