Senior Content Producer

<p class="Z7ph2">Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in!</p> <p class="Z7ph2">Duolingo’s designers care about creating high-quality <a class="Z7ph2" href="https://www.instagram.com/duolingodesign/?utm_source=greenhouse.comutm_medium=referralutm_campaign=designig_gh_091224">experiences that look and feel fun</a>. From animators to writers, product designers to researchers, Design brings purpose, feeling, and delight to every interaction with our brand, inside the app and out. As a designer, you’ll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning. </p> <p class="Z7ph2">Join us in our mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.</p> <hr> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>About the role...</strong></p> <p>We’re looking for a Senior Content Producer to: </p> <ul> <li>Lead audio operations within our Music course</li> <li>Collaborate with Game Designers and Product Managers to curate the music lesson experience</li> <li>Manage our Sound Designers, and lead the discipline of tuning game difficulty</li> <li>Work with vendors and labels to license music that will engage our learners</li> </ul> <p><strong>🧠 You will...</strong></p> <ul> <li>Embed on the team responsible for our music course, working closely with Product Managers, Sound Designers, and Product Designers</li> <li>Own and maintain rights/clearances for music and audio assets in partnership with Business Development Team and Legal, including usage terms, licenses, and renewals</li> <li>Work with cross-functional partners (Product Managers, Engineers, Marketing) to establish project requirements through briefs and project plans</li> <li>Drive day-to-day production: managing teams and/or vendors, leading kick-offs, running weekly syncs, tracking timelines and budgets, compiling feedback, striving for clarity, and communicating status updates to stakeholders</li> <li>Remove roadblocks and drive progress</li> <li>Create efficiencies: implementing scalable repeatable processes, improving team rhythm/collaboration/communication, recording and sharing learnings along the way</li> <li>Partner with Product and Design to integrate audio into features and learning moments; provide and gather clear feedback to move work forward.</li> </ul> <p><strong>✅ You have...</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years hands‑on audio production experience across VO, music, or sound design for consumer apps, games, or brand content, including vendor and talent management.</li> <li>A track record of operating independently in a fast-paced environment</li> <li>A meticulous sense of organization, with a passion for operational excellence</li> <li>Strong collaboration and communication skills with creative, product, legal, and external partners; ability to give and receive actionable feedback.</li> <li>Effective communication skills</li> <li>Working knowledge of music/licensing, rights management, and clearance workflows in partnership with Legal.</li> <li>Ability to work from or relocate to London, UK</li> </ul> <p><strong>⭐ Exceptional candidates will have...</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience producing audio for mobile learning, games, or interactive products, partnering directly with product/design teams.</li> <li>A network of global audio partners and experience scaling multi‑market deliveries/localization.</li> <li>Depth in music supervision or note-tracking/beat‑mapping workflows and practical experience negotiating licenses.</li> <li>Comfort establishing sonic brand guidelines and QA checklists to ensure consistency across channels.</li> <li>Experience measuring creative impact and turning wins into templates and best practices.</li> </ul> <hr>< ... (truncated, view full listing at source)