The posting
About RA
Resident Advisor has been a home for electronic music culture since 2001. Event discovery, ticketing, news and long-form editorial, artist profiles, original films, and a weekly mix series two decades deep. Around 7 million people use the web platform every month, with a wider audience across our apps and other channels. Underneath the platform sits a network of contributors and city managers across dozens of cities, which is how we stay connected to the scenes we cover rather than reporting on them from a distance. RA is 25 years old, independent, B Corp certified and intent on being indispensable to the artists, promoters and audiences who make this culture.
The mandate
RA is looking for a Chief Content Officer to lead our media team and shape how we tell the story of electronic music and club culture. The role covers every place our voice shows up: editorial, films, audio formats and social output. You'll bring these together as one multimedia strategy, not separate channels.
Content is central to how people discover music and events on RA. You'll make sure it serves the business as well as the culture: driving discovery, supporting promoters and our network, and building RA's long-term relevance.
You'll set the creative vision and empower the team to deliver it with autonomy. You'll bring strong editorial judgement and a clear sense of what RA stands for, thinking quarters and years ahead without losing sight of what goes out this week. You'll own how the team works: formats, frequency, planning and process. A Managing Editor runs this day to day, and section leads report to you. Your job is to set the direction, standards and rhythm, including how AI changes the way the team works.
Responsibilities
Direction
- Set RA's editorial strategy across all media formats, grounded in RA's scope of coverage and tied to company goals.
- Build a unified multimedia approach, planning stories across formats and choosing the right outlet, frequency and context for each.
- Own RA's editorial judgement, point of view and tone. Decide what we cover, how we cover it and where we draw the line.
- Stay close to the scenes, first-hand and through RA's network around the world, and turn what you see and hear into what RA covers next.
- Make the final call on sensitive or high-profile content, resolve competing priorities and keep work moving.
- Work closely with Growth, Product and the network so content drives discovery across RA's platforms and supports the wider business.
Oversight
- Oversee the execution and efficiency of editorial, films, podcasts, mixes and social, including ambitious flagship and long-form projects.
- Keep RA's coverage genuinely global, ensuring strong local stories reach a wider audience beyond the usual cities.
- Shape the editorial direction of content from RA's global network, including Mix of the Day, RA Picks and local coverage, while giving contributors the autonomy and support to do their best work.
- Bring RA's creative vision to events and live programming, working with the events team on curation.
Standards
- Hold a high bar on accuracy, cultural ethics and integrity.
- Work with 23:59, RA's brand studio, so commercial work feels native to RA while protecting editorial independence.
Team
- Lead and grow a multidisciplinary team of editors, writers, producers, video and audio makers, and social specialists.
- Work with and develop strong section leads, giving them clear ownership and authority over their areas and offering constructive feedback.
Operations
- Own the team's operating rhythm with the Managing Editor, so planning, commissioning, production and publishing hold up at pace, seven days a week.
- Manage budget, resources and schedules.
- Set objectives and reporting that make performance clear to the team and leadership.
AI
- Lead how AI is used across the team, in research, fact-checking, production and distribution, wherever it improves quality or speed.
- Set clear rules for its responsible use, in line with our editorial standards.
Audience
- Know how audiences find and engage with modern media: long- and short-form video, podcasts, social media and RA's own platforms. Grow reach, engagement and loyalty across all of them.
- Measure success on relevance and discovery, not reach alone. Use data and audience insight to inform decisions, not replace judgement.
Representation
- Be a public face for RA in the industry, at events and in the media.
- Build relationships with artists, labels, promoters, filmmakers and the wider scene.
Who we are looking for
- A genuine stake in electronic music and club culture. You have an ear to the ground and real curiosity for what comes next, not just what's already happened.
- A proven leader who's managed multidisciplinary teams and built structures that work without micromanagement.
- A track record of commissioning ambitious work across written, visual and audio formats, including film, documentary and social projects.
- Strong cultural judgement, editorial standards and confidence to make difficult decisions.
- A global perspective, with an understanding of scenes beyond the dominant capitals, and how we can serve them.
- A proven understanding of modern audience behaviour, distribution, data and AI, as well as experience managing budgets and competing priorities and a track record of connecting content to business outcomes.
What we offer you
- Generous annual leave policies aimed at promoting work-life balance.
- Matched pension, or 401k for US staff.
- Comprehensive staff wellbeing initiatives, featuring regular activities and workplace programmes to support mental and physical health. This includes discounted ClassPass memberships and custom-fitted earplugs.
- Company-led social events, team lunches, and discounts on merch.
- Paid annual volunteering allowance, encouraging contributions to community projects and charities you care about.
- A transparent internal company culture committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (see: ra.co/about/diversity).
- Active involvement in community projects within the electronic music community (see: ra.co/about/community).
More about RA
We are independent and we intend to stay that way. 25 years in, RA answers to the culture it came from rather than to outside stakeholders. That is what enables us to make decisions on a long-term basis.
Our staff, contributors and international teams are not observers. They are part of the scenes we cover, and that is what we hire for. Craft first, and then a genuine stake in this music rather than just a job in it.
RA has been B Corp certified since 2024, which holds us to standards on social and environmental impact we would want to meet regardless of the badge.
We especially welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, abilities, ethnicities, experiences, gender identities, and sexual orientations.
Our values
- Electronic music is art.
- We celebrate the progressive values that underpin electronic music.
- We advocate for a more inclusive and equitable electronic music community.
- We honour the past, present and future of electronic music.
- We use innovation to empower the community.
- We choose honesty over gain and purpose over profit.
- We're always front left.
This is a permanent, full- time position based in London at our Head Office. This position requires applicants to be based in London and to work from the office three days per week. The annual salary range for this role is £95,000- £120,000. If you have questions about the role, please contact [email protected].
The listing will be open for a minimum of two weeks from 10th November 2026. Please be sure to add [email protected] to your contacts and check your junk/spam folder for emails from us.
