INDUSTRYNEXT

ROLE 001 MUSIC + CULTURE / OPEN

Make rooms
people return to.

Playlist Editor +
Listener Growth Lead

Create living Spotify playlists with a point of view—then help good music earn more real, repeat listening. Taste is the beginning. The role is turning taste into a public ritual people save, share, and come back to.

Show us how you hear Read the scorecard
SPOTIFY IS THE SHELF. THE WORK IS THE ROOM.
MISSION
TURN SONGS INTO RETURNING LISTENERS
METHOD
EDITORIAL TASTE + REAL DISTRIBUTION
RHYTHM
MAKE · RELEASE · READ · REFINE
TERMS
$0 GUARANTEED · PROJECT REVENUE SHARE
STATUS
OPEN TO A GREAT FIT

NO RESUME THEATER.
BRING A SEQUENCE WITH A REASON.

00 / THE ECONOMICS, PLAINLY

No salary hiding
behind a cool title.

GUARANTEED CASH $0

No salary, hourly fee, or guaranteed contractor payment at this stage.

POTENTIAL UPSIDE Revenue share

Project-specific and not guaranteed. Revenue may never materialize.

BEFORE WORK Write it down

Scope, share percentage, eligible revenue, credit, ownership, reporting, payout timing, and exit terms.

FILTER Choose freely

Do not pursue this role if you need dependable near-term income.

01 / THE ASSIGNMENT

A playlist is
a small world.

Give it a premise, a front door, an arc, a reason for track seven, and a life after launch.

You will build and maintain Spotify playlists for Industry Next projects and selected music we believe deserves a wider room. Each one should feel authored without becoming precious: clear enough to enter, surprising enough to stay, alive enough to revisit.

Growth means more humans choosing to listen—and choosing again. You will connect editorial, visual direction, artist relationships, release rituals, community circulation, and honest measurement into one repeatable practice.

02 / WHAT SITS IN YOUR HANDS

Five faders.
One signal.

  1. 01

    Concept

    Name the promise, audience, setting, and emotional arc before adding a song.

  2. 02

    Sequence

    Research deeply. Build entrances, turns, breath, surprise, and a finish worth replaying.

  3. 03

    Package

    Direct the cover, title, description, notes, credits, and every shareable edge.

  4. 04

    Circulate

    Create release rituals with artists, labels, DJs, communities, editorial, and owned channels.

  5. 05

    Read

    Review what people actually do, document the lesson, and tune the next edition.

03 / THE HONEST SCOREBOARD

Increase listens.
Keep them real.

We do not confuse exposure with affection. Where artist-authorized data is available, we look for evidence that the right listeners found something and wanted more.

01Playlist saves + follows

Did somebody keep the room?

02Repeat listening

Did they choose to come back?

03Song + artist saves

Did discovery travel beyond the playlist?

04Meaningful shares

Did one person invite another?

05Healthy attention

Where do skips, exits, and completion expose the edit?

06Artist lift

Did the work create a credible next audience action?

THE NUMBER IS A CLUE. THE RELATIONSHIP IS THE WORK.

04 / FIRST 90 DAYS

Build the
listening rhythm.

  1. WEEKS 01–02
    Hear the field.

    Audit what exists, map listeners and artist communities, set an honest baseline, and pitch three playlist worlds.

  2. WEEKS 03–06
    Open the first rooms.

    Launch the strongest concepts with cover systems, notes, circulation plans, and weekly editorial care.

  3. WEEKS 07–12
    Make the loop repeatable.

    Read behavior, refine the edits, document artist outreach, and leave a working growth playbook with receipts.

05 / THE FIT

Proof over
pedigree.

You may come from radio, record shops, labels, music writing, DJ culture, fan communities, growth, or somewhere with no useful title yet.

You can.

  • Hear an arc, not just collect good tracks
  • Write a title and description people remember
  • Give precise visual direction for covers
  • Build trust with artists and music communities
  • Use data without flattening taste
  • Maintain a playlist after launch day

We never.

  • Buy streams, followers, saves, or comments
  • Use bots, click farms, or listener impersonation
  • Promise editorial placement we do not control
  • Hide pay-for-placement or playlist takeovers
  • Call traffic a community
  • Guarantee a number before earning a listener

ROLE 001 / THE SMALL APPLICATION

Send three songs.
Tell us why
they belong together.

First, confirm you understand that guaranteed cash compensation is $0 and any project revenue share is non-guaranteed. Then add one playlist you built or wish you had built, the honest story of how you helped music travel, and one thing you would remove from your own sequence. Links beat attachments.

Send your three-song proof

GUARANTEED CASH: $0 · PROJECT-SPECIFIC REVENUE SHARE · NO FOLLOWER MINIMUM · NO DEGREE FILTER · NO FAKE NUMBERS