Media
We partner with media industry clients to create compelling, purpose-built media workplaces, studios, newsrooms, and campuses. These projects empower our clients to attract creative talent, embrace change, and foster connected cultures.
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Media employees report being in the office less than 40% of the time, which is low compared to other industries. These employees spend a significant portion of their time at other locations, including coworking spaces, client/partner locations, traveling, and spaces unique to media.
—Johnathan Sandler, Media leader
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Universal Music Publishing Group
Santa Monica, California
The new headquarters for Universal Music Publishing Group in Santa Monica, California features performance space, a two-floor atrium, and variety of workspaces.
Lionsgate Studios Atlanta
Douglasville, Georgia
Lionsgate Studios Atlanta will be an anchor for economic and social vibrancy with a media campus design featuring sound stages, creative offices and a food hall
Sunset Pier 94 Studios
New York, New York
Sunset Pier 94 Studios, Manhattan’s first film and TV production studio, solidifies New York as a preeminent filming location for the entertainment industry.
The Culver Studios
Culver City, California
Hackman Capital Partners worked with Gensler to create a state-of-the-art digital media studio campus in downtown Culver City.
NFL Media Los Angeles
Inglewood, California
NFL’s new media headquarters in Inglewood brings together 1,000+ employees in an amenity-rich, integrated vertical campus, next to Sofi Stadium.
NTT Plala
Tokyo, Japan
The pandemic pushed the media company NTT Plala to adopt a hybrid work style. Gensler Tokyo guided NTT Plala on a journey to discover its new vision to redefine the office as a place for co-creation, uplifting morale, and staff appreciation.
McCann Worldgroup
London, United Kingdom
McCann Worldgroup partnered with Gensler to bring together over 1,200 employees across 12 different agencies in four separate locations, all under one roof.
KHOU
Houston, Texas
Houston’s local media station KHOU was forced to relocate after Houston’s disastrous flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey.
Motion Picture Association
Washington, D.C.
The Motion Picture Association’s space invokes the glamour of old Hollywood and modern innovation. The advocacy association is a cultural entertainment hub...
HUYA Headquarters
Guangzhou, China
HUYA Inc., China’s number one game live-streaming platform, partnered with Gensler to design its exhibition and executive floor atop its new Guangzhou Headquarters in Times E-Park.
Xandr Headquarters
New York, New York
The headquarters for AT&T's advertising company, Xandr, serves as a workshop for the 21st century — a space to experiment and push the boundaries of human ingenuity.
Audacy
Philadelphia, PA
Audacy's new headquarters at 2400 Market Street creates a mixed-use epicenter that channels Philadelphia’s revival energy.
WTOP
Chevy Chase, Maryland
There are few companies as entrenched as WTOP in all that relates to the nation's capital. Plenty of workplaces give nods to their host cities, but WTOP's...
WRAL
Raleigh, North Carolina
An influential voice in the Raleigh community since the 1930s, Capitol Broadcasting Company continues to lead the national media industry in adapting news coverage to incorporate the latest technological advancements.
McCann Health
Parsippany, New Jersey
McCann partnered with Gensler to not only create a workspace that was conducive to collaboration and creative thinking but to further enhance the client and employee experience.
Momentum Worldwide
New York, New York
An award winning advertising agency that is part of the Interpublic Group of Companies, Momentum Worldwide enlisted Gensler to design their new office in New York City’s Financial District with the goal of optimizing collaboration between employees and inspiring them with innovative experiences at every turn.
Smashtech
San Diego, California, United State
When a young and thriving health & nutrition marketing and media company needed to expand, they decidedly wanted to redefine and announce their presence by...
Hearst UK
London, United Kingdom
In a move to consolidate its two offices into a brand new development in Leicester Square, Hearst’s new location brings together multiple media brands under...
Fitzco / Momentum / Weber Shandwick
Atlanta, Georgia
The adaptive reuse of a 100-year-old building in Stockyards Atlanta reflects the transformation of the three media agencies within of Fitzco, Momentum, and...
People’s Daily Beijing
Beijing, China
China's top media leader and voice of the central government, People's Daily, is fostering an unprecedented work approach to meet the evolving needs of the media industry.
