Careers
Join an 11-person team building AI-native ad creative
We are 11 people, pre-seed, based in Chicago, Illinois, building AI full time. Small enough that your work ships the same week you write it.
Working here
- Chicago River North HQ, hybrid
- Full time, small team, every role ships product
- Pre-seed: real equity, honest bands
- Direct access to both founders, every week
Open roles
Four roles open right now
We are a small, pre-seed team, so this list is short on purpose and each hire changes the shape of the company. Read the one-liners and apply below; there is no separate job board.
Founding Design Engineer
Build and ship the product surface, from the concept generator to the export flow, working closely with both founders on design and code.
Chicago or remote (US)Applied ML Engineer
Own the prompt and model layer that turns a brand kit into on-brand visuals and copy, and keep it honest and model-agnostic.
Chicago or remote (US)Growth Marketer
Run acquisition for small marketing teams, DTC brands, and agencies, and use Hookmill itself to make the ads that bring them in.
Chicago or remote (US)Customer Engineer
Sit with early customers, fix what is broken, and turn what you learn into the next thing we build.
Chicago or remote (US)Apply
One form, read by both founders
No portal, no resume parser deciding anything. A short paragraph about why this role and one link is a complete application.
We are a small, pre-seed team, so we cannot promise a fast process every time, but we reply to every application either way within a week.
Not the right role? Make some ads anyway
The free plan is open to anyone, hiring or not. See the product our four open roles would be building on.