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Lead, Songwriter & Publisher Partnerships - UK/International

AT Spotify
Spotify

Lead, Songwriter & Publisher Partnerships - UK/International

London, United Kingdom

As part of the Songwriter & Publisher Partnerships team within the Music Team at Spotify, you will develop, build, and maintain Spotify's key relationships with the songwriter and publishing industry globally. You will develop industry leading tools and build innovative opportunities and global campaigns for partners. The work will involve close collaboration with many of Spotify's key cross-functional teams including Label Partnerships, Artist Partnerships, Editorial, Music Marketing, Product, Licensing, Legal, Product and more. The Songwriter & Publisher Partnerships Lead will deepen Spotify's relationship with the songwriter community by implementing innovative strategy and executing impactful opportunities for songwriter and publishers on and off-platform!

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What You'll Do

  • Educate and advocate on behalf of Spotify to songwriters, publishers, societies and the publishing community.
  • Develop creative services and tools for Spotify to provide to publishing companies & songwriters.
  • Provide business strategy, framework, guidance and insight to different areas of Spotify's publishing program.
  • Optimize existing product initiatives and support new areas of exploration in publishing.
  • Deliver world-leading songwriter-focused opportunities
  • Maintain, develop and grow Spotify's partnerships with songwriters, publishers and industry bodies.
  • Communicate across internal partners on behalf of songwriters, publishers, societies and other industry bodies to improve the value and performance of these partnerships
  • Manage key relationships to maintain active dialogue with partners and provide strategic frameworks for partnerships
  • Work cross-functionally with Marketplace/R&D, Artist & Label Partnerships, Licensing, Legal, Editorial, Marketing, and Product.

Who You Are

  • You have an extensive network of contacts in the publishing & songwriting worlds with proven ability to build and maintain partnerships and effectively manage relationships with senior executives.
  • You have deep knowledge of digital music and streaming; key partners, business models, marketplace, competitors, and creative opportunities.
  • You have a deep understanding of music publishing, from creative development to digital music rights and copyright admin.
  • You are experienced at working across different cultures and time zones.
  • An optimistic self-starter with an entrepreneurial attitude and knack for problem solving.
  • You're highly collaborative and comfortable working with cross-functional teams across a large distributed global music and technology organization.
  • You are a confident and articulate presenter, both to small and large audiences.
  • You have strong personal organization and project management skills with the ability to deliver on tight deadlines
  • Comfortable working with product and engineering teams.
  • Thrive in fast-paced, agile work environments and are able to easily adapt and learn new skill sets as circumstances require.
  • An open, transparent and clear communicator, with a knack for expressing ideas and insights to a range of stakeholders, and for turning around crisp presentations of your work.

Where You'll Be

  • This role will be based onsite in our London office

Our global benefits

Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.

Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.

Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents.

All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.

Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.

Learn about life at Spotify

You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what's playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It's in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world's most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 500 million users.

Client-provided location(s): London, UK
Job ID: Spotify-75e74f56-51f6-4c1b-b0e5-c285bd9c840f
Employment Type: Other