Our Community Impact

At Audible, we seek to exemplify what a company can mean beyond what it does. We moved our headquarters to Newark in 2007 to become part of a transformational urban turnaround. As the city’s fastest-growing private employer, we recruit and cultivate local talent as well as drive forward a wide range of community initiatives with a focus on returning Newark to its roots as a hub of innovation.

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“Our world headquarters is in Newark by design. We decided to catalyze positive change in a city at a tipping point.”

Don Katz

Founder and CEO, Audible

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Audible’s High School Intern Program

Newark high school students work side-by-side with Audible employees to gain the valuable skills needed for lifelong careers.

A high school student in a blue polo shirt stands with a tablet in one hand and a pair of headphones in the other. Audible + Newark is displayed behind him.

Audible’s Project Listen Up

We collaborate with Newark schools to bring the educational benefits of Audible to every Newark high school student.

A close up of five people wearing Audible Cares t-shirts who are crossing arms and holding hands with a small girl who is smiling happily up at the camera.

Audible Cares

Hundreds of Audible employees volunteer in community service initiatives each year.

A man in a blazer carrying a small terrier with a red leash walks through a pet store in Newark.

Live Local

To encourage employees to be firsthand participants in a great city’s transformation, we provide housing subsidies to employees who live in or move to Newark.

Two women shake hands in front a whiteboard in a conference room. One holds an Audible folder tucked under her arm.

Hire Local

We actively recruit underserved talent from Newark and grow careers through direct training.

Three Audible employees eat at the counter of a local Newark restaurant for Lunch Out Wednesday.

Buy Local

Through relationships with local restaurants and businesses, we subsidize employees to go out and explore our Newark neighborhoods.

Newark Venture Partners

Audible Founder and CEO Don Katz also founded a venture fund that works to attract early-stage companies to become the “next 100 Audibles” in Newark.

Our Newark Neighborhood

We collaborate across the Newark community to develop our Washington Park neighborhood into a thriving innovation district while also preserving its historic footprint.

“Beyond enriching and reinforcing their learning, we believe Audible can spur an immediate increase in students’ ability to read for pleasure, in more interesting ways and to a greater extent.”

MICHAEL MANN

HEAD OF SCHOOL, NORTH STAR ACADEMY

Newark's Mayor speaks at a glass podium in front of a Project Listen Up sign.

A large group of Newark students and Audible employees stand in front of a Project Listen Up sign holding bags full of tablets and headphones.