Music Curator Netherlands

As we further expand onto new platforms and into new territories, we are looking for a full-time (40 hour/ week) Music Curator to join the XITE Music Team! Specifically for our Dutch music video offering.

About XITE

It’s our mission to share our passion for music videos with the world and invite people to experience music beyond listening to: see your music.

XITE is dedicated to building the best music video experience in the world. Based in Amsterdam, XITE now reaches 100 million households across multiple territories through linear networks, interactive TV apps and on-demand streaming services. The company revolutionised the way audiences experience music videos by allowing viewers to search, like and skip through its entire catalogue, enjoy channels curated by its team of music experts and create their own channel based on a genre, decade, style or mood using its unique Mixer feature. XITE has a full music video catalogue through agreements with all major and top independent music labels and distributors, and works to expand this offering every day.

About the role and the team

The Music Team is a multinational group that collaborates on and is responsible for the overall XITE music strategy. Our day-to-day consists of curating app playlists, scheduling linear & FAST (Free Ad-supported Streaming TV) channels and ascribing metadata, such as subgenres and moods, to all music videos. We also work closely with all internal departments at XITE, such as Software Developers, Marketing and Productions, and external partners such as labels and distributors.

Our Mission: To make the best music video experience in the world.

Our vision: Lead, don’t follow, and be the 'source of truth' for what's happening in music videos.

• Celebrate diversity – XITE is for everyone who loves music videos.

• Be regionally relevant in each market.

• Push upcoming artists/videos we believe in.

• Proactively seek out new talent and styles.

Responsibilities

• Program Channels for our Dutch Linear and FAST product and curate Playlists for our personalised interactive app product in a variety of Genres, Moods, Themes, Decades and Seasonality. You will be working alongside one of our Senior Music Curators and help oversee XITE’s music strategy for the Dutch market.

• Editorialise incoming music videos with descriptors such as genres, subgenres, moods, visual keywords and more.

• Advise our Productions team on musical input for all XITE television elements, including idents, breaks, and leaders.

• Actively contribute to music team brainstorms to enhance viewer engagement.

• You are knowledgeable and passionate about music, music videos, pop culture and understand the Dutch music market.

• You are able to work independently, but thrive in a collaborative team environment.

• You are detail-oriented with good judgement, critical thinking, and a strong capacity for spotting trends.

• You have a solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office Word and Excel.

• You’re able to clearly articulate ideas and improvements based on music culture, trends and market research.

• You’re fluent in Dutch and English, both verbally and written.

• You are living in the Netherlands; we would like to see you at our office 2-3 times a week.

Some ‘nice-to-haves’

Previous experience with:

• TV (and/or Streaming/Radio) scheduling software.

• Working with music descriptive metadata.

• College or university level education in the subject of Music, and/or commensurate experience.

Working at XITE

Here at XITE we make sure you’re taken care of by providing you the opportunity to develop your career in a young, fast growing and international company. We provide a challenging work environment where you have a lot of autonomy, flexible working hours and no day will be the same for sure. All XITE’ers are different and authentic in their own way, but we all have kindness in common. Like professionalism and a flexible and an optimistic attitude. And let’s not forget; We have a passion for music and good food. That’s why we have chef prepared lunches, drinks, and rooftop BBQ's! Click here to see all our benefits.

Our hiring process

1. Apply: Apply for a role, and we will contact you.

2. 1st interview (online): One of our recruiters will contact you, because we’d really like to find out more about you and to see if there is a culture fit between you and XITE. During this interview you can ask all your questions about the company.

3. Music assignment & 2nd interview (in our office): This interview will be with our Head of Music and Senior Music Curator. During the interview you will present a small music assignment to get a general idea of your music vision. Also your experience, background, the role and the team will be discussed. 

4. Final interview with one of our MT members: In this interview you will have a short chat with one of our MT Members who is responsible for the Music Team at XITE. 

5. Reference check: We ask you for 2 references that we can give a call and ask a few questions as a part of our hiring process.

6. Offer: Hopefully with our offer, we can welcome you to the team of XITE!