Senior Manager, Brand Experiences

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$106K/yr – $138K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 10 days ago

Job Summary

Own the evolution of Glossier's NY flagship experiential program, leading end-to-end events, partnerships, and guest experiences while building a local creator community and cross-functional execution.

  • Lead end-to-end strategy for in-store events and activations
  • Build authentic community through local creators and partnerships

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Evolve the experiential vision for Glossier's NY flagship, reimagining how physical retail builds community, drives cultural relevance, and creates impactful moments
  • Lead the end-to-end strategy and execution of in-store events, activations, and experiential programming, from concept through launch and post-event recap
  • Identify and secure culturally relevant partners, collaborators, and community voices aligned with Glossier's positioning across beauty, culture, and community
  • Own the experiential and events calendar for the flagship, identifying opportunities tied to brand priorities, store moments, product launches, and cultural trends
  • Conceptualize and execute activations that bring the brand to life in-store, ensuring thoughtful guest experience, strong brand storytelling, and alignment across all touchpoints
  • Cultivate and nurture community on the ground, building authentic relationships with local creators, organizations, and cultural communities across NY
  • Drive seamless cross-functional execution by managing workflows across creative, retail, Comms, talent, legal, and digital; keeping timelines, deliverables, and approvals on track
  • Lead go-to-market strategy for each experience, ensuring cohesive amplification across owned, earned, and paid channels
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for partners, vendors, collaborators, and agencies, managing relationships and execution from kickoff through event day
  • Oversee budgets, contracts, and on-site logistics, ensuring efficient use of resources and high-quality execution

Requirements

  • 6-8 years of experience in experiential marketing, events, brand partnerships, or community – preferably within beauty, fashion, lifestyle, or culture-driven industries
  • Exceptional taste level and cultural intuition - someone who naturally discovers what’s next, understands why it matters, and can translate cultural signals into a brand experience
  • Proven experience designing and executing IRL brand experiences, ideally with a retail or flagship component
  • Demonstrated track record of building and being active in communities
  • Deep connectivity within New York culture, with existing relationships across creative communities spanning food, art, fashion, music, wellness, design, and emerging talent.
  • Identify opportunities for Glossier to act as a platform for local creatives, founders, artists, and communities - bringing their worlds into ours in ways that create mutual value.
  • Resourceful builder who can move fluidly between big-picture cultural strategy and hands-on execution. Equally comfortable developing a year-long vision and being on-site making the details happen.
  • Excellent communication and cross-functional project management skills
  • Strategic thinker and creative collaborator who can drive alignment across diverse teams
  • Entrepreneurial spirit with a proactive, solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving

Benefits

  • medical health insurance, 401K, equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units, Paid Time Off, Short Term and Long Term Disability leave, and a range of other benefits.
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Forerunner is a venture capital firm dedicated to the modern consumer and the ambitious teams reshaping categories. Since our inception in 2012, the consumer has been our North Star. We commit ourselves to having a constant pulse on what people are doing and why via ongoing research, and closely observe how world events shape the way we live.We’ve invested in category-defining companies such as Chime, Faire, OURA, Hims&Hers, The Farmer’s Dog, Glossier, Ritual, and more. With nearly $3 billion in assets under management and hundreds of investments to date, Forerunner is amongst the only women-led venture capital firms to achieve such milestones.

Founded in 2012
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20 employees (2 in marketing)

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$106K/yr – $138K/yr

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