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title: 'Forward Deployed Creative at Epidemic Sound'
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# Forward Deployed Creative at Epidemic Sound

- **Company:** Epidemic Sound
- **Location:** Stockholm, Sweden
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/epidemic-sound/e718e4ba-c4e9-46ec-a981-4d5bbba225c3

## Job description

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Stockholm, Epidemic Group is a global creative platform on a mission to reimagine storytelling through music, sound, video, and AI. The group comprises Epidemic Sound, the world's leading soundtracking platform; Soundly, its sound effects platform; Overtone Studios, the group's mood and functional music label; Plenty Labs, an AI-native creative platform for enterprises and creative professionals teams; and Blenda Labs, a next generation video entertainment company. The group is backed by EQT, Blackstone, Creandum, Atwater Capital, Alecta, AMF, and IMAS Foundation.

PlentyLabs, part of Epidemic Group, is an AI-powered collaborative canvas where creative teams make images, video, music and voice in one place. It pairs every leading generative model with built-in design tools, editable layers, brand kits and an AI agent, so a team can go from first idea to a finished set of assets in every format and language without switching tools. A Swedish company, it has been part of Epidemic Sound since April 2026.

## The Role

We're looking for a Forward Deployed Creative to join our newly built Forward Deployed team in Stockholm. This is a hybrid role sitting at the intersection of creative craft, AI build, and customer success. You'll sit next to sales as an AI creative partner: winning trust in pre-sales, leading onboarding, and turning new accounts into teams that love the product.

You'll work closely with sales and product every day, helping new clients get real value from what you build together. We're looking for someone with strong creative instincts, enough technical range to build quickly without leaning on engineering, and a natural way of becoming the person a client asks for by name.

As one of our first Forward Deployed Creatives, you’ll also help define the function - from its standards and ways of working to how it collaborates with customers and our core product teams.

## Your key responsibilities include

Creative & Technical Craft

- Create and refine visual and video work yourself, with a level of craft that makes prospective customers fall in love with our product.
- Become an expert in Plenty Labs fast and help us make it an even better tool for creative professionals, by constantly sharing your feedback.

Customer Success

- Lead live demos and client conversations with ease, turning skeptics into believers and believers into customers who are obsessed with our product.
- Champion adoption from the inside, finding the people who'll carry the work forward and staying close enough to see how it's really being used - because that closeness is what keeps customers in love with the product.

Commercial

- Stay obsessively attuned to what clients need next, and bring those opportunities to sales at the right moment.
- Build trust by being upfront about what's realistic, rather than promising more to win favor - because customers fall in love with products built by people who tell them the truth.

## Requirements

You bring a strong background working at the intersection of creative craft and technology, with experience working with enterprise clients. You might have grown up in an agency, a studio or a production house as a designer, motion artist, filmmaker, editor or else. Or you might be a designer turned AI-native, or a creative technologist who thrives in client-facing roles. Whatever your path, you care deeply about creative work, and today you’re creating and building in the creative AI space. The exact background matters less than how you work.

- You’ll thrive in this role if you:
- Your work has reached enterprise users and you can show it to us - particularly visual, video, digital, or advertising work produced with quality creative AI tools.
- You can move from an idea to a finished creative output without needing someone else to make every step happen.
- Communicate naturally with enterprise customers, creative and technical teams.
- Are deeply customer-obsessed, with a passion for helping clients truly understand our product and completely fall in love with what it does.
- Are commercially aware and curious about why a customer needs something, not just what they’re asking for.
- Take ownership, move quickly, and are comfortable figuring things out when there isn’t an established playbook.

## Equal opportunity employer

We believe that bringing people together from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives makes for a healthy workplace, a more successful business and a better world. We value diversity and encourage everyone to come and soundtrack the world with us. Application Ready to make the world feel your work? Please apply, in English.

## About Epidemic Sound

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Epidemic Sound is a Stockholm-based soundtracking platform that provides a fully licensed, 100% IP-owned catalog of music and sound effects for content creators, brands, and broadcasters.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Unicorn status, last known funding round in 2022)
- **Headquarters**: Stockholm, Sweden
- **Founded**: 2009
- **Founders**: David Stenmarck, David Noppa, and Hjalmar Winbladh

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Music licensing, audio technology, creator economy
- **Target customers**: B2B and B2C — individual content creators (YouTubers, TikTokers), production companies, broadcasters, global brands, and enterprises
- **Mission**: To soundtrack the world — making music and sound effects effortless to find, use, and license, while creating fair opportunities for artists.

