Stand Together is seeking a strategic and execution-oriented Director of Activations to help lead high-impact initiatives that drive mass participation, cultural engagement, and long-term movement growth around key social issues.
This role sits within Stand Together's Activation capability, which develops consumer-facing campaigns, partnerships, and engagement experiences designed to inspire people to take meaningful action and participate in solutions that strengthen society.
The Director of Activations will lead cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution, aligning internal teams, external partners, and activation platforms to deliver measurable impact at scale. This role is ideal for a collaborative leader who can translate big ideas into coordinated action, navigate complexity, and drive results across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
How You Will Contribute- Lead the execution of strategic activation initiatives that drive audience participation, engagement, and cultural momentum.
- Translate organizational priorities into activation strategies, audience journeys, and integrated engagement plans.
- Help develop activation experiences, campaigns, and engagement opportunities that make participation easy, meaningful, and scalable.
- Ensure activations deliver against defined goals, timelines, and performance outcomes.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across marketing, partnerships, creative, events, media, and external collaborators to ensure successful execution.
- Work with relationship managers across creators, influencers, nonprofits, brands, athletes, artists, and other strategic partners that expand reach and participation.
- Serve as a key connector across teams and stakeholders, ensuring alignment around priorities, messaging, timelines, and execution plans.
- Help operationalize activation infrastructure, platforms, and partnerships that enable activations to scale effectively across issues and geographies.
- Define and monitor success metrics tied to participation, engagement, and activation performance.
- Partner with analytics and insights teams to identify learnings, optimize strategies, and improve future activations.
- Capture and share best practices and operational insights to strengthen scalable activation models over time.
What You Will Bring- 7+ years of experience leading integrated campaigns, activations, strategic initiatives, or movement-building efforts.
- Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution and performance measurement.
- Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills with the ability to align diverse teams around shared goals.
- Experience working with external partners, creators, brands, nonprofits, influencers, or cultural platforms.
- Strong operational and project leadership capabilities with excellent attention to detail and follow-through.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and drive execution in fast-paced environments.
- Strong understanding of how audience participation, community engagement, and cultural influence contribute to lasting social change.
- Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.
What We Offer- Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
- A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
- Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.
- Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.
