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Senior Music Editor, Indonesia

Spotify· Markets and Subscriber Growth – Music Marketing
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JakartaPermanentPosted 7mo ago

About the role

Senior Editor role based in Jakarta within Spotify’s Music Editorial team for Southeast Asia. Focus on Indonesia, shaping editorial voice, playlist curation, creative formats, and artist discovery, with data-informed decision making and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute a holistic editorial strategy for Indonesia that aligns with regional business goals
  • Shape and evolve our editorial voice across playlists, written and visual storytelling, and short-form content on and off platform
  • Pioneer creative and innovative formats to bring playlists to life and deepen connection with listeners
  • Proactively identify music trends, emerging talent, and opportunities in the local and global music landscape, acting as a cultural guide
  • Curate cohesive, engaging playlists for Indonesia with compelling descriptions and commentary that resonate with audiences
  • Lead editorial representation in high-impact cross-functional projects and strategic bets at both a regional and global level with teams like artist & label partnerships, marketing, design, PR, and product
  • Maintain and refine a strong playlist ecosystem that supports artist discovery and deepens artist-fan engagement
  • Analyze user behavior and performance data to optimize playlist engagement and make informed editorial decisions, translating high-level insights into actionable initiatives
  • Collaborate with global and regional editorial teams on programming initiatives and strategies to enhance Spotify’s market position

Qualifications

  • At least 8+ years of experience in the music industry, journalism, programming/curating music for digital, radio, TV, or other media outlets
  • Deep knowledge of music and culture across genres in Indonesia (e.g., Indo Pop, HipDut, Indie, Javanese) with ability to curate for diverse moods
  • Skilled at leveraging data and audience insights to support editorial decisions and build clear narratives
  • Strong editorial voice, culturally aware, able to evaluate trends and audience behavior beyond data
  • Fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesia; effective storyteller and public speaker
  • Excellent communicator able to connect with audiences through written, video, or audio commentary
  • Team player, detail-oriented, adaptable to fast-changing priorities and complex global-to-local structures
  • Curious about technology and culture; explores innovative formats to keep Spotify at the forefront
  • Comfortable on-camera and experienced crafting social-first content with video production teams
  • Knowledgeable of Google Suite; comfortable with basic design tools and creating visual assets like playlist covers

Skills

Required:Editorial strategyPlaylist curationData-driven decision makingCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Flexible work location with some in-person meetings; remote-friendly setup
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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