Known is your pocket matchmaker: a swipeless dating app that gets to know you first, makes one considered introduction at a time, and helps plan the date. Backed by Pear VC.
About the role
You know which brands are ready for a live experience before they've put it in a brief. You know how to walk into a room with a senior client, understand what's actually driving their business, and connect it to something they haven't thought to ask for yet. And once you've won that conversation, you know how to make sure the partnership delivers something neither side could have built alone.
What they're looking for
- 10+ years in experiential marketing, with a meaningful portion of that time in a senior client-facing or business development role at an agency
- A genuine hunter with a specific track record: you have built client relationships from scratch, converted them into real engagements, and grown them over time. That history is concrete, not general
- Deep enough fluency in how experiential programs are made to speak credibly at every stage of the process, from concept through production, and to represent the work confidently to senior clients
- A strong network of brand-side marketing decision makers in New York and the broader market, relationships that are current and real
- The ability to see Known's full capability set across data, creative, media, and strategy, and connect it to client needs in ways that go beyond the immediate experiential ask
- A strategic advisor's instinct: you bring things clients didn't know to ask for, and you do it in a way that feels like partnership, not upselling
More about this role
Known is what happens when a data science firm and a creative agency stop arguing and start collaborating. We were built from scratch with PhD data scientists and award-winning creatives working on the same briefs, from day one. That structure earned us an Ad Age #3 A-List ranking, back-to-back Data & Insights Agency of the Year wins, plus Emmys, Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies across clients in finance, tech, entertainment, consumer goods, and real estate. We're distributed across the U.S. and unapologetically ambitious.
If you're tired of choosing between doing smart work and doing creative work, you'll fit right in here.
You know which brands are ready for a live experience before they've put it in a brief. You know how to walk into a room with a senior client, understand what's actually driving their business, and connect it to something they haven't thought to ask for yet. And once you've won that conversation, you know how to make sure the partnership delivers something neither side could have built alone.
As VP, Client Experience, Experiential, you'll build and own Known's experiential client relationships globally. This role sits at the intersection of two things Known...
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