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Creative Director

Audiohook Open · verified Jul 30, 2026
Remote Eden Full-time Director Creative

Leadership Creative role at Audiohook. Remote, United States · full-time · $90,000–$100,000 base.

SalaryStated by Audiohook
$90,000 – $100,000
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Set the creative vision across Audiohook's brand, marketing and client campaigns
  • Steer projects from first concept to final execution, keeping output on-brand
  • Align with marketing, sales and product leaders so creative serves business goals
  • Hire, manage and coach a mix of in-house and freelance designers and writers
  • Shape brand guidelines, visual identity and messaging, and pitch concepts to stakeholders and clients

What you bring

  • Six or more years leading creative, ideally in advertising, media or adtech
  • A portfolio showing conceptual thinking, brand storytelling and hands-on design or copy
  • A history of running creative teams and shipping campaigns across formats and channels
  • Skill presenting and selling ideas to stakeholders at every level
  • Ease managing timelines, budgets and cross-functional work in a fast-moving startup

Who this fits

This suits a hands-on creative leader who wants to both build a team and do the work in a scaling adtech company. Comfort wearing many hats in a startup is essential. The role is fully remote. Experience with audio or podcast ad creative is a plus rather than a requirement.

From the employer

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