SVP / VP-Level Brand Experience & Production Leader · Atlanta · Remote · Global

Johnathan Barhite

Turning business goals into live experiences people feel — and leaders can measure.

I help brands, agencies, and organizations turn business goals into measurable experiences — connecting strategy, audience, production, operations, and reporting.

SVP / VP Brand Experience or Production Leader Fractional Head of Brand Experiences Contract Executive Producer / ETP Agency-Side Production Partner
Brand StrategyLive ExperiencesProduction LeadershipExecutive ReportingHands-On Fluency
Cue 01 — About

Senior brand experience and production leader with 25+ years across live events, corporate meetings, product launches, sponsorship activation, festivals, broadcast, tradeshows, field operations, and permanent branded environments. I build the systems, teams, vendor networks, and operating discipline that protect quality, margin, timeline, stakeholder trust, and measurable outcomes inside complex, multi-vendor work at global scale.

Cue 02 — What Makes This Different

Most people sit in one lane. I have led across the whole chain.

Brand, creative, production, technical, operations, procurement, PR, and reporting are often treated as separate workstreams. In live experience work, they are connected whether the org chart admits it or not.

I can sit with leadership on brand strategy, budget, business goals, stakeholder value, and measurement — then turn around and pressure-test the actual show: lighting, rigging, audio, video, content, scenic, staffing, FX, pyro, permits, vendors, safety, load-in, show flow, and onsite execution.

I know what happens after the room says yes.
Cue 03 — Brand Strategy to Live Reality
01

Brand & Business Strategy

Brand positioning, voice, campaign architecture, audience journey, executive messaging, stakeholders, sponsorship, and partnership integration.

02

Experience & Creative Translation

Turning strategy into live moments: meetings, activations, festivals, executive presentations, branded environments, content, and show flow.

03

Production & Technical Reality

Lighting, rigging, audio, video, broadcast, livestream, scenic, staffing, field operations, special effects, pyro, permits, safety, and load-in realities.

04

Operations, Procurement & Risk

Budget ownership, procurement, RFPs, scopes, vendor strategy, agency oversight, contracting support, insurance, public safety, and cross-functional leadership.

05

Measurement & Executive Reporting

Success metrics, attendance, engagement, lead capture, stakeholder value, cost efficiency, content reuse, audience feedback, and executive readouts.

Cue 04 — How I Plug In
FTE

SVP / VP Leader

Build and lead the brand experience, events, or production function: team structure, standards, budgets, vendor governance, operating rhythm, measurement, and executive reporting.

Fractional

Head of Brand Experiences

Senior leadership 1–3 days/week for teams that need strategy, agency oversight, production standards, budget discipline, and measurement before building the full department.

Contract

Executive Producer / ETP

Own the hard parts of a defined engagement: concept-to-plan translation, budget, schedule, vendors, technical direction, permits, show flow, onsite execution, and client-ready reporting.

Agency

Senior Production Partner

Plug into complex work fast — supporting pitches, complex builds, multi-vendor delivery, senior client confidence, and post-event reporting without adding unnecessary drag.

Cue 05 — Scale & Proof
$138M
Global meetings & experiential portfolio
COO / Board-level reporting
$12M → $34M
Meetings practice growth
75+ programmes executive-produced
2,200+
Field personnel scaled with cross-functional teams
38 markets · ~1,000 events/year
50+ countries
Hybrid launch broadcast reach
Multi-city · multi-language · regulated device
Hands-On Fluency

Executive-level strategy with real production fluency across lighting, rigging, audio, video, content, scenic, staffing, FX, pyro, permitting, vendors, and show-flow reality.

Leadership Range

From intimate executive rooms to large public festivals and national field operations — the same discipline: strategy, delivery, measurement, and stakeholder trust.

Operator Proof

From first sketch to final cue remains part of the value — but the first read is senior leadership, business goals, and measurable brand experience.

Cue 06 — Trusted By
Barbie / MattelPorscheCoca-ColaDisney
Macy's Thanksgiving Day ParadeGulfstream Mercedes-BenzBMWGeneral MotorsRivian HoneywellHot WheelsUniversal StudiosSony Petersen Automotive MuseumFAO SchwarzOakleyDFS Duty Free
Cue 07 — Connect

Need senior leadership before the work gets expensive?

Available for SVP / VP-level roles, fractional leadership, executive production engagements, and agency-side senior production support. Based in Atlanta — available globally.

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