Spotify joins recruitment for Web3 professionals

The NFT business has attracted a lot of attention from the music industry.

All three main labels are increase their activity in space, while relating to music Enterprise NFT are getting the backing of famous investors.

Now, the world’s largest music streaming company may also be planning to join the fray.

The Financial Times report that Spotify is ‘planning to add blockchain technology and non-fungible tokens to its streaming service’.

As noted by the FT, SPOT has recruited a number of roles over the past two weeks that require Web3 expertise, and this hints at ambitions that could start to take their first steps in the world of NFT, technology blockchain, cryptocurrency and metaverse.

The first of these two ads, for Senior Backend Engineers, was published over two weeks ago and is looking for people to work on the team “responsible for driving growth through new technologies.” , like Web3.”

According to job advertisementSpotify is specifically looking for an individual who can “build engaging new experiences to foster connections with younger audiences.”

This person will also be asked to collaborate “with product, insights, and design to uncover next growth opportunities using new technologies, like Web3.”

Meanwhile, in a job advertisementfor New York-based Senior Director, Creative and Market Intelligence, Spotify says that it is looking for a web3 specialist as “Manager Sr. exponential growth opportunity for Spotify”.

Spotify also claims in the ad that its Creative & Market Intelligence team is “a select group of futurists”.

These so-called futures, according to SPOT, provide “strategic leadership and oversight in the areas of long-term strategy, industry and competitive analysis, and business intelligence.”

Thy also works on “identifying and designing exponential Spotify snapshots”.

“The Innovation & Market Intelligence Team is a select group of futurists who provide strategic leadership and oversight in the areas of long-term strategy, industry and competitive analysis, business intelligence, define and design Spotify Moonshots exponentially.

Job ads on Spotify

You may recall Moonshots, which is the term Spotify CEO Daniel Ek used in an interview in 2020 to describe technology companies in Europe that have the potential to become super companies.

At the time, Ek personally committed 1 billion euros over the next decade to invest in European technology companies operating in everything from machine learning to biotechnology, materials science and technology. energy.

In the new ad, Spotify says it wants to hire an executive who can act as “a hybrid strategy designer, researcher, product designer, and entrepreneurial storyteller excited about the opportunity.” society to live up to what could help define Spotify Moonshots.”

Furthermore, this person will need to be an expert on everything from emerging trends, to technology, platforms and ecosystems, “especially as it relates to content, creators, media, web3 and emerging technologies”.

The successful candidate will also need to be able to “design and build interactive digital prototypes to bring concepts to life”.Worldwide music business