Lead Pianist Instructor

This is a Full Time Job

DESCRIPTION:

We are looking for a pianist to lead the development of piano lessons, and become the leader of our piano community once it's launched. This role involves a mix of preparing and teaching lessons on camera, producing other teachers to create lessons, and managing our community of piano learners.

You're the right person for the job if you fit the following three requirements:

1. You're a professional pianist. You can sight-read, improvise fluently, play multiple styles and you have extensive performing experience. We have a preference for jazz pianists over classical pianists.

2. You're passionate about creating video lessons to teach beginner to intermediate students.

3. You're excited to work with a fast-growing music technology company to build something special that helps tens of thousands of people learn music.

Where is it based?

This is a full-time role based in North East Los Angeles. The hours are normal working hours - Monday to Friday. You'll be in the studio at least 80% of the time but some of your pre and post production work can be done at home.

Here's what your first 30 days will look like:
• Week 1: onboarding, where you can meet the team, learn our product and plan your first class with me.
• Week 2: teach a course, with me producing you, so you can see what it's like to do a class end-to-end.
• Week 3: start work on our core piano curriculum.

Day to day, you'll be working with our LA production team closely. As well as being on camera, you will direct and produce talent and see classes through to publish.

We don't expect you to hit the ground running. I'll be coaching you through how to produce a class at Pickup Music. You'll learn from our other instrument leads and we'll iterate quickly from user feedback. We learn by getting our work out there with users, and improving it in the next class.

Not based in Los Angeles? We'll cover your relocation costs to relocate to LA from within the US.

Not in the US? Unfortunately, this job is only available for people legally able to work in the US. We are not sponsoring visas for this role, and it is not a remote job.

We aim to make a decision for this role by Monday, November 10. The job's start date is December 1, 2025 after Thanksgiving. We are underway with piano production so we'd prefer for you to be involved right from the start.

We know this is a lot of work so we appreciate the time you've taken to consider this role. We look at every application and consider everyone who applies.

Can I keep performing, teaching or selling my own courses?

This is a full-time role, so we expect your main creative energy and focus to be with us. That said, playing occasional shows or producing music on the weekends or during your leave is fine as long as it doesn't interfere with your responsibilities or creative focus with us. If you have existing courses that you are selling, we are happy for you to keep them live, but we'd ask you not to actively promote them whilst you're on the team.