About Genius
Genius is the leading destination for music, lyrics, and the stories behind the songs. At the intersection of music, technology, and culture, Genius connects fans with deeper meaning behind the world’s most influential music. Join an exceptionally talented team of engineers, designers, product leaders, and business builders who are shaping the future of music and media. Genius continues to grow its presence across the U.S., with teams in Los Angeles, New York, and beyond.
This role is ideal for someone who understands music culture, has strong creator instincts, understands basic production workflows, has platform management experience, and can balance creative thinking with operational execution.
Hours: ~20 hours per week, with weekly variation as needed.
Location: Los Angeles, CA or New York, NY (only).
What You’ll Do
- Help shape and evolve the Creator Program at Genius, including structure, cadence, and overall strategy in partnership with internal stakeholders
- Own day-to-day management of the Creator Program, including onboarding, scheduling, communications, invoicing, and coordination with legal and finance
- Manage timelines, creative briefs, deliverables, and approvals across creators and internal teams
- Build and maintain strong relationships with creators, providing guidance, feedback, and ongoing support
- Define and track program KPIs, and develop monthly reports to measure performance, progress, and key milestones
- Source, recruit, and onboard creators aligned with Genius’s voice, with a focus on music, culture, and storytelling
- Collaborate with content, social, and editorial teams to develop and execute creator-led content aligned with brand standards
- Partner with sales and branded content teams to support campaigns, develop scopes of work, and leverage creator content for revenue opportunities
- 5+ years of experience in creator partnerships, influencer marketing, talent programs, or cultural content
- Deep understanding of music culture, social platforms, and the evolving creator economy
- Proven experience managing creators end-to-end, from sourcing through execution
- Established relationships with creators, managers, and agencies, with the ability to tap into existing networks
- Strong project management skills and ability to juggle multiple workstreams
- Clear communicator with strong relationship-building instincts
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with editorial, social, and revenue teams
- Experience supporting branded content or advertiser-facing programs is a plus
Top Skills
What We Do
@MediaLab we build, acquire & grows internet brands. Driven by our mission to build community among our social media and mobile platforms, we invest in shared services and programmatic monetization through our social media exchange to connect purposeful brands with our vast audience of 95M+ Monthly Users (& growing). Assembly Exchange is our owned and operated social media exchange providing programmatic access to diverse and elusive social audiences via our portfolio of owned & operated social networks including Kik, WorldStarHipHop, Amino Apps, Genius, Imgur and more. MediaLab HQ is based in Santa Monica, California, with a growing presence in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil & broader Latin America. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are so many startups out there. What makes MediaLab so special? 1. We're small but tenacious. Motivated & hungry. Excited by the growth we've seen each year since our founding. 2. You see the day in and day out impact of YOUR work. 3. No sitting in a corner working on a tiny fraction of something impactful. Come here and actually OWN stuff.
