Global Director, Spotify
Spotify Advertising International Business Marketing
2-3 days a week in office
Commercial music streaming service
Job no longer available
Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
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 opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a seasoned business marketer who is passionate about creativity, an excellent collaborator and effective operator
- BA or BS degree
- 15+ years of marketing experience in EMEA, LATAM or JAPAC; agency, brand, or business marketing experience a plus
- A great storyteller, strong strategic thinker, and visible team leader
- Demonstrates ability to deliver clear, fresh effective narratives and marketing ideas that will resonate and influence marketers, advertisers, small businesses
- An effective communicator, collaborator and operator who can rally XFN teams to deliver
- Experience in global marketing, managing a global brand and understanding regional and local business context
- Experience successfully building brands and activating innovative business marketing ideas. Understanding of the media landscape
- Ability to present confidently and positively influence senior executives within the company and with clients
What the job involves
- We are a fast-paced company that requires leaders to be able to anticipate, react and activate teams quickly to keep pace with the market
- This position reports to the Head of Ad Business Marketing
- Build our B2B brand leadership in EMEA, JAPAC and LATAM. Generate demand for Spotify Advertising among brands, advertisers and agencies
- Lead a dedicated and diverse team focused on growing demand for Spotify Advertising through core narratives, programs, industry tentpoles, and owned events
- Develop fresh B2B approaches that are rooted in insights, creativity and desire to breakthrough
- In depth understanding of the international advertising and marketing landscape with a proven track record
- Adept in managing multiple stakeholders in EMEA, JAPAC and LATAM and help streamline internal processes to enable teams to do the best work of their careers
- An excellent presenter who will represent the company at client meetings, events, and industry tentpoles
- Partner closely with Sales Leadership in developing effective sales marketing programs that achieve ambitious revenue goals
- Proactive ideator and operator who can both come up with ideas and also effectively know how to get them done
- Anticipate coming changes in the international advertising market and is a forward thinker in how we can lead the market
- Become a trusted leader and partner within Spotify’s advertising business, partnering effectively with Ad Sales, Product Marketing, Comms and other XFN teams
- Be obsessed with the Spotify Advertising platform; our data, ad products, podcasts, measurement and enabling success for our customers
- Mentor and coach direct team across the globe to develop and deliver creative and effective marketing ideas; create a high performance, growth-minded team culture
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Spotify was founded in an attempt to combat the rampant music piracy that was causing significant harm to the industry. The company has since taken music streaming mainstream and now has 180m+ paying subscribers across the world.
With features that include a highly accessible interface and a vast catalogue of artists, Spotify's strong brand has been able to maintain growth in spite of fierce competition from deep-pocketed rivals like Amazon and Apple. The company has achieved this by making smart acquisitions to move into other verticals to strengthen its offerings, especially podcasting, by acquiring Gimlet Media, Anchor and Parcast.
Spotify's future plans include rapid growth with a goal to become a one-stop destination for all digital sound, as well as AI and NFT integrations. However, high costs incurred from the acquisition of exclusive podcasts, increasing competitor strength, and weak bottom-line growth mean that the company must find a balance to maintain its position in the sector.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2016
$1bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jun 2015
$526m
SERIES G
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company 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
Company values
- Innovative: We move fast and take big risks
- Sincere: We have no time for internal politics
- Passionate: We revel in what we do
- Collaborative: We recognise that we're all in this together
- Playful: We don't take ourselves too seriously
Company HQ
Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län
Articles
Leadership
Daniel Ek
(CEO & Chairman)Founded Spotify in 2006. Previously worked as an executive at Tradera, an auction company that was sold to eBay and was briefly the CEO of uTorrent.
People progressing
Joined as a Conversion Manager in the Growth Team. Promoted three times over seven years to Senior Director - Head of Growth.
Joined as a Customer Advisor. Since then has had the role titles Senior Advisor, Content Associate, Team Coach, and Operations Manager - Primary Support. Hurst is now currently the Business Operations Manager of Music.
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