Vice President, Creative Strategy
Vice President, Creative Strategy
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$ 200000 - 220000
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Business Insider is hiring a VP of Creative Strategy to unify and elevate how we pitch package and deliver big ideas to clients bringing together the power of the BIs newsroom Live events Video and Studios. This role will sit on the Global Marketing Team.
Business Insider is for people who are driven optimistic and always looking forward. Our mission is to inspire action through thought-provoking stories. We tell our audience what they want and need to know to improve their lives and the world with storytelling that is accessible smart sometimes unexpected and always helpful. Our team members embody and uphold Business Insiders three core values: we are all one team we are effective and we strive to get better every day.
Our Global Marketing team is one of the most connected and collaborative groups as we work with every team across the company. We thrive on creativity strategic thinking and a passion for delivering results. With a culture rooted in innovation and excellence we embrace challenges as opportunities to elevate our work and the work of our clients and drive impact. From innovative content partnership ideas to unforgettable events were a team that works hard supports each other and celebrates success together. If youre energized by ambitious goals a solutions mindset and a fast-paced environment youll fit right in.
The Role & Team:
As the VP of Creative Strategy you will serve as a cross-functional leader shaping Business Insiders biggest and boldest commercial programs. Youll lead a high-performing team of marketers and creative strategists embed a culture of brand storytelling and serve as the connective tissue between Advertising and the Newsroom. Youll also act as pitch lead and creative closer on our largest most strategic brand partnerships.
This is a pivotal leadership role that blends commercial strategy editorial alignment and marketing execution. Youll work across sales editorial brand product and studio teams to position Business Insider as a consultative high-impact partner to brandsand a creative leader in the industry.
The VP of Creative Strategy & Studios reports directly to the SVP Global Marketing and Studios. This position is based in our New York City HQ with an in-office presence of at least 23 days per week.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead Big Idea Development and Pitch Excellence
- Serve as the senior lead on all seven-figure commercial opportunities guiding pitch structure narrative and vision.
- Build high-impact presentations that integrate editorial IP branded content events video data and media into unified client-ready ideas.
- Act as the senior voice in the room with clientsleading brainstorms proposals and in-person meetings to close strategic deals.
- Develop storytelling frameworks and ideation tools to upskill the marketing team and create consistent high-quality responses.
- Collaborate with editorial brand marketing and Studios teams to develop compelling proactive campaign ideas.
Lead Strategic Client Partnerships and Proactive Growth
- Design and implement a forward-looking client partnership strategy that drives long-term revenue growth brand affinity and deeper engagement across priority accounts.
- Partner closely with Sales to lead high-stakes client meetings uncover new opportunities and position Business Insider as a strategic consultative partner.
- Deliver exclusive previews of editorial series tentpole events and newsroom initiatives to unlock incremental opportunities and urgency with clients.
- Refine proactive marketing function focused on identifying whitespace surfacing ideas outside of RFP cycles and delivering quarterly go-to-market programs that differentiate our offering.
- Define success metrics target account strategy and team goals for proactive outreach and partnership development.
- Promote an upsell mindset across all pitchesadvocating for deeper investment expanded formats and multi-quarter multi-platform partnerships.
Lead Editorial Collaboration and Commercial Alignment
- Build and manage a cross-functional framework that connects Marketing Sales and the Newsroom for consistent scalable collaboration.
- Partner with newsroom leaders to identify storytelling opportunities that align with client interests and category growth areas.
- Serve as a liaison between advertising and editorial staying ahead of organizational updates surfacing new content opportunities and driving shared visibility.
Team Leadership and creative stewardship
- Oversee the Marketing solutions and strategy team identifying opportunities to streamline workflows and elevate creative output.
- Conduct process audits to improve pitch efficiency production timelines and team resourcingespecially around high-impact programs.
- Help evolve marketing team structure and focus ensuring energy is spent on scalable strategic opportunities over transactional work.
- Invest in team growth and development through coaching strategic training and leadership opportunities.
- Be an early adopter of AI technologies and have real world examples of how those tools are creating efficiencies across workflows and creative processes.
The Ideal Candidate Has:
- 10 years of experience in creative strategy marketing leadership brand partnerships or content operations
- Proven track record of winning and delivering large-scale programs across publishing agency or brand environments
- Experience aligning sales marketing and editorial to build market-moving creative programs
- Strategic fluency in brand storytelling content marketing editorial packaging and media
- Demonstrated experience integrating AI tools into pitch development or creative production workflows
- Strong client presence and ability to lead C-level conversations with confidence and clarity
- Experience managing and motivating high-performing teams with a focus on strategic output and growth
- Highly collaborative action-oriented and energized by operational problem-solving and team development
Salary & Benefits:
- Salary: $200000 - $220000 base salary performance bonus (dependent on skills experience and competencies)
- Unlimited PTO 10 paid holidays and 16 weeks of parental leave
- Comprehensive medical dental and vision insurance plans
- Matched and vested 401k plan
- Access to resources for financial planning guidance family planning services mental health support and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Additional benefits include commuter benefits phone reimbursement gym membership discounts and more
Are you passionate about this opportunity but worried that you dont have 100% of the experience were looking for We still want to hear from you! Apply online and let us know why you would make a great addition to Business Insider.
Business Insider is a global journalism company that covers the world of business tech innovation and beyond. With headquarters in New York and offices in San Francisco London Belfast and Singapore we reach an audience of more than 375 million with storytelling thats fascinating unexpected and always helpful.
As a company we strive to be inspiring and effective we value Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging. Our company motto is get better every day which means we value all people. Diversity reflects the different life experiences identities and perspectives that make each of us unique. For more information on our DEI mission click here.
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