Experiential Design Lead

Location: New York, NY, United States; travel to event sites is required as needed for site visits, installation, load-in, and show-day creative oversight.

Salary: $80,000–$90,000 USD per year

Company

Vox Media is a media company creating editorial brands, platforms, products, and services.

What you will do

• Lead creative direction for editorial tentpoles, recurring franchises, subscriber experiences, client activations, and B2B events.
• Develop cohesive spatial and graphic design systems spanning environmental design, scenic elements, lighting, furniture, floral design, propping, signage, invitations, print collateral, and digital integrations.
• Translate creative briefs into immersive environments and present visual strategies to internal stakeholders and clients.
• Create concepts, mood boards, renderings, presentation materials, event branding, environmental graphics, print production files, and installation specifications.
• Collaborate with editorial, marketing, production teams, producers, fabricators, printers, and vendors to deliver buildable designs on budget and within venue constraints.
• Oversee fabrication, print production, material selection, color management, on-site installation, and freelance creative partners across multiple projects.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in art direction, experiential design, environmental design, graphic design, or a related creative discipline.
• Portfolio demonstrating excellence in both spatial/environmental design and graphic/print design, including integrated brand experiences.
• Strong understanding of environmental graphics, signage, print production, typography, layout, and branded physical experiences.
• Experience with fabrication vendors, printers, production partners, and creative collaborators, plus an understanding of budgets and production methods.
• Excellent communication, presentation, creative judgment, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop, as well as Figma, Splash, and GSuite.

Nice to have

• Experience with media, publishing, entertainment, or editorial brands.
• Experience building scalable design systems for recurring franchises and working with sponsors or advertisers.
• Working knowledge of 3D visualization and environmental design software such as SketchUp, Rhino, or Cinema 4D.
• Experience managing print production and environmental fabrication across concurrent projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Commitment to an inclusive environment where people can work authentically and contribute their best work.
• Equal opportunity employment and consideration for reasonable accommodations during the application process.
• Design work spans editorial brands, live events, activations, and audience experiences.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed by the recruiting team, which contacts candidates only from Vox Media email addresses.