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Music Curator

Amazon Music

Mexico City, CDM 06-24-2022
 
  • Paid
  • Full Time
  • Mid (2-5 years) Experience
Job Description
Job summary

Our Team is looking for a Music Curator with proven expertise in all musical genres that appeal to the Mexican audience. Will be responsible for driving customer engagement through the creation and maintenance of playlists and streaming radio stations and related curatorial tasks. The ideal candidate must be able to identify and anticipate the dynamic music genre trends and posses a great knowledge of the Mexican Music vast catalogue.

This role will work closely with the Content Acquisition, Marketing, and Label Relations teams on customer and partner-facing initiatives. The Music Curator will also work with Product and Engineering teams to ensure that both internal and external experiences are best-in-class.

Key job responsibilities
• Deliver high quality music programming, including playlists and stations.
• Create and manage a rolling editorial calendar.
• Conceive and execute a continuous content improvement process.
• Drive improvements of tools and techniques required to support a growing curated music offering.
• Work with the Content Licensing and Label Relations teams to identify relevant content.
• Use data to continuously refine our content offering to ensure a fresh and compelling user experience for each customer.
• Collaborate with other curation teams around the world to share your expertise and learn from them.
• Work with the Marketing team in order to identify opportunities to increase customer engagement through music programming.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• 4 to 6 years of professional experience in radio programming, A&R, music curation, and running an editorial calendar.
• Fluency in both Spanish and English
• Proven success in delivering results in a fast-paced, rapid-growth environment.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and recommendations.
• Ability to think creatively, deal with ambiguity, and manage changing priorities.
• Ability to set aside one's own tastes and biases to curate music for a broad audience.
• Proven track record of taking ownership and driving results.
• Relentlessly high standards
• Ability to think both strategically and tactically.
• Flexible and nimble, able to swiftly react to a shifting landscape.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• BS/BA Degree
• Experience working across cultures and languages.
• Exceptional interpersonal, influencing, and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Expects and requires innovation of her/his team.
• Thinks big and has convictions.
• Has the innate ability to inspire passion in others.
• Knowledge of current trends and history in both music and the music industry.
• Technical aptitude and agility to learn web-based tools; knowledge of SQL a plus.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1bqwv-216-73-217-2-42 in your application.

Company Profile
Amazon Music

Amazon Music reimagines music listening by enabling customers to unlock millions of songs and thousands of curated playlists and stations with their voice. Amazon Music provides unlimited access to new releases and classic hits across iOS and Android mobile devices, PC, Mac, Echo, and Alexa-enabled devices including Fire TV and more. With Amazon Music, Prime members have access to ad-free listening of 2 million songs at no additional cost to their membership. Listeners can also enjoy the premium subscription service, Amazon Music Unlimited, which provides access to more than 75 million songs and the latest new releases. Amazon Music Unlimited customers also now have access to the highest-quality listening experience available, with more than 75 million songs available in High Definition (HD), more than 7 million songs in Ultra HD, and a growing catalog of spatial audio. Customers also have free access to an ad-supported selection of top playlists and stations on Amazon Music. All Amazon Music tiers now offer a wide selection of podcasts at no additional cost, and live streaming in partnership with Twitch. Engaging with music and culture has never been more natural, simple, and fun. For more information, visit amazonmusic.com or download the Amazon Music app.