Music Analyst

Job Description

Music Analysts will focus on building unique playlists that attract the right attention and improve stickiness of our subscribers on our client’s digital music platform. We are looking to hire a Rock and Metal Music Specialist.

Music Analyst is part of the team who works to cultivate and deliver a world of music by creating and maintaining premium playlists for every genre, mood and moment of a user’s life, and attaining product excellence using human oversight and machine.

Analysts will maintain and update playlists, shelves, and seasonal and ephemeral music programming initiatives on the resident music storage platform and coordinate the execution of incorporating music on new surfaces (living room, wearables, digital assistant etc).

Skills and Experience

• Radio station experience working as music curator and / or show host.
• Music editorial background - Blogs, Specialty journals specific to Music.
• OTT or streaming music background; Music content curation.
• Music festivals curating artist lineups.
• Working with talent agencies, management companies or record labels specifically in A&R research.
• Digital marketing only if you were researching trends in Music.
• Strong critical thinking, problem solving and general troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent data management and analytical skills.
• Acute attention to detail.
• Strong understanding of music streaming & playlist curation service.
• Analysts need to have proven experience in the music industry or related media and entertainment industry of 6 months or more.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Attend meetings to assist in planning key music labels, events and create playlists for special occasions that leads to increased subscriber traffic, satisfaction, and stickiness.
• Use past customer results and playlist performance statistics to make key decisions in updating and refreshing country/language specific data.
• Discuss and create plans for key events and festivals to ensure the right playlists and music is listed based on surface / device.
• Be responsible to keep the music assets and playlists updated and refreshed every week.

Education background & Industry Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience specific to Music Journalism, Music Editorial, Music programming & playlist curation focusing on the genres we are recruiting for.
• An ear for music and proven experience of having been associated with projects, work or organizations, specializing in the field of music.
• Experience in working on music projects and events with a medium to large sized team.

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position whom are legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship now or at any time in the future.

At Cognizant, beyond a competitive compensation package, we offer excellent benefits such as insurance (available from day 1 of employment), excellent work-life balance, 401k with matching component, ability to purchase Cognizant stock at a discount through the ESPP, and many other benefits.

As an inclusive environment embracing diversity, we have, for the second time, been named to the Forbes list of Best Employers for Diversity based on survey responses from our employees!

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits, subject to eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information, subject to applicable law