Spotify is seeking an experienced leader to build and manage a booking team within the Content organization. The booking team will be responsible for booking talent across all of Spotify’s owned and exclusive podcasts and live audio shows, working with content leadership to source opportunities with talent teams.
We are looking for someone to ensure a best-in-class experience for all talent working with Spotify. The right candidate is passionate about audio content, highly organized, enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, has strong project management skills, and is able to work with many different types of stakeholders.
What You’ll Do:
- Build and lead a large organization of bookers, managing the team’s overall strategy, KPIs, and operational approach to booking talent into Spotify’s owned and exclusive content.
- Identify, source, and secure talent in-line with Spotify needs
- Act as a conduit between talent and internal teams – setting expectations, coordinating deliverables, handling approvals, contract execution and payment
- Manage onsite contact ensuring that Spotify gets what it needs and that talent is provided with what was agreed to
- Track all talent bookings and their success from request until completion and analysis
- Establish and maintain relationships with talent, managers and agents
- Anticipate potential obstacles and propose creative solutions
- Communicate effectively between departments, identifying any gaps and enabling clear partnerships
- Maintain up to date talent calendars, tools and tracking for all bookings across Spotify’s content organization
Who You Are:
- 10+ years working with talents, artists, managers and agents
- You thrive in a fast paced environment with high stakes situations and are comfortable taking accountability for KPIs, a team, and working as a leader within Spotify
- Experience leading a team
- Proven track record of managing multiple projects in a large organization
- Must be available to meet talent needs whenever they arise
- Willingness to travel
- Familiarity with the current talent scene is a must across all creator categories
- Experience forging relationships and building trust with high level talent
- Experience handling contracts, with an eye for detail
- Professionalism and high level of discretion
- Excellent problem solving and organizational skills
- Superior oral and written communication skills
- You have a deep passion for social platforms and pop-culture
- You will work out of our offices in Los Angeles
Our global benefits
- 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.
- Spotify On Tour, join your colleagues on trips to industry festivals and events.
Learn about life at Spotify
Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. 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 381 million users.
Global COVID and Vaccination Disclosure
Spotify is committed to safety and well-being of our employees, vendors and clients. We are following regional guidelines mandating vaccination and testing requirements, including those requiring vaccinations and testing for in-person roles and event attendance. For the US, we have mandated that all employees and contractors be fully vaccinated in order to work in our offices and externally with any third-parties. For all other locations, we strongly encourage our employees to get vaccinated and also follow local COVID and safety protocols.
This position is not eligible to be performed in Colorado.
