Audiohook

Creative Director at Audiohook (United States)

Audiohook· United States·

Role details

Work type
Remote
Employment
Full-Time

Job description

Role Overview

We're seeking an experienced Creative Director to lead creative strategy and execution across our marketing, brand, and client campaigns. This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership role for someone who can set creative direction, build and mentor a team, and translate business goals into compelling creative work with a natural fit for a company operating in the audio ad space.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own the creative vision and direction for Audiohook's brand, marketing, and client-facing campaigns
  • Lead the creative process from concept through execution, ensuring high-quality, on-brand output
  • Partner closely with Marketing, Sales, and Product leadership to align creative work with business objectives
  • Build, manage, and mentor a team of designers, writers, and other creative contributors (in-house and/or freelance)
  • Develop and evolve brand guidelines, visual identity, and messaging frameworks
  • Present creative concepts and rationale to internal stakeholders and, as needed, to clients or partners
  • Oversee production timelines, budgets, and vendor/freelancer relationships
  • Stay current on creative trends in digital advertising, with particular attention to audio and podcast media

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in creative leadership roles (Creative Director, Associate Creative Director, or similar), ideally within advertising, media, or adtech
  • Proven track record leading creative teams and delivering high-quality campaigns across multiple formats and channels
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, brand storytelling, and design/copy execution
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills, with the ability to sell in creative ideas to stakeholders at all levels
  • Experience managing creative operations including timelines, budgets, and cross-functional collaboration
  • Comfort operating in a fast-paced startup environment, wearing multiple hats as needed

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience creating or overseeing audio advertising and/or podcast ad creative (host-read scripts, produced audio spots, dynamic audio insertion, etc.)
  • Familiarity with the podcast/audio media landscape and its unique creative constraints and opportunities
  • Experience working in adtech or with programmatic/digital media platforms

What We Offer

  • Fully remote work environment
  • Competitive salary and equity opportunities
  • Performance bonuses for potential total earnings of $150k OTE
  • Health, dental, and vision benefits
  • Other benefits such as daily lunch stipend, monthly wifi, cell phone and subscription reimbursement, and annual hardware stipend
  • Flexible PTO and remote-friendly culture
  • Bi-annual Corporate Offsites
  • Opportunity to help shape a function at a rapidly scaling tech company

Why work at Audiohook

  • Culture: Small, fast‑growing remote team (15 employees across the U.S. and Argentina); collaborative environment with a strong engineering focus.
  • Work Policy: Fully remote – distributed team with headquarters in Ogden, Utah.
  • Notable Perks / Compensation: Competitive OTE ranges (e.g., Sales Executive $200–240k, Client Success roles $250–300k OTE). Tech stack includes React, Kubernetes, Docker, Postgres, and modern tooling.
  • Growth Opportunity: Join a scale‑up stage company with clear traction – headcount doubled year‑over‑year, and the platform is gaining industry recognition.

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