Experiential Design Lead

Location: New York, NY, United States

Salary: $80,000–$90,000 USD per year

Company

VOX creates editorial brands, platforms, products, and services, including live events, activations, and editorial franchises.

What you will do

• Lead creative direction for editorial tentpoles, recurring franchises, subscriber experiences, client activations, and B2B events.
• Develop integrated spatial and graphic design systems spanning environments, scenic design, lighting, furniture, floral, propping, signage, invitations, print, and digital integrations.
• Translate creative briefs and brand identities into immersive experiences while preserving visual storytelling across guest touchpoints.
• Create concepts, mood boards, renderings, presentations, event branding, environmental graphics, production files, and installation specifications.
• Collaborate with producers, fabricators, printers, vendors, editorial, marketing, and production teams to deliver buildable designs within budgets and venue constraints.
• Oversee fabrication, print production, materials, color management, installation, freelance contributors, and on-site creative direction.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in art direction, experiential design, environmental design, graphic design, or a related creative discipline.
• Portfolio demonstrating integrated spatial/environmental and graphic/print design across multiple projects.
• Strong knowledge of environmental graphics, signage, typography, layout, print production, branded physical experiences, budgets, and production methods.
• Experience working with fabrication vendors, printers, production partners, and creative collaborators.
• Excellent communication, presentation, creative judgment, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, 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 SketchUp, Rhino, Cinema 4D, or similar 3D visualization and environmental design software.
• Experience managing print production and environmental fabrication across concurrent projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Commitment to an inclusive environment where people can contribute authentically and do their best work.
• Equal opportunity employment and consideration for candidates from diverse backgrounds.
• Reasonable accommodations available during the application process.
• Travel to event sites may be required for site visits, installation, load-in, and show-day creative oversight.

Hiring process

• The recruiting team reviews applications and contacts candidates through official Vox Media email addresses.