Black History Month at Audible–No Boundaries
This year’s Black History Month theme, “No Boundaries,” was expressed through events for listeners and employees that celebrated a wealth of offerings about the Black experience and from Black creators.
This year’s Black History Month theme, “No Boundaries,” was expressed through events for listeners and employees that celebrated a wealth of offerings about the Black experience and from Black creators.
Throughout his ten-year career with Audible, Sanchez Brown has gone from being a customer support agent to leading a Global Support team. He credits his success to Audible’s culture of caring — both for our customers and for each other.
In a note to employees, Audible founder and Executive Chairman Don Katz shared our commitment to democracy and to creating a fair and equitable society.
Senior Manager of Spectrum & Belonging Amy Garas shares how she’s applying her meditation and wellness training to help fuel employees’ productivity and happiness, and to support their workplace experience and overall health.
Robin Morgan-Bentley shares how his role at Audible gave him the needed spark to write the “The Wreckage,” a psychological thriller performed by Emilia Fox, Jack Hawkins, and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith—now an Audible exclusive.
Our “Life at Audible” video series gives viewers a glimpse of what it’s like to work on our tech team. Filmed before Covid-19 hit, the series also showcases our Newark and Cambridge offices, including the rehabilitated church the team calls home.
Following their discussion at the 2020 Grace Hopper Celebration, Software Development Engineers Subhrima Bhadury and Dushyanthi Pieris shared their thoughts on what the future holds for women in tech.
In pilot this fall, our “Next Chapter” Returnship Program recruits mid-career professionals who have taken a break to care for a child or family member. Candidates are on-boarded for open roles through paid full-time internships with mentoring support.
Cynthia Chu shares her insights on creating a meaningful career and a more inclusive workforce and discusses how Audible is supporting our Newark community in the face of Covid-19.
Congratulations to Anne Erni, Chief People Officer, Ara Tucker, Head of Talent and Culture, and Brian Quinn, US Policy Director, for being on EMpower’s Role Model Lists which showcase business leaders who are breaking down barriers for people of color.
Melissa Tirado, Senior Marketing Manager for Audible Canada, and Teslimah Ojifinni, rising Audible Scholar and Harvard freshman, developed a symbiotic relationship that transcended the typical intern-manager relationship.
Inspired by Audible’s Activate Caring People Principle, Eliot Choi, Senior Director of Technical Program Management, went from participating in volunteer opportunities to leading them.