---
title: 'Senior Experiential Strategist at Vox Media, LLC'
canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-experiential-strategist-vox-media-llc-new-york-d0ggw6aptabh'
type: 'job'
last_seen: '2026-10-17'
---

# Senior Experiential Strategist at Vox Media, LLC

- **Company:** Vox Media, LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $85k–$95k
- **Posted:** 2026-09-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** http://boards.greenhouse.io/voxmedia/jobs/8244300?gh_jid=8244300

## 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.

Resumes or cover letters authored by AI will be filtered and removed from consideration.

## 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 (recruitment@voxmedia.com).

## WHAT COMES NEXT

Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @[voxmedia.com](http://voxmedia.com/) email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud,[here](https://www.voxmedia.com/pages/recruiting-scam-warning).

## About Vox Media, LLC

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Vox Media is a leading modern media company that owns a prestigious portfolio of editorial brands, including Vox, New York Magazine, The Verge, SB Nation, Eater, and others, reaching over 100 million monthly users.
- **Entity Type**: Private (recently acquired by Penske Media Corporation in June 2026; prior ownership included Penske Media Corporation at 20%, Comcast, and former Group Nine investors including Warner Bros. Discovery at 25%)
- **Headquarters**: Washington, D.C., United States (operational headquarters in Lower Manhattan, New York City)
- **Founded**: November 1, 2011
- **Founders**: Jim Bankoff, Trei Brundrett

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Online Audio and Video Media, Digital Publishing, Podcasting, Advertising Technology
- **Target customers**: B2B (advertisers and brand partners), B2C (consumers across its editorial brands), Enterprise (through its advertising solutions like Concert)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Vox Media is where influence sparks action. We define culture through stories that shape all aspects of our audience’s lives."

## Products & Services
- **Editorial Brands**: Portfolio of 11+ brands including Vox (explainers/news), New York Magazine (culture/lifestyle), The Verge (technology), SB Nation (sports), Eater (food/restaurants), The Cut (fashion/women's issues), Vulture (entertainment), The Strategist (shopping/product reviews), Intelligencer (news/politics), Thrillist (lifestyle/travel), and PopSugar (lifestyle/entertainment). These are digital, print, and video properties.
- **Vox Media Podcast Network**: Home to popular shows like *Pivot*, *Criminal*, *Today Explained*, *Decoder with Nilay Patel*, *The Vergecast*, and *Stay Tuned with Preet*. Reaches tens of millions of monthly listeners across audio, video, and social platforms.
- **Vox Creative**: An in-house content studio that creates custom advertising campaigns and branded content for advertisers, leveraging insights from the company's brands.
- **Concert**: A publisher-led advertising marketplace that uses first-party data to connect brands with audiences across a network of trusted media properties. It is described as an "always cookie-less proprietary AI platform."
- **Forte**: An AI-powered platform that connects deep cultural signals to verifiable consumer action across print, digital, video, audio, and social.
- **Vox Media Studios**: Produces TV, streaming, and video content.
- **Events**: Executes edit-led tentpoles and client custom events, featuring specialized activation opportunities.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed as a private company. In June 2026, Vox Media was acquired by Penske Media Corporation. A prior deal in 2026 saw James Murdoch's Lupa Systems acquire roughly half the company (including its podcast network, New York magazine, and Vox website) for over $300 million, according to *The New York Times*.
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $650.0M (latest estimate). Total Funding of $407.6M across 8 rounds.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Penske Media Corporation (now owner), NBCUniversal (prior investor), General Atlantic (prior investor), Accel (prior investor), Warner Bros. Discovery (former investor). Key partners include advertisers on the Concert marketplace.
- **Growth Signals**: Employs 705 people (+5.7% YoY). Monthly users of 325 million. Monthly video views of 1 billion. Monthly podcast downloads of 59 million. Top 10 US media company. Top 10 US podcast network. Recently acquired by Penske Media Corporation, signaling consolidation and strategic repositioning.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Prestigious Brand Portfolio**: Owns some of the most trusted and culturally relevant media brands in the US (Vox, The Verge, New York Magazine, Eater), creating strong audience loyalty and advertising demand.
- **Proprietary Advertising Technology (Concert & Forte)**: A "cookie-less" AI platform that provides a competitive edge in the privacy-focused advertising landscape, allowing for targeted, measurable campaigns without third-party cookies.
- **Scale and Reach**: 325 million monthly users, 1 billion monthly video views, and a top-10 podcast network provide massive, cross-platform audience reach.
- **Award-Winning Content**: Recognized with Pulitzer Prizes, National Magazine Awards, Emmy Awards, and James Beard Journalism Awards, reinforcing credibility and talent attraction.
- **Diverse Revenue Streams**: Digital advertising, branded content (Vox Creative), podcasts, events, TV/streaming, and print create resilience and multiple growth levers.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI and Data-Driven Advertising**: Continued investment in Forte and Concert to lead in cookie-less, AI-powered advertising solutions.
- **Podcast and Audio Expansion**: Growing the Vox Media Podcast Network as a key revenue and audience growth driver.
- **Brand Consolidation and Synergies**: Following the acquisition by Penske Media Corporation, likely focus on operational efficiencies and cross-brand collaboration.
- **Direct-to-Consumer and Subscription**: Leveraging brands like New York Magazine and The Strategist for subscription and commerce revenue.
- **Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion**: A stated commitment to building a diverse and inclusive company, with five pillars guiding this work.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture and Values**: Described as a "fast-moving, creative, and collaborative community" that values "original ideas and meaningful work." Emphasis on curiosity and a shared commitment to exceptional work.
- **Diversity and Inclusion**: Designated a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign for 7 consecutive years. Offers 20 weeks of paid parental leave for both primary and secondary caregivers. Has nine Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) including PRIDE, Village (parents), AXS (disability), Bloom (women), The Culture (Black), Mi Gente (Hispanic/Latine), Rooted (AAPI), The Tribe (Jewish), and Yalla (MENA/Arab).
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office Policy**: Not explicitly stated in the search results, but the company has offices in New York City, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin, and London, suggesting a hybrid or office-based model is likely.
- **Notable Perks**: 20 weeks paid parental leave, ERGs, and a focus on career progression and transparency. The company has been named one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators.
- **Engineering/Technical Culture**: The company has a strong technical backbone (Concert, Forte, WordPress platform) and employs engineers, data scientists, and product managers. The "Decoder with Nilay Patel" podcast exemplifies a focus on tech and business strategy.
- **Employee Sentiment**: Employer rating of 3.4/5.0 from 467 reviews on LinkedIn (Work-Life: 3.7, Compensation: 3.3, Culture: 3.4, Career: 2.9). This suggests a generally positive work-life balance and culture, but room for improvement in career development.
- **Active Job Postings**: 15 active roles as of the search date, including Senior Director of Podcast Partnerships, Associate Marketing Director, Senior Video Producer, and Social Editor.