Tierney
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
As an advertising agency, Tierney is in the business of starting conversations. Gensler’s design concept weaves this guiding notion into its new...
Yahoo7
Sydney, Australia
Yahoo7 is a 50/50 partnership that spans the tech and media industries between global Internet company, Yahoo! and Australian entertainment and television...
Edelman London, Southside Level 4
London, United Kingdom
After enlisting Gensler to design their headquarters in Hong Kong, Japan, San Francisco, and London, Edelman appointed the firm to create a concept for...
Boston Globe
Boston, Massachusetts
A world leader in journalism, the Boston Globe engaged Gensler for the strategic relocation from their Morrissey Boulevard facility to floors two and three...
EP + Co.
Greenville, South Carolina
Creativity flourishes at the renovated open workplace of the advertising agency Erwin Penland. With strong ties to the Greenville community, their new...
WPP Ogilvy CommonHealth (OCH)
Parsippany, New Jersey
Ogilvy CommonHealth, a WPP company, is an agency focused on communicating health and wellbeing. Ogilvy came to Gensler for a refresh of their Parsippany...
Condé Nast Digital Innovation Center
Austin, Texas
Given Austin’s growing reputation as a hub for digital and creative talent, global media and publishing giant Condé Nast opened a new digital innovation...
INSIGHTS
Blog
Designing Workplaces to Strengthen Connection and Combat Loneliness
The workplace plays a key role in fighting against the growing loneliness epidemic.
Blog
How Your Workplace Can Supercharge Performance
What workplaces can learn from the gym and the football pitch about creating environments that inspire workers to stretch, develop, and achieve.
Blog
The Shift to Extremes: Rethinking Office Design
Modern offices are increasingly designed with extremes in mind, featuring specialized spaces for both hyper-focus and hyper-collaboration.
Blog
How to Create a Multigenerational Workplace
Here are six strategies organizations can use to cultivate environments where individuals of all ages feel valued, engaged, and empowered.
Blog
How the Tech-Enabled Workplace Can Create Better Hybrid Experiences
How can we design workspaces that benefit everyone, regardless of whether they have a seat at the conference room table?
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Be Bold Not Beige: The Power of Colour to Shape Everyday Experiences
From boosting productivity in the workplace to soothing the soul at home, colour can transform the places where we live, work, and play.
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Trends to Watch: How Media Workplace Priorities Have Evolved in 2024
Gensler’s latest research and project work has uncovered new ways the design of the media workplace can deliver what employees want and need in an office experience.
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Want a High-Performing Workplace? Here’s What Matters Most.
Our research identifies what makes a high-performing workplace and what design factors matter most.
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The Key to a Better Workplace? Understanding How and Where People Work Today
Our global workplace research uncovers insights into how new work patterns can help design better workplaces for the future.
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2024: The Year of the Intentional Workplace
Here are three strategies for leveraging your brand to tame workplace uncertainty.
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How Tomorrow’s Workforce Will Shape Future Workplace Design
By taking cues from higher education and integrating insights into workplace design, we can create spaces that attract talent and empower tomorrow’s workforce to succeed.
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What About Wednesdays? Planning for the Busiest Day of the Week in the New Hybrid Office.
Learn how organizations can prepare and plan for the busiest day in the hybrid workplace.
MEDIA INDUSTRY DESIGN TRENDS TO WATCH
Media platforms are converging, creating more need for integration in the workplace.
As revenue opportunities expand in social media and gaming, media companies will need to facilitate multichannel teams. This presents an opportunity in the media workplace to embrace greater physical connection and in-person moments of convergence.
The physical and digital worlds become increasingly connected.
New generations of media workers have higher technology expectations in the workplace because of the gaming and social media platforms they grew up with. To attract young workers, media environments will be more immersive and allow employees and visitors to engage with content on many layers, both analog and digital.
Media organizations will partner with other lifestyle industries to create new experiences and venues.
As consumers seek out new, in-person experiences for everything from live music and sports events to gaming and retail, media organizations will partner with other industries to develop venues that can extend the value of their content using digital and immersive strategies.
MEDIA LEADERSHIP
Johnathan Sandler
Media Leader, Strategy Director, Principal
Based in Gensler’s New York office, Johnathan digs deep to uncover how an organization works, its business objectives, and ways the new environment can help facilitate desired...
