Director, Editorial & Curation

About the role

The Director of Editorial role at Suno is a leadership position that will help establish the framework and POV of editorial at Suno.

What you'll do

• Set the editorial vision for how music is discovered and celebrated within Suno, including in-app playlist curation, artist spotlights, and genre, style and mood taxonomy
• Oversee the development and maintenance of Suno's curation frameworks, ensuring the platform's musical taxonomy reflects both the breadth of Suno's community and the evolving landscape of AI-generated music
• Champion artist spotlights and features as a meaningful touchpoint for community recognition and platform storytelling
• Ensure editorial decisions are informed by data, community feedback, and cultural context, balancing algorithmic signals with human taste
• Help build and lead the editorial team, including hiring, mentoring, and setting the standards for how curators evaluate and select music
• Work collaboratively with and earn the trust of the current members of the team, rather than disrupting the ecosystem on Day 1
• Partner with Product and Engineering to define how editorial signals (human curation) and algorithmic recommendation systems work together, rather than in competition
• Develop a POV on how music made with Suno should be evaluated editorially, what "quality" and "originality" mean in this context, and how that differs from (or resembles) traditional A&R judgment

What they're looking for

• Lives and breathes a diverse range of music
• Attends live shows regularly
• Has deep relationships across labels, artists, managers, and the broader music ecosystem
• Is A trusted taste-maker whose recommendations people seek out, friends, colleagues, and industry contacts alike
• Is fluent in how music moves online: platforms, subcultures, meme-to-mainstream pipelines, and how virality and quality intersect
• Is comfortable being both a strategist and a doer, equally at ease setting editorial vision and personally selecting tracks for a playlist
• 10+ years of experience in A&R, editorial, or a related field within the music industry
• A genuine point of view on music curation, discovery, and what makes an editorial program feel authentic and culturally resonant

Nice to have

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

About Suno

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