Creative Director

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