Editor (W2 & Benefits)

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About The Hiring Process

The hiring process for this role involves completing your Braintrust profile, applying directly to the role on Braintrust, and undergoing a one-time screening to ensure you meet our vetted talent specifications. After this, the hiring team will contact you directly if they believe you are a suitable match.

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JOB TYPE: Freelance, Contract Position (no agencies/C2C - see notes below)

LOCATION: Work from anywhere - EST/EDT | partial day overlap

HOURLY RANGE Our client is looking to pay $40.00 – $45.00/hr

ESTIMATED DURATION: 40/week - short term

EXPERIENCE: 3-4 years

BRAINTRUST JOB ID: 11464

The Opportunity

REQUIRED: PLEASE UPLOAD YOUR RESUME WHEN SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION. SPOTIFY REQUIRES A RESUME

ThOVERVIEW

Our vision is to provide the perfect recommendations for every moment. We’ve already connected millions of people to their favorite songs and podcasts, and created a service that people use to discover and share the content they love.

We launched Audiobooks in Premium last autumn and we are now growing our world-class Audiobook editorial team, looking for an individual who can connect amazing stories with the just right moods, moments and genres to listeners who will love them.

We are seeking a Junior Editor to join our Audiobooks team to build and manage editorial collections, including programming, merchandising, search optimization, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to help support marketing campaigns and celebrate unique cultural moments.

The right candidate has experience with merchandising digital content, has an understanding of the book publishing industry, is passionate about books and/or audiobooks, is highly organized, has excellent communication skills, enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, and is able to work effectively with a variety of teams and partners.

What You'll Be Working On

Benefits

To work with Spotify, you will be a W2 employee through our partner TargetCW and have great benefits available to you. You can review the benefits at the links below:

https://www.targetcw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021-TargetCW-Benefit-Guide-Basic.pdf
https://www.targetcw.com/benefits

WHAT YOU'LL DO::

Support ongoing editorial updates, hypotheses, and playlists
Support programming of editorial content on platform
Collaborate on and implement editorial recommendations based on a clear understanding of data and business goals to attract new and diverse audiences
Use research, cultural insights, and data analytics to continually enhance and elevate the right editorial lens for our audiobooks platform
Track, analyze, and communicate key quantitative metrics and business trends
Support day-to-day relationships with Canadian publishing houses

What You'll Bring

You have 2+ years of experience curating/merchandising content at a digital first platform or a publishing house
You are bi-lingual in Quebecois/French and English
You are a strong communicator and are able to work with cross-functional teams
You are comfortable using quantitative and qualitative data to make informed decisions
You have a deep passion for books and connecting readers/customers with great content
You have experience building and implementing diverse recommendations that provide representation of cultures and people globally
You have a keen sense of what makes titles appropriate for different situations, and an ability to quickly identify authors, series and titles to recommend
You are passionate about the evolution of audio and enjoy consuming spoken word content