City Manager - New York City, USA

The City Manager is an integral part of Resident Advisor's Global Content Network (GCN) and RA's local connection to New York. Your role is to support the city's electronic music community by keeping RA's local content sharp and current, adding and enriching listings across events, artists, venues, and promoters.

About the role

• Support the city's electronic music community by keeping RA's local content sharp and current.
• Add and enrich listings across events, artists, venues, and promoters.
• Feed in editorial ideas that help us tell the story of what's happening on the ground.
• Ensure event listings, venue pages, and artist pages accurately reflect what's happening in the city.
• Pitch the parties, people, and stories that matter locally.
• Be a visible, trusted point of contact in the local community.
• Keep an eye out for potential ticketing partnerships that make sense for RA.
• Maintain an agreed set of priority relationships.
• Support outreach and introductions where needed.
• Optional extra work agreed separately (for example supporting nearby cities, translations, news writing, or local event support).

Responsibilities

• Keep RA accurate in New York: Make sure event listings, venue pages, and artist pages accurately reflect what's happening in the city, so people trust RA on where to go out.
• Briefly explain your track record of effective communication, both personal and digital.
• Stay close to the scene: Be a visible, trusted point of contact in the local community, share context that helps RA understand what's changing on the ground, and keep a steady rhythm with your manager and the wider network.
• Spot the right commercial opportunities: Keep an eye out for potential ticketing partnerships that make sense for RA, and hand over introductions to the Revenue team.

Requirements

• Embedded within the local scene with a wide existing network.
• Outgoing personality who builds networks quickly.
• Track record of effective communication, both personal and digital.
• A passion and understanding of electronic music culture is fundamental.
• A willingness to live RA's values.

Qualifications

• Embedded within the local scene with a wide existing network.
• Outgoing personality who builds networks quickly.
• Track record of effective communication, both personal and digital.
• A passion and understanding of electronic music culture is fundamental.
• A willingness to live RA's values.

Skills

• Embedded within the local scene with a wide existing network.
• Outgoing personality who builds networks quickly.
• Track record of effective communication, both personal and digital.
• A passion and understanding of electronic music culture is fundamental.
• A willingness to live RA's values.

Benefits

• A front-row seat in the local scene and a real say in what RA covers.
• A network of music people.
• The GCN Hub initiative: education, connection, workshops, and drop-ins with teams across RAA.
• A clear, flexible setup: we'll agree scope and outcomes in a simple Statement of Work, review what makes sense every 6 months, and any optional extra commissioned work can be agreed separately.

Pay

$650 for the baseline (up to 20 hours/month). Any extra commissioned scope is agreed separately.

Schedule

Freelance consultant (independent contractor), 12 months, with the option to renew by written agreement.

Based in: New York

Time commitment and scope: We start with a 20-hour monthly baseline, with additional scope available up to 35 hours per month total (including the baseline).

We'll agree on priorities and outcomes in a short Statement of Work, and review the scope every 6 months.

Monthly fee: $650 for the baseline (up to 20 hours/month). Any extra commissioned scope is agreed separately.

Who we're looking for...

• Embedded within the local scene with a wide existing network.
• Outgoing personality who builds networks quickly.
• Track record of effective communication, both personal and digital.
• A passion and understanding of electronic music culture is fundamental.
• A willingness to live RA's values.

What we offer

• A front-row seat in the local scene and a real say in what RA covers.
• A network of music people.
• The GCN Hub initiative: education, connection, workshops, and drop-ins with teams across RAA.
• A clear, flexible setup: we'll agree scope and outcomes in a simple Statement of Work, review what makes sense every 6 months, and any optional extra commissioned work can be agreed separately.

More about RA

• As an independent company run by devoted dance music enthusiasts, our mission is to bring together the world's electronic music communities.
• We have a Global Content Network (GCN) and international teams to help us establish connections with hyper-niche local scenes.
• We became B-Corp certified in 2024, which counts us among businesses leading a global movement for an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy and part of a community that meets high social and environmental impact standards.
• We especially welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, abilities, ethnicities, experiences, gender identities, and sexual orientations.
• We aim for our team to reflect the communities we engage with.
• We ensure everyone is valued and respected by actively promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in our workplace.
• 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.