Podcast Manager MENAP

The Podcast Manager will lead our relationships with new and existing video and audio creators on Spotify across MENAP. The role, sitting within our MENAP team based in Dubai, will focus primarily on video creators to ensure they view Spotify as a top-of-mind distribution and audience growth platform and have access to the right creation and monetisation tools for their needs.

The right candidate will be a self-starter with a passion for the local creator landscape and supporting new and existing creators in developing engaging content. They will thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and have experience in building programmes for scale and efficiency.

What You'll Do

• Develop and implement creator engagement strategies to target local video-based creators who stand to benefit the most from the Spotify platform
• Help develop funnel of new podcast talent in market through team engagement and internal and external advocacy
• Drive partnerships with key video creators and agents, onboarding them to platform and advocating use of Spotify’s suite of creator tools
• Collaborate with teams across Spotify including business development, marketing, analytics, operations and more to support partners and add strategic value
• Collaborate in the planning of creator engagement and training programs in market
• Be an expert across Spotify’s suite of creator and monetisation tools, able to match the right product to each creator’s needs and opportunities
  
  

Who You Are

• Proven industry experience in video creator industry and/or management across any genre or discipline
• Experience directly within a social platform or creator management sectors will be looked on favourably
• Experience in business development, particularly in results-driven product advocacy and developing scaled programs
• Ability to turn data-backed insights into actionable partnership strategies
• Strong understanding of the global creator landscape, the nuances of the local industry and challenges that face video/audio creators
• A go-getter who can make things happen, is comfortable taking the initiative and leading through influence
• Comfortable managing multiple internal and external stakeholders with tact and discretion, and building consensus
• Excellent ability to build relationships with multiple functions at all levels of the organisation and industry
• Proficient in both Arabic and English, with excellent written and spoken proficiency
  
  

Where You'll Be

• This role is based in Dubai.
• We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home.
  
  

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.

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