Summary of the Creative Director job at audiohook

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