Senior Editor, Audiobooks

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At Spotify, 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.

Location

London

Job type

Permanent We launched Audiobooks last fall and we are now growing our world-class Audiobook editorial team, looking for individuals who can connect amazing stories with the just right moods, moments and genres to listeners who will love them.
Spotify is seeking a Senior Editor - UK to join our Audiobooks team to build and manage editorial programming for our UK storefront, including strategic collaboration with multiple cross-functional teams to help support key marketing campaigns and celebrate unique cultural moments. The right candidate has strong experience with editorial, has worked hands-on with digital content, and possesses a deep understanding of the publishing industry with passion for all things books. A highly organized individual with excellent communication skills who enjoys working in a fast-paced, fun environment with a variety of teams and partners will thrive in this role.

What You'll Do:

• Create and execute on editorial strategy for audiobooks across UK markets
• Manage ongoing editorial updates, hypotheses, and playlists
• Collaborate and implement editorial plan recommendations based on a clear understanding of business goals to attract new and diverse audiences
• Support programming of editorial content on platform as needed
• Build out an editorial calendar for UK markets
• Manage day to day relationships with sales team representatives at major UK publishing houses
• Collaborate cross functionally with wider Spotify organizations—such as growth, marketing, product, engineering, and operations — to highlight and champion audiobooks
• Use research, cultural insights, and data analytics to continually enhance and elevate the right editorial lens for our audiobooks platform

Who You Are:

• You will bring excellent knowledge and ability to drive excitement and recommendations around UK authors, unique genres, narrators and local cultural moments and programs
• You have experience building and implementing diverse recommendations that provide representation of cultures and people globally
• You bring the ability to balance commercial recommendations with diverse programming
• You have 5 to 7 + years of editorial experience at a digital first platform and/or a publishing house
• 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 have a deep understanding of the book publishing industry and have a proven track record of building excellent relationships
• You are a strong communicator and able to work with cross-functional teams
• You are comfortable using quantitative and qualitative data to build and drive strategy
• You have a deep passion for books and connecting readers with great content
• You are passionate about the evolution of audio and enjoy consuming spoken word content

Where You'll Be:

• We are a distributed workforce enabling our band members to find a work mode that is best for them! Find more information about our Work From Anywhere options here.
• This role is remote-friendly, and UK working hours are preferred

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

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.