John Wiedner
Media Leader, Design Manager, Principal
As a global leader for Gensler’s Media practice area and Design Manager with a passion for film and television projects, John has become a resource across the firm. Throughout his...
Gregory Plavcan
Design Resilience Leader, Sustainability Strategist
Gregory is a Global Design Resilience Leader for Gensler’s Media practice area. He leads the firm’s Washington D.C. resilience strategy team and has worked as a sustainability...
Sumita Arora
Work Sector Leader, Media Leader, Principal
Sumita is an accomplished leader, serving as Gensler’s Global Work Sector Leader and overseeing the Media practice for the Southeast region. With over 25 years of experience, she...
NEWS
In The Media
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Deadline
Plans Have Been Approved for 1888 Studios in Bayonne, New Jersey
Named after the year New Jersey-native Thomas Edison filed a patent for the motion picture camera, the 1.5 million-square-foot media complex will be designed by Gensler to evoke imagery of Golden Age Hollywood.
May 08, 2024
In The Media
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Wallpaper
Francis House, Edelman’s Gensler-Designed Office in London, Combines Flexibility, Colour, Warmth, and Rawness
Wallpaper spotlighted Edelman’s new workplace inside a reinvented 1900s warehouse that befits the 21st century. Gensler’s Carlos Posada called it “the destination that embodies all the attributes of a workplace of the future.”
February 08, 2024
In The Media
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Time Out
Time Out Unveiled Renderings for Sunset Pier 94 Studios, Designed by Gensler
The 266,000-square-foot state-of-the-art complex will be Manhattan’s first-ever film and TV production studio.
September 11, 2023
In The Media
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Fast Company
Gensler’s U.S. Workplace Survey Finds That the Top Reason Workers Want To Return to the Office Is To Get Work Done
Gensler Workplace Research Leader Janet Pogue McLaurin noted that “we have to create spaces that help people, particularly, for that deep focus work.”
December 09, 2022
In The Media
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Interior Design
Gensler’s Design of TikTok’s New Office in New York “Captures the Soul of the City”
Interior Design interviewed Design Director Chris Mitchell about how the new workplace reflects the energy of its Times Square location.
October 05, 2022
In The Media
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New York Post
NYC Companies Are Leveraging Tech-Driven Workplaces to Enhance the Employee Experience
Gensler Media Leader Johnathan Sandler explains why all industries need to create workplaces that use technology to better the employee experience and support hybrid work.
May 03, 2022
In The Media
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The Globe and Mail
How Media Studios Can Provide a More Equitable Experience for Hybrid Workers
Gensler’s Annie Bergeron discusses how media studios can help improve the hybrid worker experience. Matthew Kobylar explains how this trend is moving to more traditional law firms.
November 30, 2021
In The Media
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Los Angeles Times
NFL’s West Coast Office Complex and Media Studios Opens in Inglewood
Despite challenges complicated by the pandemic, NFL’s new office complex and media studios, designed by Gensler, was completed before the season kickoff.
September 08, 2021
In The Media
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Los Angeles Times
To Lure Workers Back to the Office, Workplaces Need More “We” Spaces
Michael White, who focuses on media and technology clients at Gensler, shares insights on the importance of the workplace for social and cultural engagement, training, and coaching.
August 12, 2021
In The Media
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Office Snapshots
Motion Picture Association’s D.C. Headquarters Draws Inspiration From Old Hollywood Glamour
Gensler created a workplace truly unique to the Motion Picture Association for its Washington D.C. headquarters, which celebrates innovation.
August 09, 2021
In The Media
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Interior Design Magazine
Interior Design Magazine Takes a Virtual Tour of The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Gensler collaborated with Renzo Piano Building Workshop to transform the historic May Company building along L.A.’s Miracle Mile into the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
April 12, 2021
In The Media
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GlobeSt.com
Avion Burbank Mixed-Use Project Spotlighted for Forward-Thinking and Flexible Design
In a feature on creating CRE spaces post-pandemic, GlobeSt.com named Avion Burbank a “shining new example” of the resilient and flexible office of the future.
January 25, 2021