Senior Experiential Strategist

Vox Media; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Vox Media seeks a creative, strategic thinker to shape experiential strategy for editorial events and branded activations across the New York Magazine portfolio. This permanent, full-time role focuses on live experiences, cultural trends, and storytelling, translating insights into distinctive ideas and executable plans.

Based in our New York City office, you will lead budgets, timelines, and production considerations, while collaborating with Sales, Editorial, and Marketing teams to deliver

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in experiential marketing, event production, or creative strategy.
• Outstanding writing and visual communication, with ability to build decks in Google Slides.
• Experience with event pricing, budgeting, and vendor quotes management.
• Strong presentation skills to translate ideas into compelling client meetings.

Responsibilities

• Drive creative positioning and go-to-market strategy for experiential offerings across Vox Media brands.
• Develop concepts for marquee multi-sponsor events, editorial activations, and branded experiences.
• Lead experiential thinking for RFPs and pitches using research and cultural trends.
• Write pitch concepts with clarity and strategic intent to meet client objectives.
• Lead deck development for proactive advertiser pitches tied to experiential IP.
• Develop event budgets and timelines, assess production feasibility.
• Present offerings to Advertising org and in client meetings with confidence.
• Collaborate across Marketing, Editorial, Sales, and Experiential teams.

Skills

Pitch decks

Writing

Presentation

Project management

Industry trends

Tools

Google Slides

Job description

We’re seeking a creative, collaborative thinker to shape the experiential strategy for editorial events and custom brand activations across the New York Magazine portfolio. This is a creative-led role for someone who has their finger on the pulse of live experiences, culture, and emerging trends, and can translate those insights into smart, distinctive ideas. The role also requires strong practical expertise — from scoping event budgets and understanding production considerations to managing multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines with organization and ease.

Sitting within the Brand Marketing Strategy and Experiential teams, this is an ideal role for someone who’s passionate about events and creative storytelling, and excited to bring their experience to a fast-paced media company.

What You’ll Do:

• Drive the creative positioning and go-to-market strategy for experiential offerings across New York Magazine, The Cut, Vulture, and The Strategist
• Develop creative concepts for marquee multi-sponsor tentpole events, editorial activations, and custom branded experiences
• Lead experiential thinking for RFPs and proactive pitches, using research, cultural trends, and visual storytelling to develop compelling concepts and proposals
• Write pitch concepts with clarity, originality, and strategic intent, delivering standout creative copy that brings ideas to life and ladders back to client objectives
• Lead deck development for proactive pitches to advertisers tied to priority experiential IP
• Develop detailed event budgets and timelines, and assess production considerations to ensure concepts are both creatively compelling and feasible
• Present experiential offerings and ideas to the Advertising organization and in client meetings, bringing concepts to life with clarity and confidence
• Build strong relationships with the Sales and Editorial teams, ensuring what's pitched matches what's scoped, and flagging incremental work in pre-sale before it reaches post-sale production
• Assist in the pre-sale to post-sale handoff, translating the sold event vision and approved budget into a clear, actionable production scope while ensuring every element carries seamlessly from the original concept through execution
• Attend key events and production walk-throughs as needed to gain firsthand insight into what works in practice — using those learnings to strengthen future concepts and inform strategic direction
• Conduct competitive and cultural research to identify emerging opportunities, building a central point of view and a working archive of event moodboards, references, and industry innovation
• Collaborate across Marketing, Editorial, Sales, and Experiential to shape strategy, provide informed recommendations, and develop ideas that are aligned with business objectives and brought effectively to life
• Contribute to day-to-day team operations, organization, meeting preparation, and other needs as they arise

What You’ll Bring:

• 3-5 years of experience in experiential marketing, event production, or creative strategy (agency, media, or brand side)
• Outstanding writing and visual communication skills, with expertise in building pitch decks in Google Slides
• Solid understanding of event pricing, preliminary budgeting, and vendor quote management
• Excellent presentation skills with the ability to bring creative experiential ideas to life in meetings
• Deep curiosity about live experiences, pop culture, and emerging trends
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once, stay organized, and communicate effectively
• Avid fan and reader of New York Magazine brands

This is a permanent, full-time position based in our New York City office. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life.

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The salary range listed below represents the minimum and maximum base pay for this position at the time of this posting. Final salary offered to the candidate selected for the position will be based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience.

Pay Range

$85,000 - $95,000 USD

OUR DEI COMMITMENT

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices.

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our recruiting team ([e-mail]).