Director of Editorial (AI Music)

Location: Onsite at the New York City or Los Angeles office; applicants must be eligible to work in the United States

Salary: $200,000–$263,000 annual base salary

Company

Suno is an AI music company building a consumer entertainment platform for creating, discovering, and sharing music.

What you will do

• Set the editorial vision for music discovery and celebration across in-app playlists, artist spotlights, and genre, style, and mood taxonomies.
• Develop and maintain curation frameworks that reflect Suno’s community and the evolving landscape of AI-generated music.
• Define how editorial signals and algorithmic recommendation systems work together with Product and Engineering.
• Establish editorial standards for evaluating the quality and originality of Suno-created music and balance Suno-generated music with licensed music.
• Build and lead the editorial team through hiring, mentoring, and setting curation standards.
• Represent Suno’s editorial voice in artist and label conversations, press, partnerships, and leadership reporting.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in A&R, editorial, or a related music-industry field.
• Strong point of view on music curation, discovery, and culturally authentic editorial programs.
• Experience improving operational processes across marketing or editorial workflows.
• AI fluency or curiosity about music created with AI assistance, plus familiarity with metadata and taxonomy systems.
• Excellent communication skills with senior artist teams, external partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with marketing, brand, creative, growth, and engineering teams.

Nice to have

• Experience at a streaming, publication, or AI company.
• Experience working within or alongside Product and Engineering teams.
• Familiarity with music taxonomy, metadata, or editorial curation systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Company equity package.
• 401(k) with a 3% employer match and Roth 401(k).
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with PPO, HSA, and FSA options.
• 11 paid holidays, unlimited PTO and sick time, and 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Creative education stipend, commuter allowance, and in-office lunch five days per week.