Note: By applying to this position your application is automatically submitted to the following locations: New York, NY, USA; Los Altos, CA, USA; San Bruno, CA, USA
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with working with both external and internal partners on co-promotion or cross-promotion strategies and campaigns.
- Experience as a people manager.
- 8 years of experience for a mobile or online digital music content business.
Preferred qualifications:
- Proven track record for developing talent.
- Knowledge of and experience with digital programming best practices.
- Ability to work across functions and divisions and deliver measurable results.
- Ability to advise on strategies and product requirements to enhance platform-level programming capabilities.
- Ability to craft messaging and work with design and production resources to drive creative execution. Ability to analyze research or performance data and apply that analysis to optimize programming strategy.
- Effective programming, analytical, creative skills.
About the job
YouTube Marketing’s mission is to know our users, and to connect them to the magic of our products and creators. We make YouTube successful by shaping people’s perceptions of YouTube and inspiring them to engage with us. We’re also responsible for all of YouTube’s marketing activities to consumers, creators, and key opinion influencers.
As the Head of Music Programming for North America, you will help build and maintain YouTube’s Music program on handsets, web and tablets. You will coordinate and launch effective features and promotions. You will bring effective content instincts, sharp analytical abilities, and impeccable verbal and written communication skills. You will be comfortable working cross-functionally with product, design, marketing, engineering, and other teams to develop an innovative user experience. You will work both independently and collaboratively to develop new content features and scalable programming processes. You will also successfully prioritize, meet critical deadlines, and enthusiastically address challenges with an eye toward problem solving.
At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute the regional strategy for Music Programming on YouTube in North America.
- Plan and deliver a regionally relevant annual programming calendar for Music on YouTube.
- Work with internal and external partnerships teams to develop and launch effective content and promotions.
- Work cross-functionally to define and implement programming tools and processes, and platform-wide improvements.
- Conduct metrics-based analyses of programming and provide recommendations for enhancing their effectiveness.
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