Vox Media employees thrive on innovation and change while ambitiously seeking to master their subject areas, hone their craft, and improve their communities. We help smart, talented, creative professionals make a meaningful impact in media, technology and the world around them. The Vox Media house of brands includes industry-leading media forces like SB Nation, Eater, The Verge, Vox, Curbed, Recode, Racked and Polygon, and reaches an audience of hundreds of millions, generating over a billion content views each month.
As an Associate Director of Creative Development, you will help drive our content business through the ideation, positioning, and packaging of our custom content offerings for Vox Creative. Ideal candidates for this role will be a one-of-a-kind creative thinker who is passionate about storytelling for advertisers across our platforms. Not only do you bring innovative content solutions to our advertising partners, but you have passion for supporting your reasoning with data and insights. You can be a trusted advisor to our clients, welcome the opportunity to collaborate closely with our agency partners, and feel at home in the front of a room. As the lead Strategist for our Chicago office, you can be the voice of Vox Creative in that market and help to steer the growth of a local team. This position will report to the Head of Strategy and will be based in Chicago.
What you'll do: - Collaborate with sales, account services, product, editorial, analytics, and other members of the Vox Creative team to:
- Ideate branded content solutions that reflect the POV of all eight Vox Media editorial networks
- Help build and strengthen the reputation and perception of Vox Creative in the Midwest market by representing Vox Creative in external client meetings
- Build and present compelling proposals that solve client objectives through content-based solutions and visual storytelling
- Deep dive into Vox Media insights and industry knowledge to build compelling data-driven content strategies
- Innovate and create at the speed of our fast-paced culture
What you'll bring: - Passion for all eight Vox Media editorial networks
- 5+ years experience as a Creative, Strategist, or Creative Strategist at a digital publisher or agency
- Strong foundation in brand or content strategy and creative thinking
- Strong speaking and presentation skills, particularly in client-facing settings
- Journalist-worthy writing and editing skills
- Flare for building visual treatments known to i>
- Deadline-oriented project management skills
- Personal philosophy of , we'll figure it out.i>
- Knack for finding humor in even the most stressful of situations
- Desire to seek our diverse and unique POVs that differ from your own
- Service with a smile: you always listen first
- Willingness to l your darlingsen needed
- Ability to work autonomously as a remote member of the team.
Bonus points for:
- Experience in client management
- Experience ideating, producing, and/or pitching digital video
- Ability to develop jaw-dropping PPT and Google Slide presentations, day in and day out
- Entrepreneurial spirit. When you spot a process inefficiency, you don't wait for someone else to fix it. You go the extra mile to find a solution yourself.
- Heart of a creative, mind of a salesperson. Your content innovations are as good as the words you use to describe them.
About working at Vox Media: This is a permanent, full-time position with excellent benefits-including flexible hours and generous parental leave. Vox Media strives to provide comprehensive healthcare options for our employees and to ensure that our healthcare and other benefits are LGBTQ-inclusive. You'll be joining a group of focused, hard-working, creative people who are passionate about doing work that's challenging and fun-and who strive to maintain a healthy work/life balance.
Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and everyone is encouraged to apply. Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of 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.
