# Associate Director

**Company**: Spotify
**Location**: New York City
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $106,147 - $228,781
**Category**: Marketing
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://jobs.lever.co/spotify/5fce53f3-83dd-4b6a-9058-a2c295560966
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_bf16da17-c80

## Description

We're seeking an Associate Director with well-rounded content and event production experience to join our Global Experiential and Content Production team. As an Associate Director, you will play a key role in delivering high-impact creative content and managing live event production. You will build scalable solutions to maximize the success of these projects and support GECP's Director in the development, management, and execution of our team objectives and project goals.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading the planning and delivery of live experiences, including corporate programs, industry activations, creator and partner events, policy engagements, internal events, and VIP experiences

- Shaping end-to-end production, from concept through execution, ensuring high-quality creative and operational delivery

- Bringing strong expertise in stage production, including lighting, audio, and production design, to elevate each experience

- Managing vendor and agency partnerships, selecting the right collaborators based on scale, complexity, and creative needs

- Overseeing content capture shoots, partnering with internal stakeholders from early development through on-site execution

- Guiding pre- and post-production workflows to deliver content on time and within budget

- Aligning teams on creative direction, ensuring clarity across visual storytelling and editorial decisions

- Building and managing budgets, timelines, and approval processes across multiple concurrent projects

- Navigating legal and licensing requirements related to visuals, talent, and music usage

- Partnering with cross-functional senior leaders to bring ideas to life and solve complex business challenges

- Contributing to building scalable processes, tools, and workflows across the team

- Mentoring and supporting producers while leading large-scale, high-visibility productions

Requirements include:

- 10+ years of experience in event, show, and content production

- Experience in leading large-scale live productions and delivering high-quality creative outcomes

- Strong understanding of content production workflows, including pre- and post-production processes

- Ability to manage agencies, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders across global teams

- Deep understanding of staging, lighting, fabrication, and production design

- Comfortable managing budgets, contracts, and financial reconciliation

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills

- Global mindset and ability to work effectively across regions and time zones

This role is based in New York City and offers a competitive salary range of $106,147 - $228,781, plus equity. Benefits include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, 23 paid days off, and 13 paid flexible holidays.

## Skills

### Required
- Event production
- Content production
- Stage production
- Lighting
- Audio
- Production design
- Vendor management
- Agency partnership
- Content capture
- Pre-production
- Post-production
- Budget management
- Timeline management
- Approval process
- Legal and licensing requirements