SPOTIFY

In October 2021, I was hired as a contract employee as a Content Programming Assistant on Spotify’s newly acquired live audio product, Spotify Greenroom.

In March of 2022, Spotify Greenroom rebranded to Spotify Live, as the live audio function was integrated into the main app.

As a programming assistant, I:

  • Assisted with O&E programming, managing talent, and scheduling live ‘rooms’ via backend software

  • Wrote synopses of each live show as a resource for the product, marketing, and social teams

  • Identified key and unique points from each episode for writers to utilize as episodic description copy

  • Actively monitored live rooms and mediated chat

  • Aided hosts in live production

Below were some of the live shows I assisted on:

 

In May 2022, I was hired full-time as a Project Coordinator on Spotify Live, working specifically on the Sports vertical.

As a project coordinator, I:

  • Managed relationships with various sports podcast talent and producers

  • Communicated cross-functionally with product, engineering, marketing, and legal teams to relay show launches and updates

  • Organized contract deals and show updates via Airtable for cross-functional visibility

  • Assisted in planning live podcast events and meet-ups for shows at The Ringer

Below were some of the live shows I coordinated:

 

In December 2022, the company decided that Spotify Live would soon sunset, as the app was not as profitable as expected.

I was then moved to the Podcast Studios team under New Formats as a Creative Development Coordinator.

As a creative development coordinator, I:

  • Assisted in creative brainstorming sessions and briefings for podcasts, video podcasts, and original content programming alike

  • Sent weekly culture newsletter report to internal teams and execs with a breakdown of recent headlines, social trends, and news in music/pop culture (for copies of these, please reach out via email)

  • Brainstormed video podcast concept ideas for Emma Chamberlain’s podcast, Anything Goes.

  • Helped various internal teams by brainstorming frameworks for educational programs and audiobook programs

  • Aided the US Podcast Editorial team by combing through content and spotlighting relevant and trending episodes

  • Participated in weekly writers' rooms and ideated content for new Spotify projects and products such as AI DJ.

In June of 2023, due to a strategy shift, 200 podcast employees including myself were let go from Spotify.