Senior Manager, Group Brand Experience
About Holley Performance Brands
Holley Performance Brands is the powerhouse behind some of the most iconic names in automotive performance. For over a century, we’ve fueled the passion of car and truck enthusiasts with innovative products, legendary brands, and a commitment to performance. From the racetrack to the street, we’re driven by a shared love for speed, power, and pushing what’s possible — and we’re building the next generation of brand experiences to match that same energy.
About the Team
At Holley Performance Brands, our Brand Experience team is responsible for defining how our brands show up in the market. We set the standards, frameworks, and creative direction that ensure every interaction — from campaigns and content to events and community engagement — reflects the power, authenticity, and heritage of our brands.
Working across divisions, we partner closely with marketing, product, and commercial teams to elevate our most important launches and initiatives. Our goal is to create consistent, compelling brand experiences that strengthen customer connection, build loyalty, and drive long-term brand equity across the Holley portfolio.
About the Role
The Senior Manager, Group Brand Experience is responsible for defining, protecting, and elevating the Holley master brand and priority power brands across the enterprise. This role ensures that how we show up in the market — across campaigns, product launches, PR, social, and events — is cohesive, commercially relevant, and deeply authentic to our enthusiast community.
Serving as the strategic brand steward for the organization, this leader partners closely with Division Teams, Go-To-Market, Creative, and Executive Leadership to translate enterprise strategy into powerful brand expression. The role balances long-term brand equity building with near-term commercial impact, ensuring every major Holley moment reinforces our authority in performance and strengthens customer connection.
This is a highly cross-functional leadership role that sets the standards, frameworks, and governance that allow divisions to move fast while maintaining brand integrity.
Key Responsibilities
Brand Strategy & Architecture
Own and evolve the Holley Group master brand strategy and positioning framework
Define and maintain enterprise brand architecture across master brand, power brands, and legacy brands
Develop and govern brand guidelines, voice standards, and visual identity systems
Partner with executive leadership to refine long-term brand narrative and strategic positioning
Ensure brand consistency and enthusiast authenticity across all divisions and customer touchpoints
Enterprise Campaign & Launch Brand Leadership
Lead brand direction and creative strategy fortop enterprise campaigns
Provide brand oversight and messaging alignment fortopproduct launches
Develop strategic campaign briefs in partnership with Divisions and GTM
Ensure cross-channel cohesion across paid, owned, earned, events, and digital experiences
Elevate priority launches and campaigns to reinforce power brand positioning
PR & Earned Media Strategy
Support evolution ofenterprise PR and earned media strategy
Manage PR agency relationships, scopes of work, and performance expectations
Align earned media support to product launches, events, and priority campaigns
Establish crisis communications standards and escalation protocols
Track earned media impact, share of voice, and reputation metrics
Organic Social & Community Governance (Strategic Oversight)
Support development ofenterprise organic social and community engagement strategy
Define and evolve the Social Media Playbook and governance framework
Establish and guide social KPIs, reporting standards, and performance benchmarks
Partner with central and platform teams to ensure alignment of social management tools and technologies
Support Division Social Specialists through best-practice cadence and escalation guidance
Events & Brand Experience
Lead brand positioning and communications strategy for flagship events and trade shows
Ensure experiential marketing reflects master brand narrative and power brand priorities
Align PR, content, and social amplification around key industry moments
Elevate event storytelling to drive both brand equity and commercial momentum
Agency & Budget Stewardship
Own relationships with core brand, creative, and PR agencies
Define strategic direction, scope of work, and performance expectations
Manage and optimize enterprise brand and agency budgets
Ensure agency output aligns with commercial priorities and brand standards
Brand Performance & Measurement
Define and track enterprise brand health metrics
Synthesize insights on competitive brand positioning and industry trends
Provide strategic perspective on brand performance and opportunities to leadership
Continuously evolve frameworks to strengthen brand impact and differentiation
Qualifications
Required Experience
8+ years of experiencein brand strategy, integrated marketing, or brand leadership roles
Proven ability to define and operationalize brand architecture within a multi-brand organization
Experience leading integrated campaigns across paid, owned, earned, and experiential channels
Strong background managing PR and/or brand agencies
Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority
Commercial acumen — comfortable aligning brand strategy with revenue and product priorities
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to shape narrative at the executive level
Prior experiencebuilding or utilizing Digital Asset Management Systems
Preferred Experience
Experience working in enthusiast-driven, performance, or lifestyle categories strongly preferred
Experience in a multi-division or portfolio brand organization
Exposure to DTC/eCommerce environments
Experience presenting to executive leadership
Why Join Us
Define how Holley shows up in the market — shaping the voice, identity, and experience of one of the most iconic portfolios in automotive performance
Lead brand at the highest level, influencing how our products, campaigns, and experiences connect with enthusiasts across every touchpoint
Partner across the business — working with divisions, GTM, creative, and leadership to bring strategy to life in powerful, cohesive ways
Build the playbook for the future — establishing the standards, frameworks, and systems that elevate every brand across the Holley portfolio
Be part of a transformation as we modernize our marketing organization to move faster, think sharper, and compete at a higher level
Work alongside a passionate, performance-driven team that values ownership, creativity, and a bias toward action
Why Holley Is a Great Place to Work
At Holley, we’re more than a performance parts company—we’re a community of enthusiasts, innovators, and problem-solvers. We offer a competitive benefits package and a culture that values both performance and people.
Benefits:
Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage starting day one.
401(k) with company match
Paid time off and 9 paid holidays
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Company-paid life and short-term disability insurance
Employee discounts on Holley Performance Brands products, events, and partnerships
Education Assistance program
Holley is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability during the application process, please contact human resources.