Key Responsibilities:

1. Music for Social Content – Create Original music for Instagram reels, social edits, product videos, YouTube videos, and other short-form content.
2. Fast Turnaround Production – Produce tracks, loops, stems, and sound beds on quick timelines for fast-moving social media content.
3. Trend Awareness – Stay updated on trending sounds, audio styles, reel formats, and music cues across Instagram and other short-form platforms.
4. Trend Adaptation – Identify relevant audio trends and help adapt them for River’s content in a way that feels natural to the brand.
5. Creative Collaboration – Work closely with editors, designers, writers, and content creators to support the pace, mood, and energy of each piece of content.
6. Audio Production & File Management – Produce, mix, master, organize, and archive final music assets, stems, loops, and project files.

Ideal Candidate:

1. 2 – 5 years of experience in composing, producing, or directing music for video, advertising, branded content, films, or digital media.
2. Strong understanding of music production workflows from composition to final mix.
3. Proficiency in DAWs such as Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, FL Studio, Cubase, or similar software.
4. Working knowledge of MIDI programming, plug-ins, VSTs, sampling, mixing, and mastering.
5. Ability to work across genres such as cinematic, ambient, electronic, acoustic, minimal, playful, and experimental music.
6. Ability to interpret creative briefs and translate them into suitable musical directions.
7. Openness to feedback, fast iterations, and collaborative input.
8. Strong file management and ability to maintain organized project archives.
9. Personal taste and musical sensibility, while being able to serve the larger narrative.
10. Bonus points for the ability to play an instrument, sing, or work with live musicians.