## Products & Services
- **Epidemic Sound Platform**: A subscription-based catalog of over 50,000 music tracks and 200,000 Hollywood-grade sound effects, all 100% IP-owned and globally cleared. Users can add music to videos without copyright claims, hidden fees, or takedowns.
- **AI-Powered Tools**: Includes Soundmatch (AI-powered search), Studio, Adapt, Assistant, and Voices — AI-enhanced workflows for faster, smarter soundtracking.
- **Integrations & Plugins**: Native plugins for Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, plus integrations with Canva, TikTok, and YouTube.
- **Soundly (Acquired 2024)**: A leading sound effects platform, now integrated into Epidemic Sound’s ecosystem.
- **Enterprise & Broadcast Services**: Audiovisual licensing solutions for production companies, broadcasters, and global brands.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Achieved Unicorn status in 2022 after an investment round led by EQT Growth and Blackstone Growth. Exact current valuation not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Net sales grew 29% in 2024; the company became cash-flow positive for the first time in 2024. Music is heard over 3 billion times daily on YouTube and TikTok.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: EQT Growth, Blackstone Growth, Alecta, AMF, TIN Fonder, Creandum. Partners include TikTok, Adobe, Canva, and DaVinci Resolve.
- **Growth Signals**: Acquired Soundly (leading sound effects platform) in 2024; signed artist mentors Johnny Marr and Richie Hawtin; recognized by Financial Times as one of Europe’s long-term growth champions 2025; 29% net sales growth in 2024; cash-flow positive for the first time in 2024.

## Competitive Advantages
- **100% IP-Owned Catalog**: Epidemic Sound is the only company in this space that fully owns its music, with zero affiliate tracks — meaning no copyright claims or takedowns for users.
- **Scale & Reach**: Music is heard over 3 billion times daily on YouTube and TikTok; 1.6 billion monthly plays on music streaming platforms.
- **Artist-First Model**: Pays artists upfront ($1,500–$8,000 per track), splits streaming royalties 50/50, and offers quarterly performance bonuses — attracting top-tier talent like Johnny Marr, Richie Hawtin, and Jordin Sparks.
- **AI-Integrated Platform**: AI is built into the core product (Soundmatch, Studio, Adapt, Assistant, Voices), not layered on top, giving users faster, smarter workflows.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI & Innovation**: Deepening AI integration across the platform to enhance creator workflows while maintaining transparency and fair artist compensation.
- **Global Expansion**: Growing presence across offices in Stockholm, London, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Paris, Oslo, and Seoul.
- **Enterprise & Brand Growth**: Expanding enterprise sales and partnerships with broadcasters, production companies, and global brands.
- **Artist Ecosystem**: Continuing to sign high-profile artists and mentors, and maintaining a 50/50 royalty split model to attract and retain top musical talent.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Described as a "people-first organization" with a startup mentality inside an industry leader. Core values: "Rebel Without a Pause," "Let’s Celebrate," "Be a Force for Good," "Come Together."
- **Work Model**: Hybrid workspace — employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work. Offices in Stockholm, London, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Paris, Oslo, and Seoul.
- **Perks & Benefits**: Six weeks of paid vacation for all full-time employees globally; yearly wellness grant; generous parental leave top-up; competitive pensions; insurance with free counseling services; gym discount; weekly running club; covered bike parking with showers.
- **Engineering Culture**: Annual Hack Week where tech teams block five full days for innovation and collaboration; 250+ product and tech employees; emphasis on blending human creativity with AI.
- **Recognition**: Great Place to Work certified (two consecutive years); Financial Times Europe’s Long-Term Growth Champions 2025.

## Sources
1. [Epidemic Sound Careers Page](https://www.epidemicsound.com/careers/)
2. [Epidemic Sound Corporate - About Us](https://corporate.epidemicsound.com/about-us/this-is-epidemic-sound/)
3. [Epidemic Sound Annual Report 2024 (PDF)](https://corporate.epidemicsound.com/files/Main/21928/4132587/epidemic-sound-annual-report-2024.pdf)
4. [Built In - Epidemic Sound Careers & Perks](https://builtin.com/company/epidemic-sound)
5. [LinkedIn - Epidemic Sound](https://www.linkedin.com/company/epidemic-sound)

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