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Event Marketing Manager

Podium exists to help local businesses win. Using Podium, local businesses can simplify the way they communicate with their customers—from collecting payments to facilitating online reviews to launching marketing campaigns, and much more.

Our work and focus on helping local businesses thrive has been recognized across the industry, including Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startups, Forbes’ Cloud 100, the Inc. 5000, and Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies.

We look for people who are curious, creative and are willing to do the work to be a little better every day. We also embody our company values in all that we do, which always starts with being Customer Obsessed, followed by Be a Founder, Zero Drama, and Enjoy the Ride. Does that sound like you?

We are looking for an Event Marketing Manager to join our events team, which is responsible for a high volume of in-person trade shows throughout the year. The ideal candidate will have experience managing large volumes of shows in parallel, and deliver pre - during - and post-show plans to drive brand awareness, pipeline, and revenue. The role will require you to work closely with our sales and partnership teams – things need to be planned meticulously, with great attention to detail. The ability to travel is essential.

What you’ll do:

Research, recommend, and manage marketing-related events and trade shows.
Own assigned trade shows and events: work with internal teams to develop and implement event marketing strategy.
Perform event manager duties, including researching events, pre and post-event marketing, booking and setting up for events, arranging travel, overseeing trade show inventory and booth assets, and all other trade show and event logistics.
Help track, measure, and report metrics across event marketing efforts.
Represent Podium at trade shows and other activities as needed. (Note: Candidates must be willing and able to work outside of normal business hours.)

In order to succeed in this role, the ideal candidate will have:

4+ years of trade show and event marketing experience
Experience in B2B high growth tech company environment
Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, especially amongst key executives and stakeholders
Experience negotiating contracts and handling complex budgets
Proven track record of successful event planning and execution
Ability to work independently with little to no supervision, strong decision-making abilities, and attention to detail under tight deadlines
Excellent project management and organization skills (Asana knowledge helpful)
Familiarity with CRM systems is a plus
Owner mentality; willing to jump in and help with special projects
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Benefits

Open and transparent culture - Checkout this video to see what it’s like to work at Podium
Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage
Paid maternity and paternity leave
Fertility Benefits
Generous vacation time, plus three 4-day summer holiday weekends
Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
401k Plan
Bi-annual swag drops with cool Podium gear and apparel
A stellar HQ (Utah) gym with local professional coaches and classes offered
Onsite HQ (Utah) child care center, subsidized for employees
Additional benefits for fully remote employees

Podium is an equal opportunity employer. Podium provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital status or veteran status.