{
  "id": "industry-next-role-001",
  "status": "open",
  "title": "Playlist Editor + Listener Growth Lead",
  "canonical_url": "https://www.industrynext.xyz/roles/playlist-editor/",
  "organization": "Industry Next",
  "mission": "Create living Spotify playlists with a point of view and help good music earn more real, repeat listening.",
  "positioning": "Spotify is the shelf. The work is the room.",
  "compensation": {
    "guaranteed_cash_usd": 0,
    "salary": false,
    "guaranteed_contractor_fee": false,
    "potential_upside": "project-specific revenue share",
    "revenue_guaranteed": false,
    "disclosure": "Scope, share percentage, eligible revenue, credit, ownership, reporting, payout timing, and exit terms will be agreed in writing before work begins."
  },
  "outcomes": [
    "Authored playlist worlds with a clear premise, sequence, cover language, description, and editorial rhythm",
    "More real listeners choosing to save, share, revisit, and continue into the artists they discover",
    "A repeatable release and maintenance practice connecting artists, communities, editorial, and owned channels",
    "An honest evidence trail showing what traveled, what did not, and what should change next"
  ],
  "responsibilities": [
    "Define playlist concepts, audiences, settings, and emotional arcs",
    "Research, sequence, edit, credit, and maintain Spotify playlists",
    "Direct covers, titles, descriptions, notes, and shareable launch materials",
    "Build trusted circulation with artists, labels, DJs, music communities, editorial, and owned channels",
    "Read authorized audience signals and turn them into a better next edition",
    "Document the operating rhythm so the work can keep running"
  ],
  "success_signals": [
    "playlist saves and follows",
    "repeat listening",
    "song and artist saves after discovery",
    "meaningful shares",
    "healthy skip, exit, and completion patterns",
    "credible next actions for participating artists"
  ],
  "first_90_days": [
    {
      "period": "weeks 1-2",
      "outcome": "Audit the field, set an honest baseline, and pitch three playlist worlds."
    },
    {
      "period": "weeks 3-6",
      "outcome": "Launch the strongest concepts with cover systems, notes, circulation plans, and weekly editorial care."
    },
    {
      "period": "weeks 7-12",
      "outcome": "Refine from real behavior and leave a working listener-growth playbook with receipts."
    }
  ],
  "non_negotiables": [
    "no purchased streams, followers, saves, comments, or listener impersonation",
    "no bots, click farms, or fake accounts",
    "no undisclosed pay-for-placement or playlist takeovers",
    "no promises of editorial placement outside our control",
    "no guaranteed listener number before the work earns it"
  ],
  "application": {
    "email": "mh@pointcast.xyz",
    "subject": "Role 001 — Playlist Editor + Listener Growth Lead",
    "resume_required": false,
    "follower_minimum": false,
    "requires_compensation_acknowledgement": true,
    "proof": [
      "three songs in order and why they belong together",
      "one playlist you built or wish you had built",
      "an honest example of helping music reach real listeners",
      "one song you would remove from your own sequence and why",
      "relevant links"
    ]
  }
}