Franz has worked as project manager at mica – music austria since 2008. He co-founded Austrian Music Export as a common initiative of mica – music austria and the Austrian Music Fund. Since 2011, he is the representative of the managing director at mica. He was head of national distribution at Soul Seduction for a decade and worked as a concert promoter and DJ. He was secretary of EMO (2010-2013), a member of the IAMIC board (2012/13) and managing director of MICA – Music Promotion Agency (2011-2015). Currently, he is a member of the board of EMEE, the network of European Music Export Offices. Since 2020, he has been teaching at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK).