Spotify Encourages Obama to Apply for “President of Playlists” Job

Spotify Encourages Obama to Apply for “President of Playlists” Job

Last week, writer and wife to the Swedish ambassador Natalia Brzezinski took to Instagram to retell a story about President Barack Obama, who allegedly joked that he was interested in joining streaming company Spotify after the end of his term. “I’m still waiting for my job at Spotify… ‘cause I know y’all loved my playlist,” he said. Now, in a new tweet, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has encouraged Obama to apply for a position at the streaming company as—what else—President of Playlists. “I heard you were interested in a role at Spotify,” Ek’s tweet reads. “Have you seen this one?” Find that below.

The job post, clearly a joke, lists “identify and substantiate new playlist ideas, e.g. from a playlist for shooting hoops with your friends, to the perfect warm up playlist for addressing the nation about health care legislation that bears your name” as one of the job responsibilities. The qualified candidate will “have at least eight years experience running a highly-regarded nation” and “experience in programming playlists at a federal level. Anything from an eclectic summer playlist to a celebratory ‘I just found my birth certificate’ playlist.” Read the full listing here.

Revisit our feature “The Presidential Suite: A Look Back at Obama’s Musical Milestones.”

Hey @BarackObama, I heard you were interested in a role at Spotify. Have you seen this one? https://t.co/iragpCowpO

— Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) January 9, 2017

Tonight President Obama invited all of the Ambassadors he personally chose to an intimate reception at the White House. I finally got the chance to thank him for the life-changing appointment to Sweden. He said word for word: “I loved visiting you in Stockholm, it was my favorite trip. I plan to go back there really soon.” I told him I have the perfect opportunity for him to come visit and he told me “to send him the details on Brilliant Minds.” He also declared– “I’m still waiting for my job at Spotify… Cuz’ I know y’all loved my playlist.” I am still swooning. 😂😂😍🌟🌟 @barackobama @whitehouse ❤️. @symposiumsthlm So proud of Mark for serving this historic President with all his heart!! 🙏🏻🇺🇸

A photo posted by Natalia Brzezinski (@nataliabrzezinski) on Jan 4, 2017 at 3:20pm PST

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