Director, Event Marketing

Director, Event Marketing
Location: Mountain View

 

EGNYTE YOUR CAREER. SPARK YOUR PASSION.

 

Egnyte is a place where we spark opportunities for amazing people. We believe that every role has a great impact, and every Egnyter should be respected. When joining Egnyte, you’re not just landing a new career, you become part of a team of Egnyters that are doers, thinkers, and collaborators who embrace and live by our values:

• Invested Relationships
• Fiscal Prudence
• Candid Conversations

 ABOUT EGNYTE

 

Egnyte is the secure multi-cloud platform for content security and governance that enables organizations to better protect and collaborate on their most valuable content. Established in 2008, Egnyte has democratized cloud content security for more than 22,000 organizations, helping customers improve data security, maintain compliance, prevent and detect ransomware threats, and boost employee productivity on any app, any cloud, anywhere. For more information, visit www.egnyte.com.

 

JOB DESCRIPTIONYou will be responsible for all aspects of the Egnyte Event experience: building a strategy that engages Egnyte customers and attracts new prospective customers at a global scale, amplifying the Egnyte brand and generating sales pipeline. ​​You will be responsible for researching, planning, executing, and all the logistics from concept to execution, including budget management, reporting and optimizing future activations.  WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Own Egnyte’s global events calendar and strategy
• Research, analyze and finalize our annual calendar of global events yearly, working with key stakeholders to confirm their needs are met
• Define strategy for each tradeshow and event, including pre-, during-, and post-event activities that maximize the return on investment
• Work closely with product marketing to align messaging with the audience and with corporate marketing to ensure we are maximizing brand awareness at each event
• Serve as the primary liaison with vendors to ensure all logistics are clearly communicated and documented
• Run the pre-call meetings with attendees to share event details, including but not limited to, event information, messaging, booth design, demos, collateral, booth staff schedule, promotions running, targets, etc.
• External speaker/partner engagement: Partner with product marketing on calls with external speakers to ensure that our speaker participants are trained in our event platform and prepared for live events
• Set the standard for Egnyte event experience – develop playbooks and checklists for all event formats
• Train both virtual and on-site event staff to ensure Egnyte shows up flawlessly regardless of format
• Run the debrief call to determine what worked, didn’t work and share the findings back to the team so that we optimize future events
• Provide high-level reporting that can be sent to e-staff on the success of the event
• Manage event shipping logistics company, gifting platform, and swag vendors 
• Oversee and collaborate with cross-functional event teams across the marketing organization

 YOUR QUALIFICATIONS:

• 7+ years of experience with event management. Global event management is preferred.
• Bachelor degree in Marketing, Communications, Advertising or related field
• Capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously with exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to present event strategy and plans clearly, collect and act on feedback from a broad group of stakeholders
• Experience with setting campaign ROI metrics, continuous measurement and delivering to plan
• Ability to work closely with sales organizations
• Experience working with Salesforce.com, Marketo, Outreach.io, Tableau
• Strong verbal and communication skills, strong partnership skills
• Experience managing vendor relationships. Ideally, you have trusted relationships with vendors and venues
• 25% travel; must be willing to travel internationally

 

BENEFITS:

• Competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits
• Company equity depending on role and level
• Flexible hours and generous time off (RTO, Responsible Time Off) to help support your work-life balance
• Paid holidays and sick time
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (Traditional, Roth and Mega Backdoor Roth)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a generous employer contribution
• Up to 12wks of paid Parental and Adoption Leave to help you grow your family
• Modern and collaborative offices located in Spokane, WA; Draper, UT; Raleigh, NC; Mountain View, CA; Reading, England, and Poznan, Poland
• Gym, cell phone, and internet reimbursement
• Free well-being apps such as Peloton, Carrot, and Spring Health for Guardian are offered, as well access to our Employee Assistance