Content Specialist

  • Full-time

Company Description

Beatport is growing and we are looking for talented people who are passionate about what they do. We have built an amazing business around inspiring people to play with music and everyone's role here plays an important part in this. If you are excited at the prospect of working for a technology company that lives and breathes music, check out our current open positions below. Aside from a competitive salary, Beatport has much more to offer: 

> A fun, collaborative working environment (dog friendly in Denver & Berlin too) 
> Weekly DJ performances broadcast live from Denver & Berlin offices 
> Medical, dental and vision benefits soon after starting 
> 401k plan with employer match 
> Free money to use on Beatport.com 
> VIP access to select music events 

Job Description

As a Content Specialist at Beatport you are responsible for best enabling our merchandising team to operate smoothly and in a timely manner. To accomplish this you will work closely with our label management, merchandising and marketing teams to ensure the appropriate merchandise is received and featured appropriately. You will be focused on helping to grow revenue in all genres of music according to defined job goals and revenue targets. Function as the point person for coordinating departmental research, reviewing campaign marketing & sales analysis, and have a proactive approach to impact sales and Beatport’s identity within the genres and their communities. 

Qualifications


Some of the typical job responsibilities include:

  • Work with Label Management & Content Operations to ensure we receive new releases and back catalogue in all available territories in a timely manner. Work to fulfill and complete partial deliveries.
  • Research availability of current and catalogue releases and ensure Beatport has correct and relevant metadata for the top artists.
  • Work with content ops to merge multiple artist profiles into one all-inclusive profile with correct assets and catalogue.
  • Generate weekly reports for the sales team using analytic tools to review and report the effectiveness of selected content.
  • Consistently assign newly encoded music to the correct genres and ensure or change all other content is correctly assigned.
  • Keep track of weekly and monthly merchandising special programs calendar, coordinate with marketing and remix contest schedules.
  • Summarize past promotional campaign performance using data analysis.
  • Coordinate charts and features with Marketing department in a timely manner
  • Provide editorial features to our news site each week as follows: 1 Track of the Day with marketing copy, and 4 “On Rotation” tracks with marketing copy for one of the four tracks.
  • Use analytics tools to monitor activity, drive merchandising decisions and brainstorm ideas that can impact sales in a positive manner through editorial and marketing programs.
  • Monitor competitors and create monthly deck check of featured content.
  • Review competitors in the music retail space and ensure that Beatport is featuring the “right” products in a mix of edgy, interesting, or sales driven initiatives.
  • Keep up with music trends & artists, pop culture, and live music experiences.

 

 

To land this job you’ll need to have:

  • Must have at least 2 years experience in the industry, ideally in music retail, marketing or promotions
  • Must have a broad range of music knowledge as well as an extensive background within the music industry
  • Broad or specialized knowledge within dance and electronic music, subgenres, & DJ culture.
  • Must have organization and administrative skills
  • Must be able to use Excel/Numbers and know how to interpret statistical data, generate reports and charts

 

And it will be an added bonus if you’ve got:

  • Experience within DJ, studio or live performance areas
  • Musical knowledge in genres specifically related to position
  • Knowledge using Google Analytics, Keynote and Wordpress


We seek folks who are personable, enthusiastic and positive thinking. If you fit this bill, send your resume our way. Please drop us a brief line with a cover letter letting us know why you are great for this position. 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.