Music Curator

We are looking for a Music Curator to support the creation, maintenance, and improvement of music content for Game. This role is responsible for curating playlists, managing music metadata, ensuring content quality, and helping create engaging music experiences for players across different genres, themes, events, and player segments.

The ideal candidate has a strong passion for music, good knowledge of various genres and eras, strong attention to detail, and the ability to understand what makes music content fun, recognizable, and engaging for players.

Responsibilities

• Curate music playlists based on genre, decade, artist, mood, theme, seasonal events, and player interests.

• Research songs, artists, albums, music trends, and cultural moments to support playlist creation.

• Maintain and update existing playlists to ensure content remains relevant, accurate, and engaging.

• Review music metadata, including song titles, artist names, release years, genres, and related information.

• Ensure playlist quality by checking song relevance, difficulty balance, duplication, and overall player experience.

• Support Live Ops and seasonal events by preparing themed music content for campaigns, events, and special promotions.

• Collaborate with Product, Live Ops, Community, and QA teams to align music content with game needs and player feedback.

• Analyze player behavior, playlist performance, and feedback to identify opportunities for content improvement.

• Identify music trends, viral songs, nostalgic hits, and culturally relevant themes that can be used to improve engagement.

• Help define music content standards, tagging rules, and curation guidelines.

• Perform quality checks to reduce content errors, outdated information, or mismatched songs in playlists.

Requirements

• Advance passion for music and broad knowledge across multiple genres, eras, artists, and cultures.

• Good understanding of popular music, classic hits, trending songs, and niche music communities.

• Strong attention to detail, especially when handling song data, artist names, genres, and release information.

• Ability to organize large amounts of music content in a structured and consistent way.

• Good research skills and ability to verify music-related information from reliable sources.

• Basic analytical mindset to understand playlist performance, user feedback, and content quality.

• Comfortable working with spreadsheets, databases, CMS tools, or internal content management systems.

• Good communication and collaboration skills.

• Ability to work independently while following content guidelines and production timelines.

• Interest in games, music trivia, or interactive entertainment is a strong plus.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience in music curation, playlist management, content operations, music journalism, radio, streaming platforms, or entertainment media.

• Familiarity with music licensing, metadata standards, or digital music platforms.

• Experience working with Live Ops, mobile games, or content-driven products.

• Knowledge of international music markets and regional music trends.

• Experience using data to improve content performance.

Key Success Measures

• High-quality playlists delivered on time according to content and event needs.

• Improved playlist accuracy, relevance, and engagement.

• Reduced music metadata errors and duplicated or mismatched content.

• Strong support for seasonal events, Live Ops campaigns, and player-facing music content.

• Clear and consistent music curation standards maintained across the game.