Role Description
Our client is looking for a Strategic Events Manager, Campaigns to own end-to-end campaign planning for Strategic Events. This person will be the connective tissue between Client's flagship event moments: our annual user conference, quarterly virtual summits, and Tier 1 third-party tradeshows, and the demand generation engine that drives registrations, pipeline, and brand awareness around them.
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Understand how events work: planning, promoting, and driving attendance.
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Set registration targets and build multi-channel plans to achieve them.
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Ensure cross-functional team accountability.
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Build repeatable playbooks rather than reinventing the promo plan for every event.
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Find creative, out-of-the-box ways to build hype internally and externally.
Scope of Events (Subject to change):
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Client-Hosted Events
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Client Forward: Client's annual in-person & virtual user conference
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Virtual Summits: 4-6 per year, held quarterly, ranging in size from 5k to 20k+ registrants
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Third-Party Events: RSAC, Black Hat, Crowdstrike Fal.Con, Microsoft Ignite, AWS re:Invent
Key Responsibilities
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Own and manage the demand generation strategy, planning, and execution for strategic events.
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Build and maintain a repeatable promotional playbook for Client-hosted and third-party events.
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Partner with key stakeholders across Web, Digital, Field Marketing, MOPs, and Inside Sales to set registration targets and develop plans to achieve them.
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Own and maintain the GTM promo calendar for each event, ensuring on-time execution.
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Run weekly promo sync calls, keeping cross-functional partners aligned and accountable.
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Operate with a test-and-learn mindset; measure, report on, and iterate on promo performance across channels and events.
Qualifications
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5+ years of Marketing demand generation experience, including demand generation or integrated campaign management at a B2B company.
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Strong understanding of how events work, with hands-on experience planning, promoting, and executing them.
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Master project manager with immaculate attention to detail and the ability to run multiple concurrent event promo cycles.
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Highly creative strategist and execution powerhouse able to bring fresh ideas to both internal hype-building and external promotion.
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Strong analytical skills with a focus on registration, pipeline, and ROI metrics.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to present plans and results to stakeholders and executives.
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Standout cross-functional collaborator, with the relationship-building skills to align Web, Digital, Field, Sales, and Marketing Operations around a shared plan.
Tools & Systems
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Google Suite
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Tableau
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Salesforce
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Asana
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Outreach
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Event Platforms (Goldcast, Swoogo, Cvent, etc.)
Interview Process Highlights
Candidates should be prepared to:
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Put together a sample demand gen/promotional plan for ClientForward, our annual user conference.
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Leverage Paid Digital, Email, Web, and Sales teams over a 16-week promo window to hit the registration target.
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Discuss systems to support the plan with Marketing Operations.
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Bring out-of-the-box ideas for both internal hype and external promotion.
Registration targets:
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Virtual Experience: 10,000+ registrants to attend the live stream.
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In-Person Experience: 2,000+ in-person attendees (primarily customers & prospects).