Senior Communications Manager - Brand Experiences
About the Role
Maleda Tech is placing a Senior Communications Manager — Brand Experiences on behalf of a leading consumer tech and lifestyle brand. This is a high-visibility contract role at the center of a fast-moving, highly collaborative team that produces large-scale, culturally resonant brand activations and experiential campaigns. You'll serve as both the project lead and experiential lead across activations — managing agencies, budgets, cross-functional stakeholders, and celebrity partners to bring ideas from approval to execution. Past activations from this team have included large-scale pop-ups and immersive builds at major cultural events. This team moves fast, but together — hierarchy is minimal and everyone chips in. This is a 6-month contract with genuine potential for a full-time conversation if you demonstrate value. The team has a strong track record of converting contractor talent.
Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end project management and on-the-ground execution of large-scale brand activations and experiential campaigns Manage experiential agency partners to keep milestones, timelines, and deliverables on track Oversee activation budgets and proactively communicate any budget-impacting changes to senior leadership Participate in weekly cross-functional calls with press, social, celebrity, and influencer teams — distilling inputs and managing expectations across stakeholders Build and present creative review decks for talent partners, ensuring alignment on fabrication and production decisions Serve as the primary day-to-day liaison for celebrity and talent partners, receiving and executing creative notes in collaboration with the internal celebrity team Provide real-time problem solving and negotiation support — including managing last-minute talent requests and escalating as needed Maintain a steady, organized presence at the center of fast-moving, multi-workstream campaign work Travel domestically approximately every other month for content shoots and live activations
Qualifications
Required 8–10 years of experience bringing brand activations or experiential marketing programs to life — production/execution experience is essential, not just concept development Demonstrated ability to manage agencies, budgets, and cross-functional stakeholders simultaneously in a fast-paced environment Experience working directly with creative teams or a background in creative development for brand campaigns Familiarity with how communications, PR, and social teams function — and experience collaborating closely with those functions (even if your primary background is not in PR/comms) Extremely proactive, solution-oriented, and calm under pressure Strong interpersonal skills — comfortable managing diverse personalities both internally and with external partners Preferred Background from major lifestyle or consumer brands — music, retail, fashion (e.g., apparel, entertainment, or similar) Experience in both agency and in-house environments Titles such as Creative Producer, Experiential Marketing Lead, or Brand Experiences Lead are highly relevant Experience working with celebrity or high-profile talent partners Note: We are not targeting candidates from a traditional PR or communications background for this role. Cross-functional experience with those teams is a plus, but the primary expertise should be in experiential production and activation execution. Key Details Role Type: Contract *W2 Contract Duration: 6 months (FTE potential) Location: Fully remote (US only) Time Zone: Flexible - no preference Pay Rate: $60 - $75/Hr. Travel: Domestic ~every other month Start Date: ASAP / As available Apply To This Job