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Music Creative Specialist

$40 - $48 per hour

Top Global Tech Company

Hybrid in the Bay Area

We are seeking an experienced Audio specialist with a passion for music and emerging technology to join a fast-evolving creative environment focused on AI-driven music production. This role is ideal for a producer who combines strong technical expertise with deep musical knowledge, cultural awareness, and curiosity about the future of generative tools.

You will play a hands-on role in creating high-quality music across genres, evaluating AI-generated outputs, and contributing insights that shape the next generation of music technology. Success in this role requires a blend of creative excellence, analytical thinking, and a strong drive to innovate.

Key Responsibilities

  • Produce high-quality music across a wide range of genres, styles, formats, and use cases
  • Apply strong musical judgment to composition, arrangement, and production decisions
  • Refine audio outputs to ensure consistency, quality, and creative excellence
  • Stay current with emerging music trends, cultural movements, and creator workflows
  • Work fluently across digital audio workstations and rapidly adopt new production tools
  • Collaborate directly with generative AI music tools, evaluating outputs and providing actionable feedback
  • Conduct structured evaluations, including blind A/B testing and model benchmarking
  • Translate evaluation results into clear insights and recommendations for cross-functional stakeholders
  • Partner with technical and creative teams to support key milestones, reviews, and experimentation cycles
  • Document production workflows, processes, and technical setups to ensure consistency and scalability
  • Independently manage projects and deliver results in a fast-paced, iterative environment

Required Qualifications

  • 4–5 years of professional experience in music production or equivalent creative work
  • Strong portfolio or demo reel demonstrating versatility across genres and formats
  • Deep expertise in music production, arrangement, and audio fundamentals
  • Hands-on experience with mixing and audio engineering, including gain staging, bus processing, and mastering
  • Proficiency with digital audio workstations (ProTools preferred) and modern production ecosystems
  • Solid understanding of digital signal processing (DSP), audio synthesis, and audio formats
  • Familiarity with generative AI music tools and prompt-based creative workflows
  • Strong critical listening skills with the ability to articulate clear, actionable feedback
  • Broad knowledge of music metadata, including genre, mood, tempo, and instrumentation tagging
  • Ability to independently manage projects with minimal supervision
  • Comfort working with command-line tools for troubleshooting and workflow support
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience evaluating creative outputs using structured frameworks or scoring rubrics
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams across creative, product, or marketing functions
  • Familiarity with broader AI systems, including generative models and large language models
  • Prototyping skills or experience building lightweight tools to support experimentation and ideation

Working Style & Environment

  • Highly collaborative, working across interdisciplinary creative and technical teams
  • Fast-paced and iterative, with an emphasis on experimentation and continuous improvement
  • Strong focus on ownership, initiative, and adaptability in a rapidly evolving space
Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Menlo Park, CA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $40.00 - $48.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Menlo Park,CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 31, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.

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