Account Director, Acast

Chicago

$130-175k

+ Bonus

Salesforce
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
Chicago
Acast

Podcast hosting, growth, and monetization

Job no longer available

Acast

Podcast hosting, growth, and monetization

201-500 employees

MarketplaceContentEntertainmentSaaSAdvertising

Job no longer available

$130-175k

+ Bonus

Salesforce
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
Chicago

201-500 employees

MarketplaceContentEntertainmentSaaSAdvertising

Company mission

Acast empowers and enables podcast creatives to share amazing stories, find their valuable audience, and make money out of their craft.

Company mission

Acast empowers and enables podcast creatives to share amazing stories, find their valuable audience, and make money out of their craft.

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-14% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Acast is a podcast hosting platform, monetized by its ad network. Users gain access to a variety of tools including sharing tools and advanced analytics, and earn money via the adverts provided by the Acast service. Acast publish podcasts to all podcast apps such as Amazon, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

The Acast is the platform is used by worldwide brands such as the Guardian, BBC, HuffPost, VICE, Vougue and the Financial Times. It enables creators and advertisers to foster meaningful relationships with listeners, while giving anyone access to insightful, educational, and entertaining audio content.

In 2021, Acast acquired competitor RadioPublic, making Acast the biggest podcast platform in the US. With this acquisition, Acast will bring more features to its platform including the ability for podcasters to set up dedicated websites for their shows and a targeted text messaging feature.

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Company values

  • Fueled by passion - A fun, creative mindset generates positive change. We’re driven by our passion for making a difference, building a platform where everyone — no matter their background — can share their stories
  • Curious and brave - We’re on an adventure, together. We experiment, we’re not afraid to make mistakes, and we encourage each other to be brave and explore uncharted territories with confidence. Our imagination and entrepreneurial spirit delivers world-class products and services
  • Open and caring - We’re global and have remote teams, so we strive to be collaborative and inclusive when working together. We continuously improve by listening and learning from those around us. We create team spirit and culture by showing empathy, communicating in respectful ways, and using feedback to develop and reach our common vision

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Jun 2020

$27.8m

LATE VC

Dec 2018

$35m

SERIES C

Total funding: $94.7m

Founders

Johan Billgren

(Chief Innovation Officer)

Started their career as a Project Manager at Electrolux, before Consultancy roles for 4 years. They left their position as Creative Executive Producer at Society 36 to co-found Acast in October 2013.

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Software Engineering