Danielle Comes · Hive Influence Lead, Alienware

I build the systems that measure and grow creator communities.

Consumer & gaming marketing leader · Integrated campaigns, creator programs, and the measurement underneath them.

20 Years in marketing
Gaming & consumer tech Industries
Community, influence & product Disciplines

What I do

Strategy, creators, and the proof underneath

Twenty years across gaming and consumer technology — from running a mobile gaming tour to leading creator marketing for a global gaming brand.

Integrated Campaigns

Product launches and seasonal moments planned as one system across owned, earned, paid, retail, influencer, and partner channels — so every surface tells the same story at the same time.

Creator & Influencer Programs

Roster strategy, product seeding, compliance, and always-on community programs for gaming brands — built on relationships with creators, not one-off transactions with them.

Measurement & Intelligence

KPI frameworks and reporting built from verified public data — never self-reported numbers. If a figure can't be checked, it doesn't go in the deck.

Building with AI

I design and build the tools my work runs on — dashboards, intelligence products, and a local AI model in daily use.

Selected work

Proof, not claims

Four pieces of work, each described the way I'd describe it in an interview — the problem, and what got built to solve it.

Case study

Hive Influence Measurement System

A global gaming brand's creator program had no complete view of its own performance — the numbers lived in screenshots, spreadsheets, and whatever creators chose to report. So I designed and built the system of record: weekly verified data refreshes, trend baselines, sentiment tracking, competitive scanning, and executive-ready reporting that leadership actually reads.

Internal tool — described here, not linked.
Case study · Market intelligence

Gaming Industry Dashboard

A live read on the gaming market: market sizing, the release calendar, platform and esports tracking, and the flags that matter for gaming hardware — the context a campaign plan needs before anyone writes a brief.

Presented here as a case study.
Case study · AI search

AI Discoverability Dashboard

AI answer engines are becoming the first place buyers ask about gaming hardware. This tracks how those engines decide what to say about the brands in the category — and which sources they cite to say it.

Presented here as a case study.
Case study · Product

ZenHue Learning

A consumer education product I designed and built end-to-end — web app, digital products, and storefront — using AI tooling throughout. Proof that the building isn't a hobby; it's a second product discipline.

Presented here as a case study.

How I work

Four rules everything runs on

01

Measurement over self-reporting.

Decisions get made on numbers that can be verified by someone other than the person who benefits from them.

02

Build the thing.

If the tool the work needs doesn't exist, that's a building project, not a blocker.

03

Verify before you ship.

Claims, copy, and campaign assets get checked against the source before they go out — not corrected after.

04

Community is people, not metrics.

The numbers exist to understand the community. The community never exists to feed the numbers.

Recommendation

What colleagues say

I’ve had the privilege of working with Danielle over the past four years as part of the Alienware experiential and partnerships team. During this time, she has played an integral role in supporting and leading numerous programs, campaigns, and events that are foundational to our brand.

Danielle brings a deep understanding of Alienware’s strategic imperatives and consistently demonstrates how to translate them into initiatives that build brand equity, loyalty, and visibility. Her commitment to detail & excellence is evident in every project she touches.

What stands out most about Danielle is her unique blend of right‑brain and left‑brain strengths. She excels in operational execution while also contributing meaningfully to campaign strategy, creative development, and performance measurement. This balance makes her an exceptional partner and a highly effective team member across cross‑functional efforts.

Christie Tomich Senior Consultant, Global Partnerships

Experience

Two decades, one through-line

Apr 2026 — Present

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