## Sources
1. [Vox Media Website](https://www.voxmedia.com/)
2. [Vox Media Jobs Page](https://www.voxmedia.com/jobs/)
3. [Vox Media LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vox-media-llc)
4. [Vox Media Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_Media)
5. [Vox Media Diversity Page](https://diversity.voxmedia.com/)

## Other roles at Vox Media, LLC

- [Post Production Supervisor](https://feeny.ai/job/post-production-supervisor-vox-media-llc-new-york-wcq0kmkhqxv1) — New York, NY
- [Assistant Video Editor](https://feeny.ai/job/assistant-video-editor-vox-media-llc-new-york-egx6b9bxk1e4) — New York, NY
- [Commerce Analyst](https://feeny.ai/job/commerce-analyst-vox-media-llc-new-york-2kq0963vyxjt) — New York, NY
- [Video & Social Media Producer, Criminal](https://feeny.ai/job/video-social-media-producer-criminal-vox-media-llc-united-states-6ydvdgrs10sf) — United States
- [VP, Head of Podcast Go-To-Market](https://feeny.ai/job/vp-head-of-podcast-go-to-market-vox-media-llc-new-york-8xycfnvjnfnz) — New York, NY
- [Motion Design Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/motion-design-lead-vox-media-llc-new-york-prqvjrn4zppg) — New York, NY
- [Manager, Workplace (Facilities)](https://feeny.ai/job/manager-workplace-facilities-vox-media-llc-new-york-eecgwj5j0r15) — New York, NY
- [Senior Recruiter](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-recruiter-vox-media-llc-new-york-csk6r0tn7fv5) — New York, NY
- [Head of Social, Vulture](https://feeny.ai/job/head-of-social-vulture-vox-media-llc-new-york-f685ztq46ysv) — New York, NY
- [Video Producer, On With Kara Swisher](https://feeny.ai/job/video-producer-on-with-kara-swisher-vox-media-llc-new-york-6hp18br79gch) — New York, NY