Creative Music Partner at Epidemic Sound

New York, New York, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

02 Feb, 26

Salary

150000.0

Posted On

04 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Client Management, Music Curation, Brand Storytelling, Strategic Thinking, Creative Delivery, Sonic Branding, Project Leadership, Cultural Trends, Collaboration, Mentorship, Audio Identity, Listening Sessions, Playlist Development, Custom Composition, Sound Supervision, Music Licensing

Industry

Musicians

Description

Join our global force of 500+ innovators, blending the latest in tech with the greatest in soundtracking, from our Stockholm HQ to offices in London, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Oslo, and Seoul. We’re an industry leader with a startup mentality. We take what we do seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Creating and collaborating to transform the sound of streaming, content, and culture. Come join us—and let the world feel your work. The role As a Creative Music Partner you’ll be the creative and strategic partner to own and grow major client accounts in your region. You lead client delivery from brief to final solution, ensuring that major clients — from brands and agencies to filmmakers and creators, receive creative, strategic, and measurable outcomes. You combine deep knowledge of brand storytelling and strategic thinking with hands-on music curation craft. You act as a trusted advisor who understands client challenges, translates them into sonic and creative strategies, and brings those strategies to life through distinctive music and sound. This role will be based in New York City (3 days per week in-office). Responsibilities Own Client Relationships: Manage major client accounts end-to-end, acting as a trusted advisor who understands their creative and business challenges and co-creates tailored solutions. Lead Creative Delivery: Spearhead projects across music curation, custom composition, and sound supervision, ensuring the final product aligns perfectly with brand identity, creative intent and business objectives. Drive Client Strategy & Curation: Lead client workshops and listening sessions, conceptualizing and building playlists and soundscapes that achieve strategic business objectives. Collaborate & Innovate: Work closely with our music, sales, and product teams, while translating your insights on music and culture trends into innovative strategies for our clients. Strategic Audio / Sonic Branding: Provide creative and strategic input on sonic branding projects alongside the Sonic Branding Partner, contributing to the creation and implementation of distinctive audio identities. Hands-On Execution: Take direct ownership of projects with a hands-on approach while maintaining excellence in delivery. Team Contribution & Mentorship: Support onboarding and development of curators, sharing best practices, frameworks, and musical knowledge. Innovation & Trend Insight: Monitor cultural shifts, music trends, and platform behaviors; turn insights into strategic direction for clients and the team. Catalog & Artist Knowledge: Maintain deep fluency in the Epidemic catalog and artist ecosystem, contributing to catalog development discussions where relevant. Requirements You are a client-centric and influential partner who combines deep musical expertise with strong strategic brand development and storytelling skills to create sound and music experiences that strengthen narrative meaning, deepen emotional connection, and drive meaningful impact. You understand how culture moves, how audiences listen, and how music shapes perception across film, digital content, brands, and beyond. You use that insight to advise clients, shape creative direction, and unlock the full storytelling power of sound — bringing ideas to life in ways that are both creatively distinctive and commercially effective. Experience: 10+ years in brand and/or storytelling strategy, music curation/supervision, or music-led creative consultancy. Extensive experience in developing or steering brand and narrative strategy. Extensive experience in curating or supervising music for visual media and storytelling-driven content. Strong experience in leading client projects, workshops, and team collaboration. Strong musical fluency across genres and cultural contexts. Experience with film/TV, digital content, or branded environments is a plus. Knowledge of music licensing and copyright is a plus. This is a full-time, hybrid position, based in New York City. This position has a base compensation span of 120,000 - 150,000 USD yearly dependent upon experience. Benefits include dental, health, medical, and vision plan options, 30 days vacation a year accrual, 6 months parental leave, 401k saving, and wellness benefits. Equal Opportunity Employer: We believe that bringing people together from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives makes for a healthy workplace, a more successful business and a better world. We value diversity and encourage everyone to come and soundtrack the world with us. Application Do you want to be a part of our fantastic team? Please apply by clicking the link below.

Responsibilities

As a Creative Music Partner, you will manage major client accounts, ensuring tailored solutions that align with their creative and business challenges. You will lead projects in music curation and sound supervision, collaborating with various teams to deliver innovative strategies.