Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life.